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Sony Unveils New PlayStation 3 Consoles
ABC News ^ | May 16, 2005

Posted on 05/16/2005 7:16:29 PM PDT by Panerai

Sony Corp. unveiled three flavors of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine Monday in what is likely a new round of console wars with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co.

The new machine, set for release in the spring of 2006, is about the same size as the current generation PlayStation 2 but has a more rounded look. Besides black, the PS3 will be available in silver and white.

Sony officials said the PS3's new processor technology called Cell will offer high performance for movie-like realism in games, high-definition movies and other features.

"The PS3 is truly is a system to be placed in the center of the living room," said Ken Kutaragi, creator of the original PlayStation console as well as the more recent PlayStation Portable handheld.

Prices or a specific lineup of games that will be available were not were not provided, though Sony showed off numerous demonstrations of games in development.

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To: LdSentinal
NOTE TO ALL GIRLFRIENDS OF 20/30-SOMETHING GUYS


You will get MUCH LOVE (and "hand") with this surprise purchase for 'your man', next Christmas.
61 posted on 05/16/2005 7:50:28 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon
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To: Panerai

Sony person: "We have plain old black and white, and for those of you who are indecisive, silver!" LOL.

I think they should stay with black, but that's just me. :) White looks like toothpaste to me, and silver is a bad attempt to look cool. Black all the way, baby. :))


62 posted on 05/16/2005 7:50:30 PM PDT by 4mycountry ("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
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To: scott says

I believe it. My cousin Cindy and her husband bought a new home in the Natomas area in Sacto, CA for 284. Two years later a home with the same plan as theirs sold for 700,000.


63 posted on 05/16/2005 7:50:50 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: FreedomNeocon

It looks WAY over the top. I don't like the game play on Madden as much as ncaa. I bought the first Madden Football back in 1990{?} when it was on sega genesis.


64 posted on 05/16/2005 7:51:48 PM PDT by scott says
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To: Dan from Michigan

65 posted on 05/16/2005 7:51:57 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: marajade
Get with the program dude... we have a 51 incher in the front room

My hubby got me this computer so he could lay claim to the remote to his 55". ADHD too, although we've never seen anything in ADHD.

66 posted on 05/16/2005 7:52:06 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: FreedomNeocon

Does your gfriend read FR?


67 posted on 05/16/2005 7:52:15 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: pbrown

Get Dish.


68 posted on 05/16/2005 7:53:06 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: LdSentinal
I loved "Pitfall."

That's where I first learned the "Dragnet" theme song....

Pitfall, Commando, Sea Battle, Ice Trek, that one Dragon game I can't remember the title of.

For NES, I always got a laugh from the first Metal Gear from the 80's..."The truck have started to move"..."I feel asleep"

69 posted on 05/16/2005 7:53:44 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006)
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To: marajade

Ahhhhhh, life is good.


70 posted on 05/16/2005 7:54:11 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: scott says

Well yeah... and "SUPER TECHMO BOWL" was great for NES, but we advance.

"BASEBALL" for ATARII was great. I love hitting that square dot, with my man made of two rectangles, two sqaures, and a circle. Sure it was 2-dimentional, and the only 'homerun' indicator was the 'tone' of the hit.

But we advance.

Now we have 3d (and will be 4-d in the next 10yrs).. the video game industry already surpasses ALL OF HOLLWOOD industry (without a wimper of fanfare).

But companeis like Sony see it... PC enthusiests see it... its just a question of when the "non-nerds" catch up to how cool we are ;)


71 posted on 05/16/2005 7:56:14 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon
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To: marajade
Did you read his post 53?<.i>

Yeah, and I had to read it again after I picked myself up off the floor. :-)

72 posted on 05/16/2005 7:56:59 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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Not one FReeper knows what "Oggin'" is. That's sad.


73 posted on 05/16/2005 7:58:11 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; ...)
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To: Petronski
I don't think Saddam had very good talent. Torture and dismemberment are not good motivators for the creative mind.

LOL! You can almost see it..."I think I'm only winning every game because you guys' hands shake so badly. What am I paying you scientists for?"

74 posted on 05/16/2005 7:58:23 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus (All your bases are belong to us.)
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To: LdSentinal


75 posted on 05/16/2005 7:58:45 PM PDT by SquirrelKing
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To: FreedomNeocon
As long as they still exist, I'm happy.

Nintendo has been known for making mistakes and being totally stubborn. I mean, c'mon, no online play? Stupid.

*Thankfully* this new console of theirs is supposed to have free WiFi capabilities right out of the box. Good graphics would help, too.

But one thing that makes the Big N endearing is its gameplay. No, it doesn't have a plethora of M rated games. Yes, it has a plethora of fun games. FUN. That's important. A game doesn't need blood and adult stuff -- it needs to be just plain FUN, and Nintendo can full well deliver that.

This next console will either make or break Nintendo. Handheld territory is anyone's game, with the PSP. (Nintendo supposedly wasn't worried about the PSP, saying that [paraphrase] "Nintendo has always held the handheld market and always will". Well, duh, Nin. You've been the only ones out there. And did you forget that Sony has the largest gaming fanbase out there? Hellooooo??)

I could go into an hour long discussion on that topic, but I'll spare you that agony. ;)
76 posted on 05/16/2005 7:58:56 PM PDT by 4mycountry ("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
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To: Leapfrog

Isn't it a city in Utah?


77 posted on 05/16/2005 8:00:02 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: FreedomNeocon

As a sidenote... I'm thinking of moving to Thailand, and developing an emulator to run on PS3 that will run all older games.

Basically I'll rip off the existing emulators for the PC that work for NES, SNES, N64, SEGA (MASTER/GENESIS/MASTER), GAMEBOY/Advance, C64, PS, PS2, XBOX, etc... that ALL already run on the PC.

Sure Sony will sue.. but in those 'shady states' I can make some SERIOUS dough... for a while

Whos in? ;)


78 posted on 05/16/2005 8:00:42 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon
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To: marajade
Get Dish.

We have dish. We got a brochure from a cable company that offered ADHD channels only. They were three fourths sports channels. Very pricey to boot.

79 posted on 05/16/2005 8:01:00 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: LdSentinal
Another one of my favorites.

Deja Vu and it's twin Shadowgate.

Didn't care much for the Uninvited though. That was too hard since I always went nuts and died.

80 posted on 05/16/2005 8:01:19 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006)
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