Playstation 3 Pictures

[nakile]

We now have some pictures



More info here?

[filburt1]

Looks way nicer than the Xbox 360...except for the controller which looks ridiculous and uncomfortable. I also prefer the Xbox/Gamecube's style D-pad with all segments connected with one piece of plastic than the PS1/2/3's separate buttons.

edit:

• Cool, HDMI out
• Specs imply wired controllers ("4 front USB ports")
• Cool, Bluetooth, although I don't see how the console could use it except for (expensive) wireless controllers
• They'd be stupid if they didn't include the hard drive; nice that it's removable; it better damn well be standard, but you know it won't be, of course
• 1080p output is awesome and the GPU must be incredibly powerful to do it (that's 1920 x 1080, remember, which most PCs can't even do; nobody hype up the so-called "Cell" architecture because a fast CPU is worthless without a fast GPU)

[Zachery]

Reminds me alot of a mac... so does the xbox360, must be that PPC that worked its way in.

Think I'll opt for a silver or black console come time.,

[Lenni]

are these actually in-game screenshots?
and if that is true, are there any xbox 360 ingame screenshots? (in a similiar resoultion)

[KimmiKat]

That thing looks like one of those Bose Lifestyle control units.

[Vile]

Specs and more images here:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3140590

For the lazy:

The system's complete specs are as follows:

CPU:
Cell Processor -- PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU:
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound:
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:
Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
VRAM: 22.4GB/s
RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB: 2.5GB/s (write) +
2.5GB/s (read)


System Floating Point Performance:
2 TFLOPS

Storage:
HDD: Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O:
USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick: Standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD: standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1


Communication:
Ethernet: (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP(R))
Network (over IP)

AV Output:
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1


Disc media (read only):
CD: PlayStation(R) CD-ROM; PlayStation(R)2 CD-ROM
CD-DA: CD-DA (ROM); CD-R; CD-RW
SACD: SACD Hybrid (CD layer); SACD HD
DualDisc: DualDisc (audio side); DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation(R)2 DVD-ROM; PLAYSTATION(R)3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video: DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PLAYSTATION(R)3 BD-ROM
BD-Video: BD-ROM; BD-R ;BD-RE

[chrispadfield]

I like the look of it, and specs seem incredible. Lack of a UMD drive and using 2.5 and not 3.5 seem to be mistakes in my mind.

[Bema Jinn]

I also prefer the Xbox/Gamecube's style D-pad with all segments connected with one piece of plastic than the PS1/2/3's separate buttons.

Makes it easier for the scorpion grab

[Dean C]

Wow it looks very nice !

[weirdpixels]

so far it all looks great...apart from the controller

[MGM]

I like the LOOK of the controller, but I have no clue how it will feel in-hand.

The PS3 does look great, but I, also, will probably get the silver or black version (if available).

MGS4 was announced Too bad there aren't any videos...

And too bad the FF7: Tech Demo is just a demo and not an actual game

MGM out

[chrispadfield]

I love how a PSP can act as a crontoller for it, thats very nice.

[Wayne Luke]

I'll have to see if it is worth it depending on what games Square Enix releases on the other consoles. I have only purchased their games for the PS1 and the PS2 for my own personal enjoyment. Have never seen anything else that appeals to me that was exclusive to the console. However, since Square Enix is no longer a Playstation exclusive development company, the draw to purchase a PS3 isn't as high as their previous consoles.

[BamaStangGuy]

I'll have to see if it is worth it depending on what games Square Enix releases on the other consoles. I have only purchased their games for the PS1 and the PS2 for my own personal enjoyment. Have never seen anything else that appeals to me that was exclusive to the console. However, since Square Enix is no longer a Playstation exclusive development company, the draw to purchase a PS3 isn't as high as their previous consoles.

Wow can not believe they are still making it backwards compatable to Playstation games

[chrispadfield]

Because they do it using emulation, if they make it backwards compatible to PS2 my guess is that automatically makes it compatible back to PS1, sort of like emulating the emulator .. or something like that!

I wonder if the accessories will still work. I quite like the games like Time Crisis when you have a gun. I hope either the guns will work or a new wireless one will work with it. That would be very cool.