Sony exec says the PS3 will render traditional PCs moot in the home.

[Ika]

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: sourshishke
Darn my bad ,no beef at all but from some view its a deal right ?

$50 Live + $20 headset? No, not really.

No my bad HAHA PS3,i mean is it not a supercomputer with HDDVD?Sure you cant do this and that, but for $600 pc you wont be playing top games. And even if pc came with HDDVD,still need better CPU+GPU just to watch it right?

but you won't be able to do anything but play games and watch movies, and you won't be able to customize those games. at least with a PC you can make money and get work done.

 

[sourshishke]

CELL does 1.8TFLOPS , By comparison, a high-end general-purpose PC would have a FLOPS rating of around ten GFLOPS, if the performance of its CPU alone was considered.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: sourshishke
CELL does 1.8TFLOPS , By comparison, a high-end general-purpose PC would have a FLOPS rating of around ten GFLOPS, if the performance of its CPU alone was considered.

Don't you f^$##$g get it? The PC market will ALWAYS be one step ahead of the console market, ALWAYS. You can take your TFLOPS to the bank on that.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: sourshishke
CELL does 1.8TFLOPS , By comparison, a high-end general-purpose PC would have a FLOPS rating of around ten GFLOPS, if the performance of its CPU alone was considered.

this sounds about as stupid as when apple was surrounding a powermac with tanks.

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: sourshishke
CELL does 1.8TFLOPS , By comparison, a high-end general-purpose PC would have a FLOPS rating of around ten GFLOPS, if the performance of its CPU alone was considered.

this sounds about as stupid as when apple was surrounding a powermac with tanks.

Its the truth, and all im saying is jeez its worth it.If you could put CELL in yr pc and work
would you not want it?A stand alone HDDVD player is gonna cost at least $250,but is worth it if you have a HDTV.1080P has over twice as many pixels than 720p.

 

[archcommus]

This guy is freakin' hilarious, loving this thread now! 😀

 

[sourshishke]

Don't you f^$##$g get it? The PC market will ALWAYS be one step ahead of the console market, ALWAYS. You can take your TFLOPS to the bank on that.
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YES after you dump MORE than $600.And im sure the guy Harrison was was just talking it up when he said ,We dont need the pc .But for films ,games,and what im doing right now its worth it .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mq5job_en0

 

[Electric Amish]

Can I play and RTS with a keyboard???

Can I use a keyboard??

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Can I play and RTS with a keyboard???

Can I use a keyboard??

Whats RTS?
Yes keyboard works with the usb port.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: sourshishke
Don't you f^$##$g get it? The PC market will ALWAYS be one step ahead of the console market, ALWAYS. You can take your TFLOPS to the bank on that.

YES after you dump MORE than $600.And im sure the guy Harrison was was just talking it up when he said ,We dont need the pc .But for films ,games,and what im doing right now its worth it .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mq5job_en0[/quote]
A $600 Dell computer in November will be better than the PS3. Also, good luck typing up your paper on with that thing (will it even have OpenOffice?), good luck upgrading any component, good luck using it as a DVR, good luck burning DVDs/CDs, and good luck trying to play any type of media file. But you can still surf the intarweb and play mp3's, so it's a brilliant machine! Hell I can do all that with my cellphone and even take pics, but I don't use it in place of my digicam when the pics really matter. Wake up.

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: SP33Demon

Originally posted by: sourshishke
Don't you f^$##$g get it? The PC market will ALWAYS be one step ahead of the console market, ALWAYS. You can take your TFLOPS to the bank on that.

Also, good luck typing up your paper on with that thing (will it even have OpenOffice?), good luck upgrading any component, good luck using it as a DVR, good luck burning DVDs/CDs, and good luck trying to play any type of media file. But you can still surf the intarweb and play mp3's, so it's a brilliant machine! Hell I can do all that with my cellphone and even take pics, but I don't use it in place of my digicam when the pics really matter. Wake up.

Your right, but the only thing on yr list that i and millions more need is DVR.
And all the rest well ,if you can do it on the pc you own now well keep using it .

 

[sourshishke]

Dpost HAHA .BUT for games it must be the cpu,why can the best pc get with 7900gtx sli setup that costs$950!!!!!! only get 40-45 fps playing Oblivion?

 

[jlmadyson]

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: sourshishke
Darn my bad ,no beef at all but from some view its a deal right ?

$50 Live + $20 headset? No, not really.

No my bad HAHA PS3,i mean is it not a supercomputer with HDDVD?Sure you cant do this and that, but for $600 pc you wont be playing top games. And even if pc came with HDDVD,still need better CPU+GPU just to watch it right?

Supacomputa eh? How's the 401k over at Sony Corp?

 

[sourshishke]

Supacomputa eh? How's the 401k over at Sony Corp?[/quote]

Whats that eh? Tell me how Cell doesnt make yr cpu look like a toy?you guys defending
dont get it ,or love yr pc too much.Can you play ANY new games FULL rez all toys on
under 600 on pc NO.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: sourshishke

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: sourshishke
CELL does 1.8TFLOPS , By comparison, a high-end general-purpose PC would have a FLOPS rating of around ten GFLOPS, if the performance of its CPU alone was considered.

this sounds about as stupid as when apple was surrounding a powermac with tanks.

Its the truth, and all im saying is jeez its worth it.If you could put CELL in yr pc and work
would you not want it?A stand alone HDDVD player is gonna cost at least $250,but is worth it if you have a HDTV.1080P has over twice as many pixels than 720p.

i bet cell, sold as by itself and for profit by ibm, would cost more than my opteron, and be essentially worthless in my PC.

 

[0roo0roo]

yup, cept for a few scientific apps that most people wouldn't use, the cell would be dog slow in windows. its got that single ppe😛 its essentially single core processor for an os.

 

[Dritnul]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
A $700 computer that functions worse than a $400 XBOX 360 and a $300 dell deal.


EDIT: Wait, is the ps3 600 or 700? I forget.

600 for the full version or 500 for the crappy toned down version

 

[sourshishke]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yup, cept for a few scientific apps that most people wouldn't use, the cell would be dog slow in windows. its got that single ppe😛 its essentially single core processor for an os.

No not sure, but the 1 of the SPEs out of 8 would handle the OS.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: jlmadyson
Harrison denies Wii influenced PS3 controller, says PCs unnecessary

When Sony revealed the PlayStation 3 controller would be able to sense certain types of motion, skeptics scoffed. That's because Nintendo announced last September that its recently rechristened Wii console would also have motion-sensing controls, leading many to believe that Sony had added the functionality at the last minute as a gimmick. A report in the New York Times didn?t help, as it said that some of Sony's own developers had were not given the PS3 controller's tilt-sensitive controller until just weeks prior to its unveiling at E3 2006 in May.

Sony's Phil Harrison

Now Sony has come out swinging. In this week's edition of German magazine Der Spiegel, Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, aggressively denied his company appropriated the motion-sensing idea from Nintendo. "In a certain way, I understand why people would say [such things], but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so," said Harrison.

Harrison went on to say that the PS3's motion-sensitive controller had been in the works for some time. "We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar," he said. "It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on [nearly] identical devices. It's like that with technology." He reiterated that the PS2's Dual Shock controller is the "de facto-industry standard for video games. ... We define the standard for the man-machine interface for playing games."

Besides defending the PS3, Harrison took time to evangelize the device, which will launch worldwide this November. In particular he said the Linux-based operating system on the console's hard drive will have enough processing power and non-gaming functionalities to render traditional PCs--most of which use a form of Microsoft's Windows OS--moot in the home. "We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other [home] computer functions," said Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."

More crazy talk, what say you?

They said the same thing about the PS2.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: LanceM
For every smart-minded AnandTech, there's another forum out there where people are eating the garbage that Sony is dishing out. And they think it's ice cream. With that neat chocolate topping that hardens.

Sony Fanboi: "If I didn't know better because of my SONY brainwashing, I would say that this bowl of chocolate ice cream was actually dogshit. Thank Gawd they enlightened me!"

 

[linkgoron]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: jlmadyson
Harrison denies Wii influenced PS3 controller, says PCs unnecessary

When Sony revealed the PlayStation 3 controller would be able to sense certain types of motion, skeptics scoffed. That's because Nintendo announced last September that its recently rechristened Wii console would also have motion-sensing controls, leading many to believe that Sony had added the functionality at the last minute as a gimmick. A report in the New York Times didn?t help, as it said that some of Sony's own developers had were not given the PS3 controller's tilt-sensitive controller until just weeks prior to its unveiling at E3 2006 in May.

Sony's Phil Harrison

Now Sony has come out swinging. In this week's edition of German magazine Der Spiegel, Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, aggressively denied his company appropriated the motion-sensing idea from Nintendo. "In a certain way, I understand why people would say [such things], but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so," said Harrison.

Harrison went on to say that the PS3's motion-sensitive controller had been in the works for some time. "We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar," he said. "It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on [nearly] identical devices. It's like that with technology." He reiterated that the PS2's Dual Shock controller is the "de facto-industry standard for video games. ... We define the standard for the man-machine interface for playing games."

Besides defending the PS3, Harrison took time to evangelize the device, which will launch worldwide this November. In particular he said the Linux-based operating system on the console's hard drive will have enough processing power and non-gaming functionalities to render traditional PCs--most of which use a form of Microsoft's Windows OS--moot in the home. "We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other [home] computer functions," said Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."

More crazy talk, what say you?

They said the same thing about the PS2.

Yep.
But they have to make people buy the PS3, and if parents think that they wont need a pc if they buy the PS3...

 

[sourshishke]

It wont take over basic pc stuff but games will look way better for what you get.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOW6iLsVdE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83w4-tvHDTs

 

[secretanchitman]

absolutely no console will replace the PC in anything. if it all, it would be in gaming, but not everyday computing. people can buy complete computers with monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers (dell anyone?).

i, for one, will still buy the ps3 (for 1080p stuff and for MGS4, etc) but it will definitely not replace my computer.

 

[EyeMWing]

... So, what they're saying is that I can write my papers, assemble my presentations, and so on and so forth on the PS3. Suuuuure.

 

[da loser]

while a ps3 wouldn't replace my computer, if they came out with games that supported a mouse and keyboard and online play. i'd rather buy it then upgrade my pc.

that would be a good lesson for microsoft who subbornly refuses to allow a keyboard and mouse.