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Sony Unveils New PlayStation 3 Consoles
ABC News ^ | May 16, 2005

Posted on 05/16/2005 7:16:29 PM PDT by Panerai

Sony Corp. unveiled three flavors of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine Monday in what is likely a new round of console wars with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co.

The new machine, set for release in the spring of 2006, is about the same size as the current generation PlayStation 2 but has a more rounded look. Besides black, the PS3 will be available in silver and white.

Sony officials said the PS3's new processor technology called Cell will offer high performance for movie-like realism in games, high-definition movies and other features.

"The PS3 is truly is a system to be placed in the center of the living room," said Ken Kutaragi, creator of the original PlayStation console as well as the more recent PlayStation Portable handheld.

Prices or a specific lineup of games that will be available were not were not provided, though Sony showed off numerous demonstrations of games in development.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Technical
KEYWORDS: playstation3; sony; videogames
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To: marajade
Thats what I thought. You probably won't believe me but I met the guy who is in charge of Lucas games. The guy bought a house here in Lucas Valley, San Rafael, that I did a lot of work on. Skywalker Ranch is a good 10 minutes from where I am.His wife didn't like it here so I think they moved back to England, where he was from.
41 posted on 05/16/2005 7:43:21 PM PDT by scott says
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To: NewRomeTacitus

I don't think Saddam had very good talent. Torture and dismemberment are not good motivators for the creative mind.


42 posted on 05/16/2005 7:44:12 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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To: scott says

If you're 10 mins from Skywalker Ranch that tells me how much your home is probably worth...


43 posted on 05/16/2005 7:44:30 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Mr. Blonde

LOL. I'll get a Revolution. I'm a Nintendo junkie to the end... (What can I say, Metroid and Zelda PWN all, IMNSHO)


44 posted on 05/16/2005 7:45:37 PM PDT by 4mycountry ("No, Samus, prioritize! Getting off of an exploding ship is more important than fighting a dragon!")
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To: Panerai

So where's the kitchen sink?


45 posted on 05/16/2005 7:45:55 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: marajade

Well, I could make the wife park outside and convert the garage into a media room. Then I could go big.


46 posted on 05/16/2005 7:46:35 PM PDT by dc27
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To: Petronski

here is your flying car:

www.moller.com


47 posted on 05/16/2005 7:46:39 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: 4mycountry

Nintendo, will in the end, become a software development company.

Which is fine with me... its ALWAYS where they have exceled in.

Their 'hardware' decisions are LEDENDARY for bing 'one step behind'....


48 posted on 05/16/2005 7:47:07 PM PDT by FreedomNeocon
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To: pbrown

Now I can have blu ray from Sony Playstation 3 and buy an HD DVD player from Toshiba and I'd be all set. Is this heaven or what?


49 posted on 05/16/2005 7:47:13 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: LdSentinal


50 posted on 05/16/2005 7:47:26 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: Petronski

I just want a food-a-rac-a-cycle!


51 posted on 05/16/2005 7:47:44 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: FreedomNeocon

Nice! Especially since I'm a stats junky who watches the draft and combine every year.


52 posted on 05/16/2005 7:47:49 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006)
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To: marajade
He he he, we paid 465,000 in 98, its worth double plus some. I'm a contractor and am in contact with a lot of real estate agents and architects, it doesn't suck! You looking for a place out here?
53 posted on 05/16/2005 7:48:07 PM PDT by scott says
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To: marajade

For all of us who don't live in the same state, is it a ritzy area?


54 posted on 05/16/2005 7:48:27 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: dc27

Just let me know if you need me, as a woman, to convince your wife to convert the garage into a home theater room.


55 posted on 05/16/2005 7:48:38 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Dan from Michigan

I loved Intellevision, too. Celicovison was awesome as well. I loved "Pitfall."


56 posted on 05/16/2005 7:48:54 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: supercat
And to think I just got out and played my Stargate cartridge for the Atari 2600 on Saturday (awesome cart, btw).

Wow, that's an oldie. Possibly not as old as one of my favorite shoot-em-ups, though - "Parsec" on the TI-99/4A. That was one of the games that supported that plug-in accessory voice synthesizer! Good game, too.

57 posted on 05/16/2005 7:49:27 PM PDT by Cloud William (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: LdSentinal
Duck Hunt...
Now I'm waiting for that damn hunting dog to laugh at me......
58 posted on 05/16/2005 7:49:34 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006)
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To: pbrown

Did you read his post 53?


59 posted on 05/16/2005 7:49:38 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: rwfromkansas

Those fans are too loud. I want it to just hover there, making only that classic Jetson sound:


Beebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebee!


60 posted on 05/16/2005 7:50:26 PM PDT by Petronski (Pope Benedict XVI: A German Shepherd on the Throne of Peter)
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