PS Business Briefing 2006 March official info

okay still are they saying Linux will be included standard or the HDD will be included standard with Linux?

Also, HDD will be "required"? Are we sure they didn't mean required for online? What does required mean in this instance? Why wouldn't they say "included"

I'm confused, surprised if it includes the HDD .... split skus maybe?
 
Xbot360 said:
It'll be bad. Very, very bad.
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I wasn't actually looking for an answer - I know full well what it'll mean. ;)

Now Xbot just chillax a little and let people enjoy the news maelstrom - I don't see why you would expect anything else other than excitment right now, or beyond that why you would want to fight it.
 
Thunder Emperor said:
ok this shit has got to be expensive
i am saying now ps3 450 at lunch
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I'd expect $500 at least. $450 would be dirt-cheap for this.

edit - can't confirm, but apparently they said that price will NOT be less than 50000 Yen. That's $425. So maybe $450-$500 in the US/Europe.
 
Tap In said:
okay still are they saying Linux will be included standard or the HDD will be included standard with Linux?
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Literally they are saying: a 60 GB and LINUX OS will be mounted. So I am guessing this means HDD + LinuxOS is standard.
 
Titanio said:
I'd expect $500 at least. $450 would be dirt-cheap for this.

edit - can't confirm, but apparently they said that price will NOT be less than 50000 Yen. That's $425. So maybe $450-$500 in the US/Europe.
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I think it still has a shot at $399 to match the X360. Although the inclusion of the HDD makes my $299 gut feeling void.
 
all this is almost too good to be true, 6 million at launch? simultaneous WW launch? 60gb hdd included? I dunno, I think it's right to be a little skeptical. I'd bet dollars to donuts these things change signifigantly in the period leading up to Nov.

Probably just a masterstroke by sony to delay 360 purchasers, basically sending the message that you will be able to buy one this year, and that supply will be so high that you'll be able to get one, in addition we'll bundle in a 60gb hdd and it'll be a location free server...sounds too good to be true.

I will say though, if Sony pulls this off MS is about to get owned big time.
 
xbdestroya said:
Now Xbot just chillax a little and let people enjoy the news maelstrom - I don't see why you would expect anything else other than excitment right now, or beyond that why you would want to fight it.
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seriously .... back up and let people enjoy the news.

Plenty of time (til November) to debate the why's and why nots and what they mean. :smile:
 
IGN is picking over words and saying that while the HDD is required, Kutaragi didn't explicitly say it'd ship with it. But effectively that'd have to mean the same thing..unless there was a constraint on the requirement (such as "required for online play", vs "required, period").
 
hupfinsgack said:
Literally they are saying: a 60 GB and LINUX OS will be mounted. So I am guessing this means HDD + LinuxOS is standard.
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a 60 gb AND linux will be included standard? okay, that's pretty clear.

I was just thinking of the translations and the possible, you know getting lost in them. ;)

For example I was wondering did they say, all of the HDD (even optional ones) will have linux "mounted" on it, or each PS3 will have a HDD mounted on it which includes Linux?
 
Do the reporters have a chance to ask questions? If not directly to KK, then to other Sony PR people afterwards to clarify these issues?

Yeah it's cryptic. No chance of prices being announced or game lineups this far out.

Too much chance for currency fluctuations and the vagaries of game development.
 
So are we considering the 'Cell network' as having been discussed? Or was that just confusion centering on their Live-like service?
 
Where's the game footage? Where's the finished design with specs?

So basically the same company that gave us the initial "Spring 2006" launch date that they NEVER, EVER intended to keep, promises a worldwide launch (which they themselves vehemently denied in the past) in November with 6 million units. I just wanted to get all that down.

Please, don't say stuff to me until November when the damn thing has launched in all three territories. I just don't believe this for one bit. This is another stall tactic by Sony.

Well, from reading GAF, I can say "Mission Accomplished". Kutaragi can now descend into his cave until later this year when he'll come up with another presentation to explain the REAL launch strategy.
 
It maybe me, but isn't that Linux part like really old?

I'm not talking about the HDD coming as standard, because that would be awesome if they pull it off...
 
My feeling is they'll include the hardrive to reduce load times along with all the other nice benifits of having a HDD standard. The Blu-Ray drive will probably be 1x speed.
 
pipo said:
It maybe me, but isn't that Linux part like really old?
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Kutaragi said they were considering it - this is confirmation!

That alone makes me very happy :D I'm still not totally covinced it's standard, though.

edit - according to a journo on GAF, it's not standard. The fog of tokyo announcements!
 
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