Sony is starting to scare me!

[BigLouis]

That's what they said about Betamax

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Yes, the ps3 will be amazing, it will trump xbox 360 in everything, even price. $299 for xbox 360, sony will trump microsoft with $599. 🙂

The CEO sony also said he hoped that the ps3 would last for 10 years. What computer related technology has lasted for 10 years without change?

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: TrueEevil
It started with the jointly developed cell processor (omg i cant spell that...help) and its truly a sight to behold. From what i gather it can max out at 4.6ghz. While i Know clock speed means nothing (2.6ghz FX55) but the cell running at 3.2ghz is unlike anything else before it. So imagine what the full power is capable of...

The ps3 itself is also scary. From the numbers and features going around it trumphs the xbox 360 in every way and form (maybe not shape, george foreman grill anyone?). But all jokes aside its simply a technological masterpeice.

But thats not what caused me to post this..er..post. In the newest issue of GameInformer magazine it has a small article of sony controling your brain. In it it tells how sony is patenting tech that beams sensory info such as tastes an images into your brain. :Q

Anyone else find this disturbing?

Um, it's just clever marketing. Do you not remember how SONY claimed their EmotionEngine in the PS2 would provide (what is now known as) PS3 level graphics? Meh, I will only be afraid of SONY when they bring out the Worlds first SONY GUNDAM.

 

[sygyzy]

I love it when kiddies use big words to sound smart.

 

[csiro]

Sony is mostly hype. I'm still waiting for the developers to unlock the true power of the Emotion Engine. Maybe by the time PS3 comes out, they will have and I wouldn't have to upgrade.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
SONY's business model is to take electronics, put them in a classy package, add a few doo-dads that require you to buy more attachments and gadgets from SONY to use, and then sell it at 25% higher than everyone else's product.

yep and it works

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: csiro

Sony is mostly hype. I'm still waiting for the developers to unlock the true power of the Emotion Engine. Maybe by the time PS3 comes out, they will have and I wouldn't have to upgrade.

Yep, that hype didn't faze you at all.

 

[funkymatt]

1. you can patent anything if it doesnt already have a patent out for it.
2. the reason they can pack that mush stuff into the console is because they're planning on making it all back with the games which are WAY overproced for plastic IMO.

 

[Dacalo]

I am a PC gamer myself when I have the time, but I think I will get a PS3 just to play the remake of FF VII. Yes you heard it right, it's coming.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I love it when kiddies use big words to sound smart.

I hope thats not directed at me. The Emotion Engine is the name of the GPU of the PS2. It's kinda like saying I have a 6800GT in my PC.

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: computeerrgghh

Originally posted by: TrueEevil
It started with the jointly developed cell processor (omg i cant spell that...help) and its truly a sight to behold. From what i gather it can max out at 4.6ghz. While i Know clock speed means nothing (2.6ghz FX55) but the cell running at 3.2ghz is unlike anything else before it. So imagine what the full power is capable of...

The ps3 itself is also scary. From the numbers and features going around it trumphs the xbox 360 in every way and form (maybe not shape, george foreman grill anyone?). But all jokes aside its simply a technological masterpeice.

But thats not what caused me to post this..er..post. In the newest issue of GameInformer magazine it has a small article of sony controling your brain. In it it tells how sony is patenting tech that beams sensory info such as tastes an images into your brain. :Q

Anyone else find this disturbing?

Interesting, I read the M$ has higher bandwidth and more shaders... IMO if cell was really a revolutionary processor, it would have been trumped on the PC market a while ago.

Sony/IBMs cell proc couldnt handle the loads of a computer, weird as it sounds - i know a guy who interns at IBM that worked on this processor. So I had the inside scoop for a while =/

Unless your friend lives in Rochester MN (we developed it here), theres no way he knows anything more than we do about the cell. Interns dont get access to that kind of secure info.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I love it when kiddies use big words to sound smart.

I hope thats not directed at me. The Emotion Engine is the name of the GPU of the PS2. It's kinda like saying I have a 6800GT in my PC.

It was not directed at you. I know what the Emotion Engine is.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I love it when kiddies use big words to sound smart.

I hope thats not directed at me. The Emotion Engine is the name of the GPU of the PS2. It's kinda like saying I have a 6800GT in my PC.

It was not directed at you. I know what the Emotion Engine is.

:thumbsup:

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: TrueEevil

Is it just me or are they that far ahead of everyone else?

The cell running at 3.2ghz is unlike anything else before it. So imagine what the full power is capable of...

Capable of generating reams of marketing BS similar to Itanium circa 1997?

Sony got their asses handed to them in the TV market, so they better find another segment to get into.

http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/s/bw/20050805/bs_bw/b3947074

Time was, Sony Corp was an unbeatable force in televisions. Its Trinitron TVs ruled the business for decades, with consumers worldwide willing to fork over a premium for Sony's quality guarantee. That makes the company's July 28 revision of its profit forecast even harder for its execs to stomach.
...
At the same time it rethinks its TV business, Sony continues to cut overall costs. In the past two years the company has eliminated more than 15,000 jobs, saving about $3 billion. Sony says it will spend an additional $791 million on restructuring this year, and analysts predict 10,000 more jobs could be cut. Sony's TV division remains deeply troubled. The unit will likely lose $1.3 billion this year

That's a big problem, given that TVs today make up about a third of Sony's overall sales.

Sony had to buy Samsung LCD panels because they were so far behind.

Originally posted by: TrueEevil

The ps3 itself is also scary. From the numbers and features going around it trumphs the xbox 360 in every way and form (maybe not shape, george foreman grill anyone?). But all jokes aside its simply a technological masterpeice.

According to who, Ken Kutaragi?

Yeah, post-production houses can scrap their 7-figure non-linear video editing equipment because the PS3 will do the same for $500.. :roll:

As of last month the RSX hadn't even taped out yet; has NV announced that it has?

 

[csiro]

Originally posted by: Rent

Originally posted by: csiro

Sony is mostly hype. I'm still waiting for the developers to unlock the true power of the Emotion Engine. Maybe by the time PS3 comes out, they will have and I wouldn't have to upgrade.

Yep, that hype didn't faze you at all.

Yea, I'm a sucker for new toys. But I do sincerely hope the PS3 will be what Sony claims it'll be.

 

[SirPappy]

Originally posted by: roguerower
Yeah, some of the stuff that they have on there is downright scary. But it'll be worth it once it makes its way to PC.

Can anyone tell me how it is possible for Sony or Microsoft to pack this much SH*T into a box and charge $400 and make money?! It doesn't seem to make any sense.

theyer not.

they're losing money on te consol, but making it in "other" areas.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
Yes, the ps3 will be amazing, it will trump xbox 360 in everything, even price. $299 for xbox 360, sony will trump microsoft with $599. 🙂

What computer related technology has lasted for 10 years without change?

Floppy drive?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: TrueEevil
It started with the jointly developed cell processor (omg i cant spell that...help) and its truly a sight to behold. From what i gather it can max out at 4.6ghz. While i Know clock speed means nothing (2.6ghz FX55) but the cell running at 3.2ghz is unlike anything else before it. So imagine what the full power is capable of...

The ps3 itself is also scary. From the numbers and features going around it trumphs the xbox 360 in every way and form (maybe not shape, george foreman grill anyone?). But all jokes aside its simply a technological masterpeice.

But thats not what caused me to post this..er..post. In the newest issue of GameInformer magazine it has a small article of sony controling your brain. In it it tells how sony is patenting tech that beams sensory info such as tastes an images into your brain. :Q

Anyone else find this disturbing?

Um, it's just clever marketing. Do you not remember how SONY claimed their EmotionEngine in the PS2 would provide (what is now known as) PS3 level graphics? Meh, I will only be afraid of SONY when they bring out the Worlds first SONY GUNDAM.

Yep, remember how the Cell processor was supposed to be so amazing that it was going to be responsible for the PS3's graphics? Then they found it wasn't quite as amazing as they thought and had to work a deal with Nvidia to get a GPU.

 

[JME Fidelity]

umm you guys know the cell processor sucks ass right?

Any modern PC processor owns it.