Playstation3 unveilment: next E3. Now, official.

Since nobody replied about it:

What developement he's talking about? Software? ...Hardware?

 

Hardware. My 2p

 

Gamesindustry.biz

 

Nice report with pictures:
http://watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20040712/psm.htm

The event is the "2004 Playstation Meeting". No. of titles for PSP has increased from 34 to 59 since E3. One of these, called "Talkman" was demonstrated(There's a pic of it at the link). The next playstation will be unveiled at E3 2005, and first software unveiled during TGS 2005. Ver.1 of TOOL will be available in 1st half of 2005, and Ver.2 will follow in 2nd half of 2005.

 

Company president Ken Kutaragi outlined a schedule for the system in a speech given during the conference. SCE would like to unveil the system, referred to in slides as "Next System," at a premier party to take place some time in fiscal year 2004 (prior to April 2005). This will be followed by showings at next year's E3 and Tokyo Game Show events where Kutaragi hopes to have many titles playable.

They'll reveal initial specs of the BE and the rest of the system prior to E3(and probably some tech demos), with some games and probably the final system casing design at E3.

 

Or maybe everything is on schedule? Or did you buy into all these "cell is late and doomed" rumours and release expect a 07 release?

 

keep in mind, PlayStation2 came down something like this:

Jan or Feb 1999 - PS2 CPU revealed at IEEE @ 250 Mhz

March 1999 - full Next Generation PlayStation (PS2) specifications unvieled, including Emotion Engine, Graphics Synthesizer and SPU2.
with real-time tech demos.

E3 1999 - repeat of March tech demos. at least one stand with interactive / playable demo (GT 2000 i think?) - NO CASING shown

Fall 1999 - (TGS?) PS2 console casing unvealed

Feb 2000 (?) - PlayStation Exibition, PS2 games playable?

March 2000 - PlayStation2 launches in Japan

E3 2000 - PlayStation2 on show floor with playable games

Oct 2000 - PlayStation2 launches in the United States

 

Does that timetable says PlayStation 3 Premier in November/December 2004? That date is also exactly the same as 'PlayStation 2 fifth year anniversary' on the timetable mind.

Might be a demonstration for developers, because tools are going to be distributed in January according to the timetable. That means they'll have something like 4 months to use the tools before the official presentations at E3.

I am curious how Nintendo and Microsoft and perhaps even an other competitor will respond.

 

With Xbox2 and Nintendo's next system at E3'05, Sony would be stupid not to show something PS3 related.

 

Interesting..

But, for me it seems that Sony is kinda entering "Panic-mode" now. (ok, maybe not that drastic but still)..

Sony has always been talking about releasing PS3 "when they feel it´s ready".. meaning that they don´t care so much about when the competitors release their stuff.

But now..
For starters, Sony seems to be halving the memory-modules for PS3 and this for me seems to be for cost reasons. They are pushing for an earlier release than anticipated and therefore halving the memory modules.

And now this, PS3 @ E3´05.

Apparently, MS is posing a greater threat than Sony first imagined. What other reasons could it be for Sony to be halving memory and "announcing" shows of PS3..

 

As far as the memory is concerned, given past experience I would guess Rambus simply was a bit too optimistic about manufacturing.

 

You're right. The Cell project is more or less on schedule. It's just that, well, a handful of marketeers may have jumped the gun, teasing gamers with the proverbial carrot on a stick.

Truth is, Sony needs time -- time to mature software; time to lobby for a Blu-ray technology standard; time to implement Wi-Fi "hot spots" and "hot zones" of the ultrawide broadband variety; time improve PlayStation build quality...

 

For the memory MfA gave a hypothesis, and about the show, maybe they're simply on schedule. Being the last ones to show their hand doesn't mean they're on a hurry...

 

What's wrong with the "Playstation build quality" ????

If Sony announces some technology demos of PS3 at E3 2005, I'm sure some people will say
"Sony is rushing out the PS3 ahead of the schedule because of MS and xbox2, and it'll have many flaws because of that!"

If on the other hand they have nothing to show, they think "Sony is behind the schedule, and must have serious problems with the Cell technology"

What would be the right time for Sony to be on schedule.

 

What is this running on? PS3 dev kit/workstation?

 

ehem, it's PSP
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040712/scei.htm

 

I was thinking it was looking a little underpar, but i can't speak Japanese.

 

something that caught my eye


"It was also mentioned in the article that a goal of the PS3 will be to render currently pre-rendered material in real time. It was not mentioned as to what material this would include. Sony did mention how current CG movies are rendered with computers prior to playing them, so that they are not interactive with the gamer. The goal of making such movies interactive, rendered by the PS3 in real-time, is something they are confident in achieving with the PS3."

http://www.ps3insider.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122

yeah, low, low-end CG. not film grade CG. maybe 8)

 

PlayStation is a lot like Lay's Potato Chips -- you can't "eat" just one!

Plagued with durability issues, the brand isn't exactly known for its quality ...

Propaganda aside, I think PlayStation's ETA is 2008.

This should give STI enough time to make some headway on the things I mentioned earlier. Time to inject fault tolerance in grid computing hardware and "hive" processing software; time to make Blu-Ray and Wi-Fi household names; time for content providers (in movie, music and video-game industries) to publish Cell-oriented media ...

 

What durability issues?
Between the three consoles in market, I'm under the impression that the GCN is the most durable, but the PS2 and xbox are neither exceptionally prone to breaking. Not any more so than most other consumer electronics gadgets.
PS2 unreliable quality is just a myth, fuelled by internet rumours.