I sure hope PS3 comes with a VGA-compatible video output, that way I could hook it up to my PC monitor and speaker system (optical output is a given). That'd be schweeeet... Hopefully realtime DTS hardware encoding too, schweeter still.
Hopefully the eye for eyetoy is standard with the console, but NOT mounted directly into the console itself or the controller(s).
As for launch titles for nextbox, unless developers are well along in developing original titles already, it will be the standard "excellent glitter and glitz, lacklustre gameplay" we're used to from other console launches (with a few notable exceptions here and there), along with a bunch of PC ports that might even play better on contemporary PCs, and sports games that have an already established engine and do not rely on a complex plot, nor uber visuals either and can be easily and quickly ported from the previous console generation if need be. And, the glitter and glitz in any launch title will be superceded by far when 'proper' first-gen games come out, not to mention 2nd-gen.
To be fair, I say the same will be true for PS3 and whatever Nintendo is working on. Ninty will have a Mario game that will sock everybody out of their socks with its polished design, appearance and playability and puts everyone and everything else in the launch lineup to shame, and all other games on Nintys next console will be relegated to stand in Mario's shadow for a long time to come. "Oh, it's good, but it's just not as good as Mario 4096..." That's the way it usually is, and nobody should expect anything else, especially from a company that openly admits it is rushing its product to the market.
Hopefully the eye for eyetoy is standard with the console, but NOT mounted directly into the console itself or the controller(s).
As for launch titles for nextbox, unless developers are well along in developing original titles already, it will be the standard "excellent glitter and glitz, lacklustre gameplay" we're used to from other console launches (with a few notable exceptions here and there), along with a bunch of PC ports that might even play better on contemporary PCs, and sports games that have an already established engine and do not rely on a complex plot, nor uber visuals either and can be easily and quickly ported from the previous console generation if need be. And, the glitter and glitz in any launch title will be superceded by far when 'proper' first-gen games come out, not to mention 2nd-gen.
To be fair, I say the same will be true for PS3 and whatever Nintendo is working on. Ninty will have a Mario game that will sock everybody out of their socks with its polished design, appearance and playability and puts everyone and everything else in the launch lineup to shame, and all other games on Nintys next console will be relegated to stand in Mario's shadow for a long time to come. "Oh, it's good, but it's just not as good as Mario 4096..." That's the way it usually is, and nobody should expect anything else, especially from a company that openly admits it is rushing its product to the market.