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It seems like year 2005 is the estimated time the PS3 will be released in Japan. Sony and SCE will both satisfy their egos because the plans are to release two versions of the console. One is the fully featured system with all of the capabilities. The other version is going to be a stripped down machine that will basically act only as a console system. Think of the second version as PS3: Value, because that is the idea behind it, to satisfy the people who can't shell out over $400 for the system and a game.
The PS3 development team is reportedly looking forward to using a built in TV tuner of some sort to allow the future system to record TV shows on hard disk. Similar stand alone system are already out on the consumer market that do the same. Some of the products that I can think of from the top of my head are ReplayTV and TiVo. The brilliant engineering allows these machines to use the hard disk to save video image using MPEG encoding and allow the users to pause live TV, record shows for later viewing and a few other functionalities. So evidently, the idea of recording TV on a hard drive is not new.
Well, Kouichi Okao gave us some real good information on what to look for in the future. Sony is definitely taking large steps get into the consumer entertainment market and be everything to everyone. Will it work? We'll have to wait for a few years to see the impact that the PS2 and PS3 will make. For now, we can be assured that they won't be forgetting about what Playstation was originally all about; video gaming.
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The PS3 will contain 5000GHZ of DDR SDRAM and will also take 5gb Disks. It will have a 500GB hard Drive braking console and PC standards being high quality and be way better than Xbox featuring Project Gotham Racing S (S standing for station) and Halo 3. I got this info after I work for Microsoft and loads of spies broke into Sony's head office. Microsoft are to give up running Xbox. There will be 10 controller ports.