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Matlock

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DailyGame

Just cleaning the bullshit out and giving the (rather ludicrous) list--

1. No Hard Drive
2. 1GB Flash Memory instead of a Hard Drive
3. Blu-Ray at launch.
4. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
5. Improved online support.
6. One year after launch: unified online service.
7. Number of USB and FireWire ports will be cut in half.
8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
9. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
11. $300

:lol
 
Matlock said:
GameDaily

Just cleaning the bullshit out and giving the (rather ludicrous) list--

1. No Hard Drive
2. 1GB Flash Memory instead of a Hard Drive
3. Blu-Ray at launch.
4. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
5. Improved online support.
6. One year after launch: unified online service.
7. Number of USB and FireWire ports will be cut in half.
8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
9. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
11. $300

:lol
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Justin's not going to like you. That's DailyGame, not GameDaily
 
1. No Hard Drive
3. Blu-Ray at launch.
5. Improved online support.
7. Number of USB and FireWire ports will be cut in half.
8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
9. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
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These are the reasonable predictions.
 
That would be 11 predictions

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Matlock said:
GameDaily

Just cleaning the bullshit out and giving the (rather ludicrous) list--

1. No Hard Drive
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Pretty likely

2. 1GB Flash Memory instead of a Hard Drive
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Completely unlikely. High memory Mem Sticks instead of HDD I can see, even a value pack at launch including a 1 GB mem stick to justify a higher price tag, but definately no built in flash memory

3. Blu-Ray at launch.
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No shit sherlock. It's not a prediction if it's been fucking announced as part of the spec for over a year and rumored for years before that.

4. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
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Duh. Every system launches with titles that barely scratch the surface of the hardware. I don't think any system has ever launched with the launch line up making the most of the hardware.

5. Improved online support.
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Anything would be better than PS2 online, so it can only improve.

6. One year after launch: unified online service.
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I hope it happens.

7. Number of USB and FireWire ports will be cut in half.
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I doubt it. They aren't a significant cost and Sony wants PS3 to be useful as a media hub for all the other Sony products they hope to tie in with PS3 as the Living Room center.


8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
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That would be quite a feat since most of the PS1 chipset is in the PS2 anyway, and if Sony went the hardware route for BC, including a PS2 chipset would automatically include PS1 BC. And if they went a full emulation route, PS1 is already perfectly emulated and wouldn't pose a significant problem in including. Plus Sony has shown that PS1 compatibility is part of the PS3 spec. This old rumor has been debunked for over a year now.

9. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
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Certainly - if X360 can send files to PSP as if it were a portable flash device, why couldn't PS3?

10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
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Never heard that any of the XBL team had defected, you'd think that would be pretty big news, right?


11. $300



:lol
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300 would be nice but Sony can get away with 400 now, so I imagine 400 will be the price with a 500 dollar value pack as an option too.
 
10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
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this is no predicition - this is fact -> looking at the devstation speech list, there are some guys, who worked before at MS.

ok, its proven, that gamedaily are dumbbags. whos next?
 
SolidSnakex said:
It's reasonable to think the PS3 won't be BC with PSone games?
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Yeah, I should've thrown that one out too. My own uneducated guess is that PSone emulation will be there as Kutaragi has promised, but in a more buggy form than what we got with the PS2.
 
Fatghost28 said:
Never heard that any of the XBL team had defected, you'd think that would be pretty big news, right?
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It's true, the first sign of it was during the PS3 Devstation conference list

Mike Kavallierou
Director

Mike has been back at SCEE since May 2003, having spent the previous 2 and a half years at Microsoft working on Xbox and Xbox Live. His first industry job was also at SCEE working on PlayStation and PlayStation 2 in developer support up until the day of European launch. He has a great collection of NDAs from his previous employers, and his current focus is network technologies on all platforms.

Mike is going to talk about PS3 networking.
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Wow. Didn't know that.

OMG, just found his portrait
MikeKavallierou.jpg


and the one of Micha Werle (the guy that works with Mike on the PS3 network)
MichaWerle.jpg


The beauty and the beast?*

:lol

Just kidding ok?

*I'm not gay
 
jetjevons said:
:lol
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I'd be more laughing at the combination of Blu Ray and $300--as Sony's paying $100+ for each drive...but yeah, having a flash drive that large with a low pricepoint is equally as strange. :p
 
Matlock said:
I'd be more laughing at the combination of Blu Ray and $300--as Sony's paying $100+ for each drive
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How do you know this? You can't really use current BR drives as
base for a guess since the PS3 will be the first non-recordable one to my knowledge
 
1. No Hard Drive included(though a 1gb memory stick will be included, 200gb hdd sold separetly)
2. Blu-Ray multimedia demo included.
3. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
4. Free unified online service from US launch with original features.
5. Number of USB ports will be lowered.
6. Backwards compatability with both PS2 and PSOne. Graphical improvement for PSOne.
7. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
8. New devteam/division for the online services, made of former XBL staff among others.
9. Grey(with gloss) will be launch color.
10. $399
 
Matlock said:
1. No Hard Drive
2. 1GB Flash Memory instead of a Hard Drive
3. Blu-Ray at launch.
4. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
5. Improved online support.
6. One year after launch: unified online service.
7. Number of USB and FireWire ports will be cut in half.
8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
9. PSP integration (download from PS3 to PSP).
10. New devteam for the online services, made of former XBL staff.
11. $300

:lol
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1. Yup.
2. No.
3. Ultra, uber Duh.
4. Naturally.
5. Duh.
6. Hm... no.
7. Perhaps. This is the only reasonable prediction that isn't either completely obvious, half-baked or just wrong.
8. No.
9. Wtf, super duh.
10. No in terms of any sort of massive former XBL staff involvement.
11. HAHAHAHAHAHA.
 
My predictions:

1) The vents are so powerful and strong because if you sit too close to the PS3, your body will not be able to withstand how fucking awesome it is. The vents on the PS3 are Sony's way of keeping you alive.

2) The PS3 will be so realistic that the hairs on the asscrack of the drivers in Vision GT will have 10,000 polygons per hair, bump mapped, and 4 x FSAA.

3) The PS3's boomerang controller design is used primarily to kill haters. When some Nintendouche or Xboxmuncher walks away, you can boomerang the controller to hit them in the face. The last thing they'll ever see in their lives is the PS3 controller. A harsh lesson - don't fuck with the PS3.

4) The PS3 will be $399 but they can charge $499 and still have a flock of toolbags around the block of each store hoping to their hands on it. $599 can draw crowds even but that might be pushing it. Expect $1000+ bundles with the PS3. Whats worse is you know no matter what price, people will want to get it the first day to flex their e-nuts. Its too bad nobody gives a damn in a couple months. Although the circle jerk points they get on anonymous internet boards will make them heroes.

5) The PS3 is the greatest thing since DVD porn...and Blu-ray porn. In fact, once you own a PS3, sex is meaningless since its so awesome, you'll orgasm repeatedly. No woman can compete against Kutaragi and the PS3.

6) The PS3 is so awesome that Religious wingnuts will declare it as the devil because whenever they see Devil May Cry 4 in action. The PS3 is so good that it can replicate the devil down the pores with 500,000 polygons on each fingernail running at a blaze-faster-than-Redman-smoking-a-pound-of-weed 120 fps.

7) The PS3 is so powerful that they're considered weapons of mass destruction.

8) Kutaragi was just being generous, the PS3 can go faster than 120 fps. Some tests had it go up to 15000 fps while running a 100 million pps demo. They capped it at 120 fps because any higher and people will start involuntarily becoming Christians because they see the face of God...its that good.

9) Sliced bread has shit on the PS3.

10) Sony will decide to recall the PS3 off of the shelves because its too powerful for the unwashed masses. Instead, they'll just repackage PS2s inside the PS3 boxes. People will know about this...and not care. It'll sell 5 million units during the first holiday season. Sony will release the PS3 in a decade from now, just to be fair to the Xbox 360 and Revolution.
 
The Experiment said:
My predictions:

1) The vents are so powerful and strong because if you sit too close to the PS3, your body will not be able to withstand how fucking awesome it is. The vents on the PS3 are Sony's way of keeping you alive.

2) The PS3 will be so realistic that the hairs on the asscrack of the drivers in Vision GT will have 10,000 polygons per hair, bump mapped, and 4 x FSAA.

3) The PS3's boomerang controller design is used primarily to kill haters. When some Nintendouche or Xboxmuncher walks away, you can boomerang the controller to hit them in the face. The last thing they'll ever see in their lives is the PS3 controller. A harsh lesson - don't fuck with the PS3.

4) The PS3 will be $399 but they can charge $499 and still have a flock of toolbags around the block of each store hoping to their hands on it. $599 can draw crowds even but that might be pushing it. Expect $1000+ bundles with the PS3. Whats worse is you know no matter what price, people will want to get it the first day to flex their e-nuts. Its too bad nobody gives a damn in a couple months. Although the circle jerk points they get on anonymous internet boards will make them heroes.

5) The PS3 is the greatest thing since DVD porn...and Blu-ray porn. In fact, once you own a PS3, sex is meaningless since its so awesome, you'll orgasm repeatedly. No woman can compete against Kutaragi and the PS3.

6) The PS3 is so awesome that Religious wingnuts will declare it as the devil because whenever they see Devil May Cry 4 in action. The PS3 is so good that it can replicate the devil down the pores with 500,000 polygons on each fingernail running at a blaze-faster-than-Redman-smoking-a-pound-of-weed 120 fps.

7) The PS3 is so powerful that they're considered weapons of mass destruction.

8) Kutaragi was just being generous, the PS3 can go faster than 120 fps. Some tests had it go up to 15000 fps while running a 100 million pps demo. They capped it at 120 fps because any higher and people will start involuntarily becoming Christians because they see the face of God...its that good.

9) Sliced bread has shit on the PS3.

10) Sony will decide to recall the PS3 off of the shelves because its too powerful for the unwashed masses. Instead, they'll just repackage PS2s inside the PS3 boxes. People will know about this...and not care. It'll sell 5 million units during the first holiday season. Sony will release the PS3 in a decade from now, just to be fair to the Xbox 360 and Revolution.
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:lol :lol :lol :lol
OMG its the CHUCKNORRISTATION 3!!!
 
I think they will charge $50-$100 (USD equivalent) more for the PS3 in Japan and Europe, because they know they can get away with it, but the North American price may be cheaper than what you think.

$299.99-$399.99 probably.

If it's $399.99, I expect some bonuses included, like maybe a HDD or 1 GB flash card and a free Blu-Ray movie.
 
1) Pain
2) Pain
3) Pain
4) Pain
5) Pain
6) Pain
7) Pain
8) Pain
9) Pain
10) PAIN.

Edit:

Someone beat me to it? Great minds think alike, I guess.
 
More predictions:

11) To test the true power of the PS3, a ragtag bunch of software engineers with hearts of gold went into a bomb shelter and protected by a foot thick of bulletproof glass to make a program to explore the capabilities of the PS3. There were no survivors.

12) What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't a nuclear bomb. Kutaragi was just beta testing the PS3.

13) The tsunami of late 2004 was actually started by running Tekken 6 on the PS3. Kutaragi wanted to apologize but he figured all would be forgiven when the PS3 came out.

14) Once the PS3 comes out, all religions will close up shop because it is literally the second coming of Christ. All religious people will go to the Church of PlayStation, headed by Pope Ken Kutaragi. He will deliver his sermons on Power Point.

15) A huge economic collapse will occur the week of PS3's release. Everyone will either be playing PS3 or watching someone play PS3, including everyone at Sony. There will not be any more PS3s made after the launch shipment for several weeks for this reason.

16) Our generation will tell our grandchildren about the launch day of the PS3. We will describe it down the very detail; that the PS3 launch was a battlefield. Those who posess the prized PS3 on the first day will automatically have a harem of 10,000 women, 100 acres of land, and three goats. Of course, bitter memories of those who did not get the PS3 first will be described in agonizing detail, teaching our grandchildren that war is truly hell. War veterans will weep for us, realizing that the PS3 launch was more powerful and moving than anything they have ever faced.

17) Of course the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS One and PS2. Its so fucking awesome that its backwards compatible with all systems, including the Xbox 360 and Revolution. Sony is just trying to be nice by downplaying its awesomeness.

18) The world will toss out the gold standard in favor of the PS3. Fort Knox at the end of the year will be packed full of PS3s, still in the box. The Euro, US Dollar, etc. will phased out in favor of PS3s. The minimum wage will be 1/30th of a PS3 per hour. A typical paycheck would be written out for 1.556 PS3s.
 
Matlock said:
3. Blu-Ray at launch.
4. Launch titles that barely take advantage of the hardware.
8. Backwards compatability with PS2, not PSOne.
11. $300
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Because 3 is confirmed... bet your ass that $300 is a pipe dream. I'm sticking to me guns and I'm expecting $500-600. As one of the first Blu-Ray players to be introduced in the US... the higher price tag will be "justified." (And remember $180 PSPs at launch? haha!)

Regarding 8... I thought a read a NUMBER of sources claiming that it was compatible all the way to PSOne. Even if I didn't... I think it's a reasonable inferrence to assume that PS3 will include backwards compat. with all former PS media.

Regarding 4... rumors of MGS4 at launch are still floating (I'm not buying it)... however... if MGS4 launches you can be sure that it take advantage of the hardware...

...but logic there is pretty solid. I can't recall of any system that really did sans N64 (Mario).
 
The Experiment said:
More predictions:

11) To test the true power of the PS3, a ragtag bunch of software engineers with hearts of gold went into a bomb shelter and protected by a foot thick of bulletproof glass to make a program to explore the capabilities of the PS3. There were no survivors.

12) What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't a nuclear bomb. Kutaragi was just beta testing the PS3.

13) The tsunami of late 2004 was actually started by running Tekken 6 on the PS3. Kutaragi wanted to apologize but he figured all would be forgiven when the PS3 came out.

14) Once the PS3 comes out, all religions will close up shop because it is literally the second coming of Christ. All religious people will go to the Church of PlayStation, headed by Pope Ken Kutaragi. He will deliver his sermons on Power Point.

15) A huge economic collapse will occur the week of PS3's release. Everyone will either be playing PS3 or watching someone play PS3, including everyone at Sony. There will not be any more PS3s made after the launch shipment for several weeks for this reason.

16) Our generation will tell our grandchildren about the launch day of the PS3. We will describe it down the very detail; that the PS3 launch was a battlefield. Those who posess the prized PS3 on the first day will automatically have a harem of 10,000 women, 100 acres of land, and three goats. Of course, bitter memories of those who did not get the PS3 first will be described in agonizing detail, teaching our grandchildren that war is truly hell. War veterans will weep for us, realizing that the PS3 launch was more powerful and moving than anything they have ever faced.

17) Of course the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS One and PS2. Its so fucking awesome that its backwards compatible with all systems, including the Xbox 360 and Revolution. Sony is just trying to be nice by downplaying its awesomeness.

18) The world will toss out the gold standard in favor of the PS3. Fort Knox at the end of the year will be packed full of PS3s, still in the box. The Euro, US Dollar, etc. will phased out in favor of PS3s. The minimum wage will be 1/30th of a PS3 per hour. A typical paycheck would be written out for 1.556 PS3s.
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:lol
 
Mike Kavallierou was a support engineer for game developers at MS Europe. That bio on the DevStation site is somewhat misleading as he had nothing to do with the design and development of Xbox, Xbox Live or Xbox 360.

There haven't been many employees that left from the actual XBL team. Most of the few that did just moved elsewhere in Xbox or MS Game Studios.

So #10 is definitely not happening. The rest are fair game, though. :lol
 
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