[Hamas_123]

Just thought i'll start thread on the PS3 where we can just chat about it and tell each other about a firmware update thats coming for the PS3 or anything new.

Also, lets make lists of the top 10 games on the PS3 and rate it out of 10.

So, lets kick this thread off, i'll start

Here are the PS3's specs:

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 GFLOPS
GPU: RSX @550MHz

1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth:

Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
VRAM: 22.4GB/s
RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS

Storage:

HDD
Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1
I/O:

USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD: standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1
Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP®)
Network (over IP)
AV Output:

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
CD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

[Jason]

Call of Duty 4 has got to be one of the top 10 games on the PS3.

As PS3 home been released yet?

Regards Jason

[Joshuashawharvey]

No it hasn't yet, i'm still waiting for it

[Daveskater]

What I want to know about the PS3 is if they'll be releasing the 80GB version over here. Everybody wants a 60GB one and they sell for extraordinary prices on eBay (some upwards of £500) and it's the model that I would buy if I had the money and they still made them.

For anyone who wants to know what model has what features, see here.

For some ridiculous reason, the only model they'll sell over here is the 40GB one, wen I'm fairly sure people will empty the shelves of 80GB ones if they shipped them over. What puts me off the 40GB one is the fact that it can't play PS2 games, which is ridiculous as well. I wouldn't be so bothered about it not having a media card reader if they gave us the simple luxury of backwards compatibility, the same as every other model.

I don't plan on getting a PS3 until I've bought an HDTV, so hopefully by then there'll be another model or they'll be selling the 80GB one here.

[Hamas_123]

Can you chip your PS3 to play ps2 games that are copies ?

I don't plan on getting a PS3 until I've bought an HDTV, so hopefully by then there'll be another model or they'll be selling the 80GB one here.

So hopefully by then the 60GB PS3 will come back

[Daveskater]

You probably could chip your PS3 to play PS2 games, but as always TST doesn't condone copying games and whatnot. It's naughty!

I doubt the 60GB version will come back as they've stopped making it, they're more likely to ship the 80GB version over here. Which is good in a way, as it has more features and whatnot, but it'll cost shed-loads.

[Hamas_123]

Well then the 80GB PS3 better come here

[Daveskater]

I should hope so, mate

[Hamas_123]

80GB PS3 leaving ????
Check this link out: http://www.techspot.com/news/28755-s...station-3.html

[Jason]

I've also heard this, however no one knows how true it is as Sony have yet to comment.

An anonymous Best Buy employee has sent us a scan of an internal letter, which notifies employees that the 80GB system is being discontinued. "The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won't be replaced at this time," it reads. "It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB version of PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at this time."

Regards Jason

[Joshuashawharvey]

well at the end of the day, the UK has always been the same. We pay the most to have the worst!

[Daveskater]

Exactly, mate. IMO they should have never stopped making the 60GB version.

Although borrowing Jason's quote:

An anonymous Best Buy employee has sent us a scan of an internal letter, which notifies employees that the 80GB system is being discontinued. "The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won't be replaced at this time," it reads. "It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB version of PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at this time."

This might not mean that the actual model is being discontinued, just that Best Guy won't be selling it any more. A planogram is a plan of how the shop's shelves should be arranged, and if they're saying that it's being taken off of that, then it means that they won't be stocking them any more.

Where it says "the 80GB system is being discontinued", this may not mean what it sounds like. Many times I have tried ordering things in at work and found out on the delivery note that they're discontinued, only to be sent the discontinued product that I ordered as a substitute to something I've ordered in to replace it. Saying that, this is about the frozen department of a convenience store, and not an electronics store, so it may be different for them.

Either way, if Sony aren't commenting, it either means that it is being discontinued and they don't want to say yet, or it's not being discontinued and there's just some confusion in the letter that I have just explained. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what Sony say.

[Jason]

Well, no one can confirm this, only Sony. So until they comment, don't listen to all these rumours.

Regards Jason

[Hamas_123]

Originally posted here

Originally Posted by Jose Vilches

Last week we heard rumors that Sony would be permanently discontinuing the 80GB model of its PlayStation 3 console, leaving a single 40GB model in stores. But according to Ars Technica’s unnamed but fairly reliable inside sources, Sony is sticking to a two-model approach at retail with a new console bundle.

The rumored bundle will be packed with either a 120GB or a 160GB hard drive and a Dual Shock 3 controller, while keeping the same $499 price point as the 80GB model - No word on backwards compatibility, though. If the rumors turn out to be true, the 80GB console will be the third SKU axed in just over a year since the console’s release.

If there will be a 120GB PS3 it better have backwards compatibility

[Daveskater]

Again, this is all just rumors again, and we won't know anything until Sony says something. I think a 120GB and 160GB versions will be good, though, but getting rid of three different models so quickly doesn't really look very good.

[Hamas_123]

Thanks for editing my post

[Daveskater]

No problem mate, it's what I'm here for

[Hamas_123]

So, any new PS3 news? Is the new 120GB PS3 going to have backwards compatibility with PS2 games?

[Daveskater]

I haven't heard anything yet, mate. Checked DailyTech and there's no new PS3 posts since "Activision Forecasts Xbox 360 to Outsell PS3 in 2008" and "IBM Shrinks Cell/B.E. to 45nm Process". The one before that is the post about having 3 SKU's.

[Joshuashawharvey]

I've been hooked on Burnout Paradise online on the PS3 for the last 4 days