PS Business Briefing 2006 March official info
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The point I think they are trying to get across is that the games will be "ALIVE" so to speak. "Everybody" has a daily routine and actually have things to do instead of just being used to fill up space to make the world seem like its an actual place. I think it has more to do with AI.
In other words...LIVING and BREATHING environments. Is that enough to justify another dimension though? I thought that dealt with space...Silly Ken
In other words...LIVING and BREATHING environments. Is that enough to justify another dimension though? I thought that dealt with space...Silly Ken
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Time is the 4th dimension.
4th dimension... time.... the delay...November.... parrots.... does it make sense now?
Brimstone said:
Would that get rid of that 128-bit bus bottleneck? Or does replacing the GDDR-3 with XDRAM imply they'd had to use a wider bus?
Or could it even mean the 512 MB of XDRAM would constitute a unified memory architecture?
Someone else at AVS also seems to believe they're going with all XDRAM. I don't know, that would be a significant increase in cost, no? Already suppose to be an expensive BOM and now they go with more expensive RAM and maybe an HDD to boot?
Hope it's true but maybe expecting too much.
wco81 said:
In addition to potentially being faster straight up (assuming 1400DDR3 is still their target), XDR requires many fewer pins than the GDDR equivalent. So in theory, if they went XDR and bit the bullet for increased XDR modules, they could readily circumvent the 128/256-bit GDDR barrier we've been talking about. But again, that'd require more RAM modules than Sony may be willing to shell out for, regardless of the possibilities/opportunities.
Still, either a move to XDR (which I would very much like aesthetically), or just a plain increase to RAM speed... either would be welcome.
LunchBox said:
I don't think that there is much to explain. From what has been said until now people have reached various conclusions, eg. it will be needed to play games but it will not be standard with the console, although that is not decided yet, so it might come with it after all, or that it will not need a HDD to play games, but Sony is strongly promoting developers to use it, and that it will be essential for enhanced gamming experience, so to put it simple, noone knows, maybe not even Sony...
(someone has to do it...)
Right...... So....
What happened?
I leave for one day and BOOM all hell breaks loose......... Anyone care to explain in brief what's been happening? I've seen the IGN reports already... Just don't have time to go through 18 pages of what i expect will be 98% bitching and fanboi bickering, and 2% information...
Right...... So....
What happened?
I leave for one day and BOOM all hell breaks loose......... Anyone care to explain in brief what's been happening? I've seen the IGN reports already... Just don't have time to go through 18 pages of what i expect will be 98% bitching and fanboi bickering, and 2% information...
- worldwide launch early november.(hahhaha yeah right sony)
- harddrive 60 Gb (is required for gameplay so probable out of the box)
- xboxlive like network with free and paid parts.
- full BC with ps1 and ps2 in High Dev
- you enter the 4thd dimension now
- Mediaserver capabilities . act also as locationfree station between psp and other machines
- findal devstations in june, startup production also june till early november with 1 million consoles a month.
- and other stuff
PSP
GPS and eyetoy addon soon to be released
startup from memcard supported with downloadable games
official PS1 !!! EMU to be released with games you can download etc..
- harddrive 60 Gb (is required for gameplay so probable out of the box)
- xboxlive like network with free and paid parts.
- full BC with ps1 and ps2 in High Dev
- you enter the 4thd dimension now
- Mediaserver capabilities . act also as locationfree station between psp and other machines
- findal devstations in june, startup production also june till early november with 1 million consoles a month.
- and other stuff
PSP
GPS and eyetoy addon soon to be released
startup from memcard supported with downloadable games
official PS1 !!! EMU to be released with games you can download etc..
Doesn't change much for us Euro's... We still won't touch one until at least April 2007...
Uhm.... Yet another hard drive to sit there unused in my house... oh well...
I don't do online...
Now THAT's nice, if it works properly...
...... right....... So Ps2 was "the third place", PS3 will be 4D, will PS4 be the Fifth Element? And PS5 will be The Sixth Sense!!! PS6 will be the Seventh Wonder in the world!!! PS7 will be the 8 mile!!! PS8 will be the whole 9 yards!! All makes sense now!!!
Mmmmm... I won't use that much i think...
.......:smile: .....
..... RIIIIIIIGHT...Right... what happens if all i want from my PS3 is play lots of Bluray movies and some games here and there?
I just realised november is like another 8 months to wait... 8 whole months, a bhoehoe
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Basic services for the PSNP will initially be free, like Xbox Live Silver. However, unlike Microsoft's entry-level online service, which doesn't allow gameplay, the basic level of PSNP will provide gamers with the necessary services and functions required for online gaming, according to Kutaragi.
so friends list, matchmaking, user name, etc + free online play
also this:
Also unlike Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network Platform will allow licensees to connect their own game servers to the network. SCE will provide a common infrastructure for the service, but the PSNP will use the standard Internet. Unlike with Xbox Live, licensees will be able to connect their own game servers to the PSNP.
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Communication/Community:
Account created through user registration
Lobbies/Matchmaking
Scores/Ranking
Game data upload/download
Presence/Friend List/Avatar
Voice/Video Chat
Messaging
Commerce
Shops (can be accessed from inside games)
Content Download
Game boot from HDD
Subscription
Selling item by item
Micropayment
Entitlement Management
Account
User Registration
Login ID/Handlename issue
SCE will be providing system developer kits to publishers that plan on developing games that use the PlayStation Network Platform. The kits will be distributed at the end of this month.
SDK Delivery Schedule
March: Dev. server/client SDK 1st release
April: Dev. server/client SDK 2nd release
June: Full functions completed on dev. server
July: Full function test starts for licensees
September: Production environment available
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Basic services for the PSNP will initially be free, like Xbox Live Silver. However, unlike Microsoft's entry-level online service, which doesn't allow gameplay, the basic level of PSNP will provide gamers with the necessary services and functions required for online gaming, according to Kutaragi.
so friends list, matchmaking, user name, etc + free online play
also this:
Also unlike Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network Platform will allow licensees to connect their own game servers to the network. SCE will provide a common infrastructure for the service, but the PSNP will use the standard Internet. Unlike with Xbox Live, licensees will be able to connect their own game servers to the PSNP.
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Communication/Community:
Account created through user registration
Lobbies/Matchmaking
Scores/Ranking
Game data upload/download
Presence/Friend List/Avatar
Voice/Video Chat
Messaging
Commerce
Shops (can be accessed from inside games)
Content Download
Game boot from HDD
Subscription
Selling item by item
Micropayment
Entitlement Management
Account
User Registration
Login ID/Handlename issue
SCE will be providing system developer kits to publishers that plan on developing games that use the PlayStation Network Platform. The kits will be distributed at the end of this month.
SDK Delivery Schedule
March: Dev. server/client SDK 1st release
April: Dev. server/client SDK 2nd release
June: Full functions completed on dev. server
July: Full function test starts for licensees
September: Production environment available
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Are Sony launchinga load of satellites to get realtime maps for the entire world? Until then, KK's going to have to make do with static images...
Regards HDD, using any old 2.5" HDD is excellent. The economy of that will grow over time, you can use older drives you have lying around (I'm sure everyone has at least 3 lower-capacity 2.5" HDDs around there home...), and you won't be paying the Peripheral Premium. £40-50 for 40 GB seems the entry level here in the UK. The cost is then moved to the consumer rather than Sony. Though if you have to buy a separate HDD and PS3 is still expensive, it'll be, um, more expensive.
Regards HDD, using any old 2.5" HDD is excellent. The economy of that will grow over time, you can use older drives you have lying around (I'm sure everyone has at least 3 lower-capacity 2.5" HDDs around there home...), and you won't be paying the Peripheral Premium. £40-50 for 40 GB seems the entry level here in the UK. The cost is then moved to the consumer rather than Sony. Though if you have to buy a separate HDD and PS3 is still expensive, it'll be, um, more expensive.
