E3 – PS3 announced
Posted on May 17, 2005 in GamesThe PS3 was just announced yesterday and it looks like it will be even better than the X-Box 360. I watched about an hour of the announcement through Gamespot. I’m impressed and am definitely getting one when they come out.
Here are some pictures of it:
It looks like it will be the choice for HDTV gaming with these specs:
| Category | Specification |
| Company | Sony |
| Processor | Power-PC based core at 3.2 GHz |
| Memory | 256MB XDR Main RAM running at 3.2 GHz, 256 GDDR VRAM at 700 MHz |
| Bandwidth | 25.6 GB per second VRAM, RSX 20 GB per second write, 15 GB/s read; SB 2.5 GB/s write, 2.5 GB/s read |
| Performance | System Floating Point Performance |
| Harddrive | 1 Detatchable 2.5″ HDD Slot |
| USB | 4 USB Ports Front, 2 USB Ports Rear, 1 Standard Memory CompactFlash |
| Internet | 1 Input, 3 Output Rear. Wi-Fi IEEE Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 |
| Controller | Bluetooth up to 7 controllers over USB 2.0 or Wi-Fi IP network |
| Screen | 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p HDMI. 2 HDMI out, 1 Analog Multi Out, 1 Digital audio optical out |
| Media | PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW, SACD Hybrid, SACD HD Dual Disc Audio/DVD side, PlayStation 2 DVD, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW |
Edit: It’s been announced that the PS3 will be backwards compatible.
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- E3 – Revolution announced
- E3 – Game Boy Micro announced
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- E3 – More X-Box 360 info
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