PS3

[Mano]

Here are some more photos of the PS3.

[B00T]

When are these systems due out in the U.S.?

[Mano]

According to this gamespot article While the device's price has not yet been set, its release window--spring 2006--has.

[2005]

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Why did they change the controller? It's the only advantage the PS2 had over the Xbox.

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I'm an Xbox guy, so take that into consideration, but I HATE the PS2 controller. I think the Xbox controller S is, by far, the best first party controller.

[2005]

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Why did they change the controller? It's the only advantage the PS2 had over the Xbox.

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I'm an Xbox guy, so take that into consideration, but I HATE the PS2 controller. I think the Xbox controller S is, by far, the best first party controller.

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addendum: Other than the shitty controller with this thing, the PS3 looks AMAZING

[beerbandit]

that controller looks like a turd on a log

[beerbandit]

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It's the only advantage the PS2 had over the Xbox.

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no

[ChoicestHops]

The Final Fantasy VII technical demo they showed looked so sexy.

[Mano]

Speaking of which, word from E3 is that Final Fantasy XI will be on XBox 360 (perhaps other platforms too, but only heard about the XBox).

[PokerNoob]

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The Spec

PLAYSTATION 3 SPECIFICATIONS

CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
--1 VMX vector unit per core
--512KB L2 cache
--7 x SPE @3.2GHz
--7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
--7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
--*1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
--Total floating point performance: 218 gigaflops


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Can't wait for the Folding@Home client for it.