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[sonycowboy]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/09/17/news_6107820.html

It all goes back to a single analyst who admits he was speculating. But, there still is the meeting next week and the SPCH-70000 reference in recent manuals.

There, however, is absolutely no particular reason to believe an announcement is immediately pending except these two facts: 1) the manual & 2) the shortage.

Well, we'll just have to see.

 

[neptunes]

Bogus or not bogus?: Eventually not bogus. Given that Sony has trademarked "PStwo," it's just a matter of time until a device arrives, and that time may be sooner rather than later

Just wait 'til next tuesday when sony will have this supposed meeting.

 

[Wario64]

I always assumed it was a rumor

 

[BlackMage]

get your pitchforks, gentlemen!

 

[cvxfreak]

October would have made so much sense with DQVIII in Japan, too... hmm.

 

[Solid]

But I was so excited

 

[DarienA]

PSTwo real or bogus:

Bogus.

 

[WarPig]

The funny thing is, we'd heard some similar stuff under the table before the Hollywood Reporter blew everything up -- some folks in Europe had heard reports that they were going to debut a new version of the console with integrated network hardware and whatnot. I happened to find it a little more credible than the usual as a consequence. Oh, well, more fun in the online world...

DFS.

 

[Odysseus]

Well, you knew that when Spong picked it up and talked about a confirmation set for next Tuesday, you knew that there was a snowball's chance in Hell of it happening anytime soon.

 

[doncale]

PStwo = 2005

 

[MetatronM]

Why is everybody acting like they debunked this rumor? They basically just said "it probably won't happen, but it might" and "Sony won't tell us." Basically, they're saying all the rumors in the media come from one source, it's not confirmed, and it may or may not be announced on Tuesday.

So it's no more or less confirmed than it was before.

 

[kaching]

The reference to SCPH-70000 is in at least 2 manuals - Burnout 3 and Sly 2. It's not in the Gradius V manual though. So, who knows...if it doesn't continue to show up in new release manuals and no announcement is forthcoming, then maybe Sony changed their plans.

 

[sonycowboy]

Why is everybody acting like they debunked this rumor? They basically just said "it probably won't happen, but it might" and "Sony won't tell us." Basically, they're saying all the rumors in the media come from one source, it's not confirmed, and it may or may not be announced on Tuesday.

So it's no more or less confirmed than it was before.

It certainly is possible that it might happen, but they traced the rumors back to a single analyst who admitted that he was merely speculating, because Sony is "fond" of anniverseries and Oct 26 is the 4th year anniversary.

So, it's not based on some "leaked" insider info that might point to the possibility.

 

[teiresias]

So . . . essentially . . . what you're telling me . . . is that . . . there's a rumour . . . that another rumour . . . isn't true?

 

[neptunes]

It's release is inevitable, it's probably the launch that we don't know of yet. It makes more sense to release it next year, but then again PSP is being released next year and we have a ps2 shortage right now.

They have to at least talk about it next tuesday.

EDIT: remember all that buzz of Portable playstation before e3 2003? I

 

[B E N K E]

Believe what you want. Next week you will know.

 

[DSN2K]

heh.

 

[MetatronM]

So . . . essentially . . . what you're telling me . . . is that . . . there's a rumour . . . that another rumour . . . isn't true?

Exactly. Big news, no?

 

[The Faceless Master]

 

[SentientStone]

They better release it this year! I just bought Ico today and was going to get a PStwo to finally get to play this little treasure.

 

[Elios83]

I think PStwo is really coming next week:

Sony Computer Entertainment Italy is e-mailing this to italian gaming websites (multiplayer.it in this case).
Could this mean that PStwo is 23cm long?

 

[neo2046]

Some "insiders" at Japan say that the new PS TWO model is around 70% large of PS2, no more compatible to PS1 games
and the model is looked like this (the right hand side is some people's photoshopped work)
of course no one can confirm this is true or fake

 

[Matlock]

Neo, I love you dude.

 

[Fatghost]

Some "insiders" at Japan say that the new PS TWO model is around 70% large of PS2, no more compatible to PS1 games
and the model is looked like this (the right hand side is some people's photoshopped work)
of course no one can confirm this is true or fake

I call bullshit, just because the PSTwo would have to play PS1 games. PS1 compatibility is achieved by having most of the PS1 hardware as part of the PS2 hardware (the I/O controller) and removing that would also make PS2 games incompatible.

 

[KyotoMecca]

PStwo will be revealed on Tuesday and that's the bottom line.

 

[Laguna X]

PStwo will be revealed on Tuesday and that's the bottom line.

Eh? The bottom line is that it's still speculation at this point.

 

[xsarien]

PStwo will be revealed on Tuesday and that's the bottom line.

Says who?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Some "insiders" at Japan say that the new PS TWO model is around 70% large of PS2, no more compatible to PS1 games
and the model is looked like this (the right hand side is some people's photoshopped work)
of course no one can confirm this is true or fake

That's interesting. That would mean they totally revamped the motherboard and hardware, since the I/O chip for the PS2 is the PSX chipset.

Though if true, that really sucks. I was planning on replacing my PS2 with a PStwo possibly, since this piece of shit is almost dead. Looks like it's the IR version for me.

 

[DSN2K]

funny enough im more interested in what Sony have to say on PSP(price etc..)

 

[KyotoMecca]

Says who?

Says me.

 

[BuddyC]

Says me.

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?p=377454#post377454

I think some of you will be surprised at the IP SEGA will be revitalising in the next 6-12 months.
That is all.

Teh industree insider? Kyoto also makes a lot of Kikizo references. To the point where they're either a) unhealthily obsessed or b) involved with Kikizo in some fashion (e.g. staff, freelance or a friend of the staff).

 

[sc0la]

its SCEE 2: electric boogaloo.

(wait what was that poster's name?)
Edit: thanks

 

[xsarien]

its SCEA 2: electric boogaloo.

(wait what was that poster's name?)

"scee."

 

[neptunes]

Says who?

says him

 

[Rhindle]

Gamefront has some impressions from a Japanese dealer who it was allegedly shown to.

He does say it looks like the Sony DVD player that neo posted above.

Also:

- It IS PS1 compatible.
- It is not compatible with the hard drive.
- Power adapter is external.
- It will come in silver and blue.
- Retail is 15,000 yen.

 

[xsarien]

- Retail is 15,000 yen.

That's roughly $140 USD, FYI.

 

[neptunes]

- It IS PS1 compatible.
- It is not compatible with the hard drive.
- Power adapter is external.
- It will come in silver and blue.
- Retail is 15,000 yen.

'm curious , Is it the internal battery and the HDD slot that take up the most space on the ps2?

 

[teepo]

Some "insiders" at Japan say that the new PS TWO model is around 70% large of PS2, no more compatible to PS1 games
and the model is looked like this (the right hand side is some people's photoshopped work)
of course no one can confirm this is true or fake

lol i remeber seeing that dvd player and i thought to myself how cool it would look if the ps2 had that cdtray and latly i've been thinking the pstwo is most likely just going to look like that.

 

[KyotoMecca]

http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?p=377454#post377454

Teh industree insider?

The PStwo thing is not insider stuff. It was on MCV's front page on Friday. It specifically said it would be shown at a retail presentation by Ken. It did not say this would be on Tuesday, but that is when we know it is taking place. And in addition I am just saying it is. Unless there is a nuclear explosion or something.

 

[Fatghost]

So has Sony decided to abandon the HDD then?

 

[Goreomedy]

The PStwo thing is not insider stuff. It was on MCV's front page on Friday. It specifically said it would be shown at a retail presentation by Ken. It did not say this would be on Tuesday, but that is when we know it is taking place. And in addition I am just saying it is. Unless there is a nuclear explosion or something.

And it's okay to speculate, but there's certainly been no confirmation. Nothing to merit a "bottom line" statement.

I was at the store just a few hours ago. And looking at the console section, the many Xboxes, and Gamecbues, and SPs, and PSOnes in stock, but not a single PS2... yeah, that's enough to convince me something is up.

If not the PSTwo, a new bundle with the old model.

 

[xsarien]

If the PSTwo is indeed a slot-loading device, something I'm a complete whore for, I may have to sell my PS2 to a friend who occasionally pines for one. That, and, you know...the silver would almost seal the deal too.

 

[cvxfreak]

- Retail is 15,000 yen.

That would force Nintendo to drop the price in Japan...

 

[krypt0nian]

funny enough im more interested in what Sony have to say on PSP(price etc..)

IAWTP

 

[TTP]

Could this mean that PStwo is 23cm long?

yep. And weight is 900gr.
Offical announcement is coming in 3 days

 

[Wario64]

So has Sony decided to abandon the HDD then?

That or maybe they're putting in a smaller HDD in the console...but I somehow doubt that would happen. It'll be interesting if they omit the HDD or the ability to use HDDs...basically telling developers that they don't care about the HDD and they shouldn't either

 

[neptunes]

Maybe they're trying to weed out mod-chips and/or HDLoader :lol

Remember, they plan to have the ps2 around for 6 more years.

 

[Defensor]

Omitting the HDD for PStwo would be lame. Customers basically can't buy FFXI bundle for the PS2... unless Sony includes a smaller Hdd in the new revision.

 

[Arcticfox]

It wouldn't be hard to make it compatible with an external hard drive if they really wanted to, either by upgrading the USB slots to 2.0 or just putting an ATA port on the back (a Serial ATA port wouldn't take much room).

 

[hirokazu]

yep. And weight is 900gr.
Offical announcement is coming in 3 days

some of you guys are acting like you know tons of stuff about this... are you all making shit up and talking out of your ass, or do you genuinely know something?