Sony to explain everything about PS3 @ CES 2006

[scooby_dooby]

ya that totally sounds like Sony!

 

[dubyateeeff]

It would be cool if they gave consumers a great price point in these new high tech HDTV'S, sound systems, HD movies, and PS3.

"go future without going broke!"

There are great 720p 26" HDTVs for 1000$, that isnt too expensive. And a few more 100$ for 32" screens

 

[BlueTsunami]

There are great 720p 26" HDTVs for 1000$, that isnt too expensive. And a few more 100$ for 32" screens

I got my 27" Samsung HDTV (480p/1080i can take 720p but upconverts to 1080i) for $700 around Spring of this year. I've seen the same set for around $600 now. It has 2 Component Connections and one DVI w/HTCP.

 

[DigitalSoul]

I wont get my hopes about PS3 at CES. However, it would be a nice to see PS3 in its playable form and not just more trailers. Would be cool to see a game like "WarHawk" running their latest HDTV's

 

[wco81]

Well, the console is supposedly going to be going on sale in Japan before E3, so if bubble's are going to be deflated due to price, it would have to be sooner than that.

Frankly, CES is a *much* better forum for price announcement than is E3.

I'd expect price info before in-depth tech info as far as CES and PS3 are concerned.

Unless they're going to release the product shortly after the event, there's no point in announcing price, date and other details. Besides which the CES is an American event and the launch is presumably going to occur in Japan first.

How much info. did they divulge on the US launch of the PSP at last year's CES? Pretty sure they didn't announce date or price and they released a couple of months later.

But the main reason they won't do it in January is that a lot of PS2s and PSPs which got purchased for Christmas could still get returned after news on the first week of January.

Not to mention, a growing factor is all these gift cards, to the point where people are expecting higher retial sales as those cards are redeemed.

 

[Nesh]

I know this is utopic but I hope they show us realtime presentations of Tekken,Heavebly Sword, Killzone and Motorstorm that are as good as the videos shown at E3

 

[Bad_Boy]

Unless they're going to release the product shortly after the event, there's no point in announcing price, date and other details. Besides which the CES is an American event and the launch is presumably going to occur in Japan first.

microsoft announced their release in japan at tgs, and launched in NA first. I dont think it matters where you announce.

But the main reason they won't do it in January is that a lot of PS2s and PSPs which got purchased for Christmas could still get returned after news on the first week of January.

I dont see how this is really a legitimate reason not to tell info about the ps3.

I know this is utopic but I hope they show us realtime presentations of Tekken,Heavebly Sword, Killzone and Motorstorm that are as good as the videos shown at E3

me too, all of those names i would love to see. maybe stick in I-8, warhawk, or Lair in that list and ill be happy

 

[SMOKE]

Its going to be filled with surprises, its like going to a Carnivale if you will and you have your choice of games and events to watch and play. Sony is going "FULL STEAM AHEAD" in 2006 and beyond. The reason being that the RSX tapes out this month if it hadnt already and things are going ahead of schedule, read my writting. THERE WILL BE PLAYABLE GAMES ON THE PS3 in the next month or 2.

 

[BlueTsunami]

I agree with xbdestroya. CES isn't really the platform to show games (Trailers, Demos etc). If anything, it would be more hardware focused. Possible price announcment and showing certain features that the PS3 has.

Now, the Febuary event...thats a different story..

 

[Nesh]

I agree with xbdestroya. CES isn't really the platform to show games (Trailers, Demos etc). If anything, it would be more hardware focused. Possible price announcment and showing certain features that the PS3 has.

Now, the Febuary event...thats a different story..

any links about the frbruary event please?

 

[overclocked]

The one in Jan is prob "more" about everything (PSP,PS2) while the one in feb is the one were we will se Kuturagi breastfeed his Baby with that nice and proud smile only a father can have.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

It would be cool if they gave consumers a great price point in these new high tech HDTV'S, sound systems, HD movies, and PS3.

"go future without going broke!"

This is actually where Sony could be smart, but they're not. No other company AFAIK can offer end-to-end content and hardware. eg. Music. Sony publisher music on their own format, ATRAC. Normal mp3 players support an open standard and so a hardware manufacturer can't limit the owner to a particular service (ignoring Apple for the time being!). Sony on the other hand can provide the content and hardware, ensuring content sales. Thus they could take a hit on the hardware, like they do consoles, to secure the lucrative content sales.

But instead we have CONNECT, which I registered to on Thursday and cancelled my registeration on Friday. I was delivered one corrupted track out of 5 purchased, with no working replacement available, over a dubiously secure network, for a format that only plays on their player, and with pretty poor compression quality too, at a higher price per track then any other service (they're the only service with the tracks I wanted). In every way they've screwed it up. Rather than have an incentive to buy into the Sony world, using Sony hardware to play Sony content, I just want to steer clear. Rather than offering cheaper hardware and cheaper content, and securing the custom, they overprice everything.

Now hopefully, for the company (though personally I don't care. I don't have shares in Sony or anything!) Stringer's trying to solve this madness. Rather than have the hardware people producing hardware without a plan to cooperate with the content people, Sony will move ahead as a cohesive force with each division contributing to the greater good of the company. That so far seems to be more what Stringer's aiming for, and a cohesive showing at CES could support this, but if anything changes I doubt it'll be for a long time. As it is, Sony's CONNECT service could provide direct purchases for PSP owners. Hear a track on the radio, boot up your PSP, hook up to CONNECT over a WiFi service and purchase. But there's no way I would buy music from CONNECT direct as it is. Likewise any amazing plans for content distribution on PS3 are going to meet nought but skepticism from me. Sony could do a whole Sony package, of TVs, recorders, consoles, music players, all at very good value to attract a Sony-wide household, and make the killing on the content that they can afford to undercut their competition on as they actually produce the content and aren't just middlemen. They could do...

 

[BlueTsunami]

any links about the frbruary event please?

Sure, heres a part of a IGN article that mentions the February event....

With the system having missed out on its playable debut at TGS, you might be wondering when gamers will get a chance for a first hands-on test. Originally, SCE was scheduled to hold a Japanese event in February that would give players a chance to play PS3 games. Earlier, we mistakenly reported that this event had been cancelled. However, Saeki actually reveals to the magazine that SCE will be taking a somewhat different approach in holding the event. It's something that will surprise gamers, but it's being kept a secret for now.

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/654/654390p1.html

Heres a good reference picture to. Its a timeline of events for the PS3 (it starts in 2005)

 

[Nesh]

Sure, heres a part of a IGN article that mentions the February event....



Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/654/654390p1.html

Heres a good reference picture to. Its a timeline of events for the PS3 (it starts in 2005)

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/a...2005-sonys-ps3-schedule-20050721020718112.jpg

thanks

 

[leechan25]

This is actually where Sony could be smart, but they're not. No other company AFAIK can offer end-to-end content and hardware. eg. Music. Sony publisher music on their own format, ATRAC. Normal mp3 players support an open standard and so a hardware manufacturer can't limit the owner to a particular service (ignoring Apple for the time being!). Sony on the other hand can provide the content and hardware, ensuring content sales. Thus they could take a hit on the hardware, like they do consoles, to secure the lucrative content sales.

But instead we have CONNECT, which I registered to on Thursday and cancelled my registeration on Friday. I was delivered one corrupted track out of 5 purchased, with no working replacement available, over a dubiously secure network, for a format that only plays on their player, and with pretty poor compression quality too, at a higher price per track then any other service (they're the only service with the tracks I wanted). In every way they've screwed it up. Rather than have an incentive to buy into the Sony world, using Sony hardware to play Sony content, I just want to steer clear. Rather than offering cheaper hardware and cheaper content, and securing the custom, they overprice everything.

Now hopefully, for the company (though personally I don't care. I don't have shares in Sony or anything!) Stringer's trying to solve this madness. Rather than have the hardware people producing hardware without a plan to cooperate with the content people, Sony will move ahead as a cohesive force with each division contributing to the greater good of the company. That so far seems to be more what Stringer's aiming for, and a cohesive showing at CES could support this, but if anything changes I doubt it'll be for a long time. As it is, Sony's CONNECT service could provide direct purchases for PSP owners. Hear a track on the radio, boot up your PSP, hook up to CONNECT over a WiFi service and purchase. But there's no way I would buy music from CONNECT direct as it is. Likewise any amazing plans for content distribution on PS3 are going to meet nought but skepticism from me. Sony could do a whole Sony package, of TVs, recorders, consoles, music players, all at very good value to attract a Sony-wide household, and make the killing on the content that they can afford to undercut their competition on as they actually produce the content and aren't just middlemen. They could do...

That's right, Sony could out right own this next generation if they properly incorporate the hardware business to support the content side of the business. We can see it in small ways will the psp. However, Sony must be willing to take a hit up front with the hardware business to allow a large mass of consumers into the incoming HD market (kinda like selling razor blades). If they do so, there really could be no company that could stop them of owning this console's lifecycles.

 

[mckmas8808]

That's right, Sony could out right own this next generation if they properly incorporate the hardware business to support the content side of the business. We can see it in small ways will the psp. However, Sony must be willing to take a hit up front with the hardware business to allow a large mass of consumers into the incoming HD market (kinda like selling razor blades). If they do so, there really could be no company that could stop them of owning this console's lifecycles.

The sad part is more than likely this won't happen. It's very very hard to do all of that at one time. I guess we'll see.

 

[leechan25]

I think there outsourcing most of the hardware development to india and China just so they can make this products cheaper.

 

[avaya]

I think Sony's and its partners main goal at CES is to help put the final nails in the HD-DVD coffin from a PR standpoint (maybe even Universal announcing Blu-Ray support).

From that point of view we could get price-points/definitive launch dates for PS3 since other Blu-Ray Disc Association members will be doing the same for their Blu-Ray hardware/content.

 

[seismologist]

Instead of the Feb event I wonder if they'll just start dropping PS3 kiosks into the local shops for people to check out.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Sony's CES site
http://www.sony.com/ces/index.shtml