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Sony to Unveil PlayStation 3 at E3

By David Worthington, BetaNews

July 12, 2004, 2:15 PM

Reuters UK is reporting that Sony will showcase a playable demo of its PlayStation 3 game console at next year's E3 trade show. Sony, the market leader of the gaming space, is cooperating with Toshiba and IBM to design a new microprocessor code-named Cell that is often referred to as a "supercomputer on a chip." Cell will be seated at the heart of the PlayStation 3 and is expected to significantly outperform conventional desktop processors.

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By Demongimp666

posted Jul 13, 2004 - 4:27 AM

$300 to $500 console more powerfull then $1500+ computer. Would be very nice indeed.

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By linkdup

posted Jul 14, 2004 - 11:46 AM

cmon lets be realistic here. there is no way that sony will get their proc faster than all of intel's big brains can get their chips and all of nvidia's gpu's.

i would LOVE to see that thing outperform my workstation.

supercomputer on a chip............. my ass.

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By ddrummond138

posted Jul 13, 2004 - 12:03 PM

But think about it would you really want to pay $500 for the PS3? The starting prices for these consoles are outrageous then they start to drop like wildfire.

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By stealthspy

posted Jul 12, 2004 - 10:33 PM

I believe it. It has a radically different architecture, and doesn't have that "compatibility" issue that computers have. It doesn't have to be backward compatible at all, they can just stuff different processors in there to handle different types of games.

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By Zulithe

posted Jul 12, 2004 - 10:22 PM

About time! PS2, while currently STILL my favorite console that is still being developed for, is showing its age. This is gonna have to be one hell of a machine to compare with XBox 2 state-wise. I'm being cautiously optimistic though, I still remember all the pre-release hype about PS2 and how powerful it was, and while it is a great machine, it fell short of claims.

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