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[sangreal]

They've added a metallic strip and recolored the Blu-ray drive black on all models.

I'm pretty sure that the blu-ray drive is chrome in those shots

 

[Chittagong]

Awesome, I want one. That thing is ridiculous.

Welcome to the world of macro boards. Used before you miniatyrize the shitload of connections, functions, logic etc. to have access to the core functionality early. As consoles integrate more and more funcitons, macro boards become huge.

 

[Chittagong]

I'm pretty sure that the blu-ray drive is chrome in those shots

Yes. A very nice design touch, nice to see they concentrate on detail. The "enclosed metal" also gives it a design familiarity with PSP, which has the metal-painted silver ring between the shiny black front and black back. Genious.

 

[Pimpwerx]

it says 'conceptual' on the little tag

That's where you're wrong. The new controller will not carry the Dual Shock monicker anymore, but will henceforth be named the "Conceptual Mockup". :lol I bet it's actually better than the DS2, otherwise they are in for a world of shit when people start bitching. Aesthetics mean nothing, it's about ergonomics. I just wish they'd let the press hold the pad first so we could get some reviews. It better be usable at TGS. PEACE.

 

[Vince]

So how much behind would you say Sony is? Of course Sony and MS have different approaches so they aren't directly comparable. Still, considering what is known about ongoing development, my estimate is around 9 months, substantiating the "BS!!" yell my intuition shouted in May when I heard the "Spring 2006" street date.

What, 9 months?!? Has Microsoft even started shipping kits with the final CPU architecture in it? What about with the R500, last I've heard it's was being respun. If they have, it's a recent development and they're suppose to launching in under 4 months.

Sony's graphic subsystem is emulable on a SM3.0 set-up very well (SLI helps with preformance) and has had the non-emulable parts -- eg. CELL samples -- circulating since late 2004 for DCC venders and several developers. You can develop on this platform very well, meanwhile Microsoft has been sending out devkits that are [substantial] subsets graphically of the final GPU (and unrelated architecturally) and CPUs that are totally unrelated in ANY regard en masse.

This is a PR numbers game with MS; If Sony wanted parity they should have sent out 10,000 PCs with a Power4400, Linux, and a 6800 -- which is about analogous to MS's 4K kits, if not closer to the final specification set. 9 Months... right... less freebasing buddy.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

What, 9 months?!? Has Microsoft even started shipping kits with the final CPU architecture in it? What about with the R500, last I've heard it's was being respun. If they have, it's a recent development and they're suppose to launching in under 4 months.

Sony's graphic subsystem is emulable on a SM3.0 set-up very well (SLI helps with preformance) and has had the non-emulable parts -- eg. CELL samples -- circulating since late 2004 for DCC venders and several developers. You can develop on this platform very well, meanwhile Microsoft has been sending out devkits that are [substantial] subsets graphically of the final GPU (and unrelated architecturally) and CPUs that are totally unrelated in ANY regard en masse.

This is a PR numbers game with MS; If Sony wanted parity they should have sent out 10,000 PCs with a Power4400, Linux, and a 6800 -- which is about analogous to MS's 4K kits, if not closer to the final specification set. 9 Months... right... less freebasing buddy.

R520 is the problem, I thought R500 is fine

 

[sangreal]

What, 9 months?!? Has Microsoft even started shipping kits with the final CPU architecture in it? What about with the R500, last I've heard it's was being respun. If they have, it's a recent development and they're suppose to launching in under 4 months.

Beta Kits with the final architecture started shipping right after E3

 

[Fafalada]

So how much behind would you say Sony is? Of course Sony and MS have different approaches so they aren't directly comparable. Still, considering what is known about ongoing development, my estimate is around 9 months

December - August = 9Months? :\

Also - last I checked they've been ahead of MS in hardware for good part of this year even in absolute timing, not just relative. Anyway, for reference, this schedule is somewhere around 1 month behind PS2, in terms of hardware anyway.

 

[silver]

Yes. A very nice design touch, nice to see they concentrate on detail. The "enclosed metal" also gives it a design familiarity with PSP, which has the metal-painted silver ring between the shiny black front and black back. Genious.

THAT is genious to you? Your standards... ARE TEH SUCK

 

[Argyle]

Rumors put the 360 one as pretty phat so I would expect the PS3 one to be pretty large as well.

Take a look at this picture:

Note the "AC in" jack, which uses a standard PC-style power cord, this implies the PS3 will have an internal power supply.

Of course, these are mockup units, so that doesn't necessarily mean the production PS3s won't have some monstrous wall wart or something

 

[XMonkey]

Ya...I don't bet on them putting the power supply inside the PS3. Too much stuff to cram in that shell.

 

[sangreal]

Take a look at this picture:

Note the "AC in" jack, which uses a standard PC-style power cord, this implies the PS3 will have an internal power supply.

Of course, these are mockup units, so that doesn't necessarily mean the production PS3s won't have some monstrous wall wart or something

The 360 has the same connector

 

[TTP]

They've added a metallic strip and recolored the Blu-ray drive black on all models.

You didn't pay attention at E3

metallic strip was already there and the BR drive is not black, but metallic hence reflective.

 

[element]

i doubt any system will have an internal PSU. heat alone from the PSU would be too much

 

[Yusaku]

Haha, so many logos.

They could've added a few more (MemoryStick, CompactFlash, etc.).