Playstation 3 hits stores in November!

Lilleput · March 15th, 2006, 12:48 PM

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/41228

About time they gave us a release date.

awdrifter · March 15th, 2006, 01:16 PM

Cool, but I probably won't get one till 2007 (or 08) when GT5 comes out. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Buba · March 15th, 2006, 03:28 PM

I guess even though they plan to supply larger numbers than MS with the 360, you still won't be able to buy one the first few months without preordering... I guess 6 million people worldwide want it as a Bluray Player!!! It should be almost have the price of the standalone players...

M3lover · March 15th, 2006, 04:01 PM

The release date don't interest me that much, it's more the price of the thing. If the prices are reasonable near the prices of the 360, my guess is the PS3 will own the console market pretty hard. i'm just not that optimistic about the price...

Overheat · March 15th, 2006, 08:15 PM

I still need a HDTV before I get into these next gen consoles (is it 512bit now?)

Buba · March 15th, 2006, 09:02 PM

The cell processor is 128 bit, I think, and it has 8 of them, well 8 cores anyway... Or was there a 9th for controlling???

Overheat · March 15th, 2006, 09:15 PM

guess we're stuck at 128bit for a while now then images/smilies/smile.gif

hokiethang · March 15th, 2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Buba

The cell processor is 128 bit, I think, and it has 8 of them, well 8 cores anyway... Or was there a 9th for controlling???

capable of 8, only using 7...

Also the november date is for a japanese launch... I REALLY doubt we will see any here in the states before 2007... Sony can't do an effective release on anything, ever, soo I don't think the PS3 will be any different, plus they will have lost an entire year to Microsoft.

Also, I was reading today that they still haven't shipped final dev kits, which means there is still a significant amount of work before the games will be ready for shipping.

Jafo · March 16th, 2006, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M3lover

The release date don't interest me that much, it's more the price of the thing. If the prices are reasonable near the prices of the 360, my guess is the PS3 will own the console market pretty hard. i'm just not that optimistic about the price...

Price will not be less than 50.000YEN (~$425USD)

Jafo · March 16th, 2006, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by hokiethang

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buba

The cell processor is 128 bit, I think, and it has 8 of them, well 8 cores anyway... Or was there a 9th for controlling???

capable of 8, only using 7...

Also, I was reading today that they still haven't shipped final dev kits, which means there is still a significant amount of work before the games will be ready for shipping.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/696/696058p1.html looks like June

Jafo · March 16th, 2006, 12:09 AM

http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/13212.html

Cosworth · March 16th, 2006, 12:17 AM

Thought it was a world wide release ?

I'll defo be getting one over a 360, Really havent seen anything hugely impressive from the 360 yet !

Overheat · March 16th, 2006, 12:42 AM

They have confirmed a worldwide release before Thanksgiving (whenever the hell that is):

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145972.html

hokiethang · March 16th, 2006, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosworth

Thought it was a world wide release ?

I'll defo be getting one over a 360, Really havent seen anything hugely impressive from the 360 yet !

It may be, but the last company to try a worldwide release, still doesn't have product on shelves. What seriously makes you think that Sony will be any better after the PSP and PS2 distribution problems?

Also, I'm quite happy with my 360, i'd buy a PS3 if I could get one on release day, but I learned my lesson with the 360... release dates for consoles don't matter, they won't actually be available that day... The real release date will likely be June 2007, the day when you can walk into a store and buy a PS3 off the shelf.

However by this November, there should be 360s available on the shelf for people to buy when they can't find the elusive dinosaur of a PS3.

Thanksgiving is the last Thursday in November, the start of the big holiday shopping season here in the states. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

SL65 · March 16th, 2006, 07:09 AM

Who want to bet that it'll get pushed back. Didn't the ol' PS2 come in real late?

I'll probably buy one in time for the next release of either Gran Turismo or Grand Theft Auto. Its waay to expensive to begin with unfortunatly.

fbc · March 16th, 2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SL65AMG~V12~612BHP!!!!!!!

I'll probably buy one in time for the next release of either Gran Turismo or Grand Theft Auto. Its waay to expensive to begin with unfortunatly.

Same here - I'll be hanging off until GT5

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