PS3 Router Functions Dropped
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Ok so remind me again why on earth PS3 will have 3 Gigabit ethernet ports?
Sounds like a smart move. I thought PS3 only had a switch planned, not a router. A router in a PS3 seems excessive because, most likely, you will need a router for your broadband anyways. If PS3 also had an integrated DSL/Cable modem it would have been a different matter, but that would be so excessive for how the market is shaped.
Or, is this possibly some dumbed down way of saying it will not have a three port switch, but just the "standard" single ethernet port connector? I can't imagine why they would want a router in the PS3 as opposed to just a switch.
Or, is this possibly some dumbed down way of saying it will not have a three port switch, but just the "standard" single ethernet port connector? I can't imagine why they would want a router in the PS3 as opposed to just a switch.
jvd said:
Oh right that makes sense now.
Still don't see what Sony are playing at to be honest, first announcing the 3 ports which not many understood what they were for, then now no router functions and therefore no point in the 3 ports... Go figure, those guys have always been a bit nuts.
I keep thinking about the double HDMI though. Now THAT is something that could easily go and not many would care.
jvd said:
A 3-port (well, two extras and one dedicated for PS3 IO) switch would be great for when you have other devices in the living/TV room that can benefit from network access. I think a switch would be really nice, so you don't end up having just one end-point or having to buy a switch to use multiple devices (think of your Xbox 360!)
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london-boy said:
It won't according to the PS3 specs:-
Sounds like they were thinking of putting three Gigabit ports in there when mulling over the system design, but in the end just put the one in, which they announced at E3 2005.
Embedded Sea
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Kutaragi wanted the system to be more like PSX DVD recorder or some sort of replacement for a PC. It's not going to be either now...
If you could imagine a samurai charging into the barrel of a very large canon that's the situation that Sony is in. The new regime over there realizes this and has toned down their risky efforts in realization of the long and drawn out battle they are in for. The true result of this is that PS3 will be rushed and toned down for a 2006 worldwide release instead of the original Fall 2006 Japan only release, and it will be a pretty darn even battlefield between the two systems.
It's not just a joke that Kutaragi was crazy...he was enforcing ideas and technology which were simply not in the best interest of the company, and their insistence on making things proprietary was leading them in the same path that brought Nintendo to the edge of a very steep cliff 10 years ago.
If you could imagine a samurai charging into the barrel of a very large canon that's the situation that Sony is in. The new regime over there realizes this and has toned down their risky efforts in realization of the long and drawn out battle they are in for. The true result of this is that PS3 will be rushed and toned down for a 2006 worldwide release instead of the original Fall 2006 Japan only release, and it will be a pretty darn even battlefield between the two systems.
It's not just a joke that Kutaragi was crazy...he was enforcing ideas and technology which were simply not in the best interest of the company, and their insistence on making things proprietary was leading them in the same path that brought Nintendo to the edge of a very steep cliff 10 years ago.
one said:
This was my first thought because I have never heard or thought PS3 would act as a router. I am pretty sure that if Sony ever planned it as a router they would:
1. Be completely insane.
2. Have told the world in no uncertain terms that it was a router, not a switch.
So, in this case, the case of the switch being removed, I think it is a sad decision. It would be "just" right to have two extra ports near a PS3 for other equipment, eliminating the need for an extra switch (which requires a power supply). It would be so clean. Still a good cost controller for the masses though. I don't think most people need a network in their living room, but it would have been so good for ME.
I think they are still finishing their design -- for E3 the goal was to say whatever it took to appear more powerful than the Xbox 360. But now they need to make a box that won't bankrupt them. They have to cut all the frills in order to afford that super-expensive blu-ray drive.
I expect most of the Bizzarro I/O ports to go by the time they launch.
Here's a conspiracy theory for you, that explains the gigabit Ethernet port: Sony thinks that a high-def version of the Eye Toy will be the next big thing. It plays to the PS3's strengths -- you can use the otherwise underutilized SPEs to do the signal processing, and the gamers will love how nice they look in high def. But in order for this to work, they need to be able to stream an uncompressed high def video stream from the camera to the PS3.
I expect most of the Bizzarro I/O ports to go by the time they launch.
Here's a conspiracy theory for you, that explains the gigabit Ethernet port: Sony thinks that a high-def version of the Eye Toy will be the next big thing. It plays to the PS3's strengths -- you can use the otherwise underutilized SPEs to do the signal processing, and the gamers will love how nice they look in high def. But in order for this to work, they need to be able to stream an uncompressed high def video stream from the camera to the PS3.
PC-Engine said:
The obvious answer would be: batteries
but I don't think that is the answer you were looking for. having a wall-socket is more common and comfortable than pulling ethernet from your console to the "toy". I thought wireless controllers in all next-gen consoles made that clear.
However, my comment was made mostly in jest because I don't think a gigabit ethernet connection is at the top of the list for eye-toy. I think more people would go for a WiFi solution and you can always implement a compression chip in the "receiver" (Eye Toy) and add that to the price.
Let's try to forget it. This was not meant to spark debate.
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