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stang

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Looks good, I wanna play.
Let's hope the game play is that good though, in most games the cut scenes and promo's are better graphic videos.
Is the new system on the market now?
 

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Any idea on the cost of this unit when it is released. Im sure all the major store like Electronic Boutique are going to sell it in bundle packages. So you will have to pay more. I remember getting the PS2 for $850.00 when it first came out but i had to buy 2 games, a second controller and a memory card.
 

tigerxxx

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That looks wicked i think i'm going to have to get a PS3 when it comes out. I hope i don't have to empty my bank account though to do it!
 

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stang said:
Looks good, I wanna play.
Let's hope the game play is that good though, in most games the cut scenes and promo's are better graphic videos.
Yeah, good point, I hope the trailer's the same as the real thing.
Maybe when somebody has it they can write a review on it
 

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It amazing how far console gaming has come in the last 25 years.
 
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Watching that clip was awesome. In fact, it was so packed with excitement and killing that it was realistic enough to make me remember how thankful I am that people actually lived (and more died) through experiences like that just so I wouldn't have to. Thanks veterans!!!
 

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This will be the ultimate system. It has HD-DVD built in as well as a host of other features to make it an entertainment hub. The new "cell" processor runs numerous things simultaneously. It is twice as powerful as the new Xbox 360. Sony had to come up with something to leapfrog the Xbox. The new PSP will work with it as well.
It's not HD-DVD, it's Blu-ray, the Sony Hi Def format.

a commentary from Digital Bits on the Hi Def DVD format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa103.html#ps3

In a press event last night at E3, Sony officially unveiled their PlayStation 3 video game system, which is tentatively set to arrive on store shelves about a year from now in the Spring of 2006 (you can read more here at CNN/Money and here at Gamespot.com). There are four very important things to note about the PS3. The first is that it will be backwards compatible (in terms of software) all the way back to the original PlayStation. Second, according to the just-released specs, it will support the CD-ROM, CD-RW, SACD, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R and DualDisc formats, with 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p video and Dolby Digital, DTS and LPCM audio (in other words, it will play all your existing DVD movies and they'll look better than they do now on your regular TV). Third, it will be capable of driving TWO side-by-side HDTV displays simultaneously via twin HDMI outputs. Finally, it will officially use Blu-ray Disc media to play both games and high-definition movies.

I'm going to go out in a limb right now and post something that some of you may consider a bit controversial. But I think the writing is on the wall. I think the format war is over before it's even begun, and the Toshiba/HD-DVD camp is toast.

Why? You know how many PlayStation 2 systems Sony's sold since that unit's launch? 87 million. Let me repeat that. 87 million. 1.5 million were sold in the PS2's first month of availability alone.

Now, let me follow this up by noting that Microsoft's newly announced Xbox 360 system is going to run on existing DVD media (for games and movies), but will not support HD-DVD format discs.

All of this is about what we expected, based on rumors as to what Sony and Microsoft were planning for their systems. But it's a very bad omen for the HD-DVD camp. Sony, within a few months of the time they expect to launch movies on their Blu-ray Disc format, is going to have several million machines on the market capable of playing them. Tens of millions by the end of the first year. And each of those machines is going to be more than capable of driving high-end HD displays. What is the HD-DVD camp going to have in that timeframe? Not even a fraction of that number of dedicated players.

Sony has the two biggest PC manufacturers in the world, Dell and HP, on their side, along with Apple, Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Royal Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Thompson. Plus they've 20th Century Fox, Disney, Sony Pictures (Columbia TriStar) and now MGM in their camp... AND they've got the PS3 on the way.

Toshiba has Microsoft in their camp, sort of. On the hardware front, they have NEC, Sanyo and Memory-Tech. And in Hollywood, they've got Warner, New Line, Paramount and Universal.

Think about that. If I'm a high-end, home theater-phile, early adopter type, am I going to be jonesing to get my hands on a Sanyo or Toshiba HD-DVD player, or a Sony or Pioneer Blu-ray Disc player (or a PS3)? Are you kidding me?

This thing is over. It's done. Toshiba and Warner Bros. just haven't figured it out yet.

There's word today (including this story at Technology News) that Toshiba is reluctant to back down from support of its 0.6 mm data layer format (DVD/HD-DVD) for fear of angering its supporters in the DVD camp, some of which have already been gearing up to replicate discs based on 0.6 mm. Here's my take: Get the hell over it, folks.

Reuters is now reporting that the presidents of both Toshiba and Sony are going to meet to try to break the stalemate in the format unification talks (reported yesterday). That's a very good thing, but Toshiba had better open their eyes and realize that a unified format based on the 0.1 mm Blu-ray Disc structure is probably the BEST thing that can happen for them. Because I'm telling you right now, if Toshiba backs away completely and this format war DOES happen, Toshiba's going to lose big. By working with Sony now, and making a few concessions to unite these two formats, Toshiba is going to be in a much better position a couple of years from now than they would be if they try to go it alone with HD-DVD.

But that's just my two cents.
 

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