Cian Ginty, Los Angeles, CA. Just hours ago Sony revealed their upcoming PlayStation 3 console at their pre-E3 press conference outside LA at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. On the outside the console comes in three colours, white, silver, and black, it's has convex sides - the opposite of Microsoft's concaved Xbox 360.
The PS3 is set to launch in spring 2006, although we have no confirmed European date at this moment.
Game screen shots running on the PS3 cell-based system can be found here, while photographs of the launch press conference are here, and images of the console here.
Games which were on show include Eyedentify (SCEJ), Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom),MotorStorm (Evolution Studio), KillZone (Guerrilla)l, Gundam (Bandai), WarHawk (Incognito), I-8 (Insomniac), NioH (Koei), Formula 1 (LiverPool Studio), Tekken (Namco), Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory), Vision GT (Polyphony Digital Inc), Fifth Phantom Saga (Sega), Getaway {Screen Test} (Team Soho), and Killing Day (Ubisoft).
The cell processor was touted as a mini-supercomputer which for the first time brings the graphics seen in modern film CGI to real-time game play. Sony claims the PS3 will be twice as quick as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 which will launch before Christmas.
The console will be backward compatible, and - as known for some time - the new Blu-ray disk format will be use; the drive will also be able to read most CD formats since CD-ROM.
Up to seven controllers can connect to one console vie the Bluetooth wireless standard. And the console can connect to a PSP vie WiFi. It’ll have six USB (2.0) ports, four at the front and two to the rear, and will also feature Memory Stick and CompactFlash slots. Full system specs are here.
“SCEI has continuously brought innovation to the world of computer entertainment, such as real-time 3D computer graphics on PlayStation and the world’s first 128 bit processor Emotion Engine (EE) for PlayStation 2” said Ken Kutaragi, President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, “Empowered by the Cell processor with super computer like performance, a new age of PlayStation 3 is about to begin. Together with content creators from all over the world, SCEI will accelerate the arrival of a new era in computer entertainment.”
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