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No PS3 Surprises at CES 35

Posted by Zonk from the no-new-games dept.
Gamespot reports that, while CES has had loads of interesting news to give up about many technological trends, the next next-gen console was suprisingly quiet at the event. For the most part the Sony Keynote talked high definition this and 'new media' that. From the article: "However, it was only when Stringer whipped out a PSP that gamers' ears perked up. Stringer used the handheld to show off LocationFree, Sony's Internet-enabled video system, which streams video to multiple TVs, PCs, or PSPs wirelessly or over the Web. To demonstrate, Stringer showed a live East Coast TV broadcast being played onto the PSP via a nearby Wi-Fi hotspot."
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  • Why am I not surprised (Score:5, Funny)

    by mparker ( 188563 ) on Friday January 06, 2006 @09:48AM (#14408461)
    that the big PSP announcement didn't involve any actual games.

    • Re:Why am I not surprised (Score:1, Interesting)

      by Anonymous Coward
      I think the PSP is actually a pretty cool machine

      Just not for gaming
      • Please, mod this AC up.
        Although it may sound arrogant at first, knowing how hard it is to invade the portable market with Nintendo there with a tight grip, having a "media machine" may turn out to be a blessing for Sony. If they can't compete in games, focus on other stuff.
        • actually, you have a point. you cant beat the gameboy family when it comes to games, since they boast a semibackwards compatible library of what? something like 10 gazillion games? going the media route has picked up tons of media-philes and people interested in the additional aspects of the psp. they have a decent strategy in hand, however... they STILL need to get cracking with the actual games. since xmas ive seen 20x more psps than usual. this is over the dc/md/va/bal/nyc areas on the east coast. to be

          • 3D redone (Score:2)

            by oGMo ( 379 )
            IMO, people should focus less on 3D-perspective games and make more 2D games that are rendered with the 3D hardware. I recently imported Exit [ign.com], a sidescrolling puzzle-type game with very smooth graphics.

            Mario64, while definitely setting historical precedent in terms of 3D, is not the only way to do 3D. It's great for some games, but after replaying Symphony of the Night, I'm quickly missing the sidescrollers of yore. Things that don't necessarily require even one analog stick.

            As for actual games... co

        • I would agree except that this machine is from Sony, and that means (as someone upthread has noted) that every cool thing they do will be proprietary and expensive. Sure, you can watch movies on it, but it's a proprietary disc that won't play in anything else. You can watch TV on it, but you have to pay for that above and beyond what you already pay to watch TV on your TV or computer. You can play homebrew and emulated games on it (to make up for the barren selection of native games) but Sony will fight
          • honestly, sony got forced to show its hand in regards to the homebrew scene. it was no real big deal until iso's and the eventual iso - loaders started hitting the scene. as a company, they have no choice but to protect their bottom line. they have to answer to shareholders, and publishers who wont be as enthusiastic about developing for a system that caters to piracy. so to protect everyones interests, they have to at least "appear" to be taking a hardline on piracy. i say "appear" because its curious how
        • The problem is when the PSP was initially hyped/launched, Sony paraded it around as though it was a Gameboy killer, not a iPod or portable-DVD player killer. Sony bragged about how the larger screen and insanely superior hardware would crush the GBA and DS much like the PS1 crushed the N64. (Better hardware? They HAVE to win! It plays music and movies? Bonus points!)

          Even their lineup (and arguably current games-to-movie ratio) reflects this mentality. The number of PSP games were/are much higher than the nu

    • The thing that turned me off to LocationFree was the super-high price tag. Wow, all that money just to be able to watch TV on a handheld. Sure, it takes out the red tape of hooking up your PSP to your PC and transferring files and such, but not worth spending money on.

      Just give me some affordable and/or free games, dangit!
      • google "psp" and "homebrew". cant really get that as easily on any other handheld.
    • Yaknow, stuff like this always surprises me. First off, pre-marketing at CES is generally a waste of time - an article by Mossberg only matters if consumers can go buy the darn thing, and they can't. Worse, why in the world would sony try to market against the Xbox 360 LAUNCH. They're much better off holding all their Ammo until it can really go out.

      Everyone disses sony. Look back a whiel ago and read all of the posts about how the PS2 would never catch on. Seriously, go dredge some forums. Guess what
  • Great! I don't like loud fans or anything in my living room.
    Is it quieter than the PS2?

  • Disappointing, but not a big surprise anyway (Score:3, Informative)

    by Winterblink ( 575267 ) on Friday January 06, 2006 @10:02AM (#14408531) Homepage
    ... since Sony told everyone last year at E3 that it was going to go quiet while it went off and finished the console. They didn't ever state at any point that they'd do announcements at CES, or even this year's E3 for that matter.

    It's a fairly good bet, I'd imagine, that something will be shown off at E3 given the amount of floor space they've reserved. But who knows.
    • They didn't ever state at any point that they'd do announcements at CES, or even this year's E3 for that matter.

      Yes, but they said the PS3 would be out "Spring 2006".. which isn't going to happen since E3 isn't until May, and I doubt they're going to launch it without showing it off first.

      If the PS3 was really going to come out in the spring, it would've been playable at CES.

      As it is, this hints that the $1000 Blue-ray players are really causing problems for Sony's PS3 plans. I wouldn't be suprised to see
      • just because the blu ray standalone players are retailing in the $1000s doesnt mean much. DVD players retailed for around $700+ when the ps2 launched at less than half that price.

        being the major backer of the technology, they can offer it at cost. they do not have to pay extra royalties for including it in the console. they can also request the blu-ray tech consortium to offer them a discount in order to push what could be one of the major weapons to get a large blu-ray user adoption.
        • DVD players retailed for around $700+ when the ps2 launched at less than half that price.

          My how we forget. Some very high-end DVD players were $700, but I had a $150 DVD player *before* the PS2 came out.

          DVD players were out for 3 years before the PS2 dropped. Blu-ray players will have been out for half a year or so when the PS3 comes out.
          • so... uhm... whats the big deal then. thats precisely the point. just because the MSRP for one or two blu-ray players are outrageously high does not equate to the technology costing an arm and a leg across the board.

            there are still tons of dvd players that cost well above what the ps2 costs. there isnt really a direct correlation.
  • Wonder why I dont have any games for my PSP since Laucnh?

    There dont seem to be many that catch my eye or I dont want to upgrade my firmware. And there is no way I am buying movies for that thing.

    I still dont think we will see PS3 in North America untill sometime 2007.
  • Wonder why? Probably because its miles behind schedule of coming out in "Spring" as previously announced.

    Poor marketing strategy nonetheless. The only market Sony is worried about right now are families that will buy EITHER the 360 or the PS3. (Many people will buy both or just the PS3, those sales are already final). The longer PS3 waits the fewer families who will purchase just 1 will wait.
    • I can't be the only who is astounded by the cost of the next gen consoles. I for one will be purchasing a Revolution (and only a Revolution) if it $200 or less. I simply can not justify spending $400 or more on what boils down to a toy.

      Don't misunderstand me; I see all of the features that the 360 and PS3 are going to have. I'm just not interested.

      1. Music player = CD/Ipod/ect
      2. Online gaming = PC
      3. Movie player = I bought a DVD player for $50, I'll do the same for the next dominant format.

      I do play Halo
    • $300 for an Xbox360 core was cheaper at launch than the NES, SNES, N64, Xbox1, PS1, and PS2 when you consider inflation.

      $300 is still a chunk of change, but I wish my $1500 computer had 3x 3.2ghz processors and that monster of a video card.
      • Not quite. The SNES and N64 both launched at $200, and after adjusting for inflation, they'd still cost less than $300 today. Also, nearly all of the systems you mentioned would cost less than the $400 Xbox 360, and the PS3 will likely cost even more than that. Besides, a games console isn't like a gallon of milk, where the production costs are relatively constant, so you can't predict consumer pricing purely by inflation. An Xbox 360 is also thousands of times more powerful than a Commodore 64, but consum
      • Casse I wish I could program, listen to music, download media, rip a DVD and chat with my friends all at the same time on my xbox....

    • The only market Sony is worried about right now are families that will buy EITHER the 360 or the PS3

      ...or the Revolution, which has many of the games that the parents grew up with.

  • You missed something (Score:3, Informative)

    by oGMo ( 379 ) on Friday January 06, 2006 @12:13PM (#14409519)

    With a ton of X360 articles about every little detail before, during, and after launch, I have to wonder. Especially when it wasn't even mentioned as a side note that over 4000 devkits have shipped [ign.com] so far. Even IGN got this one. Not a large piece of news, perhaps, but it demonstrates lots of stuff is going on behind the scenes.

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