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PS3 Showing At Taipei Game Show 44

Posted by Zonk from the maybe-something-new-even dept.
Gamespot reports that Sony will be devoting a quarter of its booth to the PS3 at next week's Taipei game show. The question is, will there be anything new? From the article: "It hasn't been disclosed whether Sony is planning something similar [to 2005's E3] with the Taipei Game Show, or if the console will finally appear in a playable form. Sony's appearance at 'the other TGS' comes just one month before Microsoft launches its Xbox 360 in Taiwan on March 16."
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  • At the rate they're going, IBM's going to be shipping their Cell blade servers sooner than Sony ships the PS3, which is ironic in that the PS3 is what the chip was originally designed for...

    On the other hand, if they're devoting 1/4 of their booth to this, it's probably going to be something bigger than "Look, here's a new trailer!". Given the size of booth that a giant worldwide conglomerate like Sony will have, 1/4 of it would be ridiculous overkill for just trailers.
    • On the other hand, if they're devoting 1/4 of their booth to this, it's probably going to be something bigger than "Look, here's a new trailer!". Given the size of booth that a giant worldwide conglomerate like Sony will have, 1/4 of it would be ridiculous overkill for just trailers. If it were a general consumer electronics show, I'd agree with you. But if it's a gaming-specific show, and they're only devoting 1/4 of their booth to the PS3, I don't have high hopes of seeing much new.

    • Re:Maybe this'll be what we're all waiting for... (Score:3, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Ignoring your misuse of 'ironic'...

      The PS3 has always been on a Spring 2006 release schedule. That schedule hasn't changed for the past five years.

      Cell was in no way specifically designed for the PS3. It has been know for a long time that IBM was going to be the first company to put out Cell based products. Actually Mercury beat them to it, no one saw that coming.

      The entire aerospace and defense industry is rapidly moving to Cell based system. There are over 200 companies working with IBM right now on devel

  • Yes, and? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by djSpinMonkey ( 816614 ) on Thursday February 09, 2006 @04:49PM (#14681927) Homepage
    This seems like a non-event. I mean, did people really expect Sony to go to a trade show and, what, not mention the PS3 at all?

    In other news, the forecast for this evening is: dark, with intermittent light toward morning. Details forthcoming.

    • did people really expect Sony to go to a trade show and, what, not mention the PS3 at all?

      The Register doesn't. [reghardware.co.uk]

      It's tempting to hope next week will see the first reports from gamers who've got their hands on the highly anticipated console, but we suspect Sony will hold back until next May's E3. Taiwan is unlikely to be a focus market for the PS3's launch, not like the US, Europe and Japan. Even Microsoft's Xbox 360 has yet to launch there - it's currently scheduled for a March 16 debut after the software gi
  • I can't imagine that Sony will want to unveil playable demos of the PS3 at the Taipei Game Show. When most gamers see TGS, they think about the Tokyo Game Show. I would imagine that Sony is better off saving any big news and demos for a larger audience, such as the upcoming GDC or even E3.

  • Finally, confirmation... (Score:4, Funny)

    by Control Group ( 105494 ) on Thursday February 09, 2006 @05:00PM (#14682041) Homepage
    ...that all the best presentations are given by Taipei personalities.

    No, I'm not sorry.
  • This would be the most interesting event ever. What if Sony will publish final PS3 and starts selling it? Is there any more suitable time for that?
  • Perhaps they will demo Killzone 2, allowing people to move the camera around. Or perhaps they'll admit it was a fake...

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