Topic: Ps3 Won't Have A Hard Drive (Read 753 times)

mgamer20o0 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2005, 09:06:00 PM »

i would buy a ps3 of this was true not for the games but to use it as a comp. only if they had more ram it would make it better. they are going to make it so easy for people to hack it why would anyone ever buy games for it. everyone will be runing to blockbuster.

Hunter Killer · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2005, 09:48:00 PM »

QUOTE(mgamer20o0 @ Jun 10 2005, 11:17 PM)

i would buy a ps3 of this was true not for the games but to use it as a comp. only if they had more ram it would make it better.

Xeriak · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2005, 10:08:00 PM »

(Long live Dreamcast!!! And I've got a Sega Saturn on the way with NiGHTS Into Dreams from eBay)

Now Sega was brilliant, along with Nintendo.... Those two were the best in the day.... and then Sony came along and unloaded their deep pockets...

Not to say that I didn't like alot of the psx games and ps2 games i own...
I just don't like Sony to play king of the videogame industry period.

Either way, I'll still buy a PS3, but Xbox360 will take most of my attention.

Kira Yamoto · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2005, 11:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(Xeriak @ Jun 11 2005, 06:19 AM)

i already kinda anticipated that $ony wouldn't include a HDD with the PS3 for a retail bundle.

JimJam1989 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2005, 02:30:00 AM »

Somehow i doubt this.
but i may end up eating these words.

Even if they did do an OS I doubt it would be linux it would a crappy Sony OS that noone ever uses that bites as all it has is websurfing.

I dont doubt they will have a HDD expansion like on the current console but not with linux.

whet1134 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 11, 2005, 06:38:00 AM »

QUOTE

Playstation 3 hard disk to run Linux

Like a proper supercomputer, says Sony chief

SONY COMPUTER Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has suggested the upcoming Playstation 3 will come equipped with a hard disk. And the hard disk may come with Linux pre-installed.

Kutaragi is miffed that the likes of Nintendo and MS won't call their consoles computers. Nintendo, he complains to Japanese site Impress PC Watch, "keeps telling the world their consoles are 'toys'," while MS keeps calling the Xbox a "game machine".

"We're positioning the PS3 as a supercomputer", he says, "But people won't recognize it as a computer unless we call it a computer, so we're going to run an OS on it. In fact, the Cell can run multiple OSes. In order to run the OSes, we need a hard disk. So in order to declare that the PS3 is a computer, I think we'll have [the hard disk] preinstalled with Linux as a bonus.

Kutaragi said the PS3 will run operating systems as applications. "The kernel will be running on the Cell, and multiple OSes will be running on top of that as applications. Of course, the PS3 can run Linux. If Linux can run, so can Lindows. Other PC Operating Systems can run too, such as Windows and (Mac OS) Tiger, if the publishers want to do so. Maybe a new OS might come out," he adds.

He says that providing hard disk with the PS3 will permit the, um, console, to be used as a computer - for applications beyond gaming. Video editing and photo retouching are examples of applications that could be run on a Linux-powered PS3, he suggests.

It is not yet clear whether a hard disk will ship with the PS3 as standard or whether it will be and optional extra. "There are still some issues if the machine doesn't come with a hard disk," said Kutaragi. "We've added a 2.5-inch HDD bay so that users can add hard disks, such as 80GB and 120GB," he said.

The Xbox 360 is expected to ship with a 20GB hard drive as standard. It is not expected to be running Linux. µ

I've bolded the parts that really pique my interest. I would buy a PS3 simply for the fact that it could run OSX *and* Windows... conceivably at the same time. I think it wise that MS not include Linux support. As much as I hate to say it, there WILL be lots of cheaters on PS3 if Linux comes preinstalled. Cheating is something MS has already had to deal with and I'd like to keep Live pure. I'm really torn...

incognegro · « **Reply #21 on:** June 11, 2005, 07:54:00 AM »

My opinion on this is that if MS wants to counter they should attempt to get windows running on 360. Its a more controlled environment and is more recognised by the average consumer than linux. Release it on a bigger hard drive and sell it separate.

Carlo210 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2005, 09:17:00 AM »

P@nz3R · « **Reply #23 on:** June 11, 2005, 09:58:00 AM »

Carlo210 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 11, 2005, 09:59:00 AM »

I don't. It's going to get no publicity and is probably just going to be some cheap 'download your games' service.

P@nz3R · « **Reply #25 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:04:00 AM »

i've been looking into it for the past year.. i've always thought it'd be a bad investment.

Carlo210 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:11:00 AM »

Yeah. It looks like an attempt of a system, like sega saturn or something. Maybe it will become something bigger in the next gen but I doubt anyone will be carrying these in their stores.

P@nz3R · « **Reply #27 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:21:00 AM »

they claim that they will offer major titles from all 3 companies... this is an outrageous claim. #1 buying the rights to distribute all three #2 having a system capable to run the media which can be desinged specifically for it's console and #3 betting that people will pay for this.

Carlo210 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 11, 2005, 10:28:00 AM »

I'm going 360.

Btw, does anyone know the new slogan?

blackchild1101 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 11, 2005, 06:08:00 PM »

QUOTE(jagsfan @ Jun 11 2005, 09:15 PM)

if i wanted another pc i would just build one. i like m$ approach on the next gen system, extending your current pc capabilities. plus a standard pc could do much more than the ps3, such as adding different cards or whatever that you wont be able to do with a ps3.

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