Ps3....2006?

[Sandro]

Although this might have been under a sort of sleep-deprived hallucination, I thought I read an article in a magazine (I forget which one) saying that Sony is developing Playstation 3 to come out in a few years. What would be a reason for pushing PS3 out this fast?

[The Dark Knight]

Actually, I think Sony is aiming for 2005. It may seem fast since the Gamecube and X-Box have just come out, but it's not really out of the ordinary. The Japanese launch for the PlayStation was December 3, 1994, and the PlayStation2 launched March 4, 2000. About 6 years and 3 months. If you look at the launch days in the U.S. you have September 9, 1995 for the PlayStation and October 26, 2000 for the PlayStation2. About 5 years and 1 to 2 months. 2005/2006 seems about right when you look at the fact that the PlayStation2 will have been out as long as the PlayStation.

[The Game]

Maybe I've been smoking the peace pipe, but does anyone else think 2006 is really far away? Crap, I'll be in college then!

-The Game

[cjshoup]

They don't need to rush it. The PS2 is kicking butt. If the PS3 is backwards compatible (plays PS2 games. plus DVD's and audio CD and MP3's.) It will blow everything else out of the water.

Sony just need to bring it along slowly.

[Squall]

Of course! The Playstation 3 will be backward compatible with the original Playstation and the Playstation 2. Sony, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to make that the benchmark of their Playstation consoles. And it's great!

And The Dark Knight is right, it is a reasonable release date, when you think about it. Five years is a long time for a console to be fully supported. The PS3 will likely come out in Japan in 2005, and in the U.S. and Europe in 2007.

As long as Sony does this, and gives software companies freedom to make whatever they want, however they want to, on their systems, Sony will dominate the video game market.

Nintendo and Microsoft have a long, hard climb ahead of them.

[dendawg]

Well, if the PS3 is coming out in '05, then Sony had better get busy and start downsizing the PS2, in size and in price. (hard to believe it's nearly two years and it's still $299! ) And before you know it, by '05 the PS2 will be N64 sized, be top-loading, and be called "PS Two."

[Sheamon]

...and I still don't own a PS2 LoL, by the time I can finally afford one not only will PS3 be out, but I'll be out of college and might no longer have the time to invest in the epic console RPGs I enjoy so much.

[rggkjg1]

how can it get any better? ps 2 only does so much, what can this ps 3 do? maybe internet connection would be nice? any way video games are way over rated, watch some tv.

[Squall]

TV is way overrated. Play some video games!

[Koggit]

If Nintendo get's their head out of their ass, they may be able to make good decisions... like going with DVD-G's instead of mini-disks

I waste all my money on DVD's. I get alot more use out of them and I know they won't be obsolete in a year. I have a gamecube with 7 games, been having it since November, it'd be pushing it to say I got 10 hours of play out of it since then. It's not because I don't like my Gamecube, it's because I don't like video games.

I'd much rather blow my money on DVD's.

[BLACKHEART]

I was going to make a thread about this. They said 2006, not 2005. That's one thing about Sony, they won't rush it out.

[The Dark Knight]

Originally posted by rggkjg1
how can it get any better? ps 2 only does so much, what can this ps 3 do? maybe internet connection would be nice?

The PS2 can connect to the internet. If you have Tony Hawk 3 and a USB modem then you're all set. The official hard drive and network adapter should be out sometime this year.
Here's a list of online games being developed:
Arika
The Dungeon of Doruaga
Atlus
MMORPG (untitled)
Capcom
Auto Modellista
Resident Evil Online (working title)
From Software
Armored Core Sigma
Genki
Tokyo Xtreme Racing Online
Hudson
Bomberman Online (working title)
Koei
Nobunaga's Ambition online RPG (working title)
Konami
Music game (untitled)
Sports game (untitled)
Namco
Clockwork Online (working title)
Action adventure game (untitled)
3D flight shooting game (untitled)
Namco online sports game (working title)
Sega
Guru Guru Onsen PS2 (working title)
Hundred Swords
Simulation game (untitled)
Racing game (untitled)
Sony Computer Entertainment
Arc the Lad Online (working title)
Kuma-uta (working title)
Gran Turismo Online (working title)
Hot Shots Golf Online (working title)
Modiv Ribbon (working title)
Twisted Metal: Black Online (working title?)
Square
Final Fantasy XI
Takara
Network-compatible board game (untitled)
Tecmo
MMO action adventure game (untitled)

By the way, yesterday I got to play Virtua Fighter 4 on PS2, and all I can say is .