Topic: A Few Questions About The Playstation 3 (Read 206 times)

hejpollo · « **on:** August 27, 2006, 09:52:00 AM »

Hey

I have a few questions about the PS3, and I hoped you could answer them

1. Is the new controller wireless? And does it have the vibration function?

2. Is it for sure that the online gaming part on the PS3 will be free?

3. Can I play all of the the old Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 games on the new PS3?

Thanks in advance!

DragoNs · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2006, 10:49:00 AM »

QUOTE(hejpollo @ Aug 27 2006, 11:59 AM)

Hey

I have a few questions about the PS3, and I hoped you could answer them

1. Is the new controller wireless? And does it have the vibration function?

2. Is it for sure that the online gaming part on the PS3 will be free?

3. Can I play all of the the old Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 games on the new PS3?

Thanks in advance!

1. Its wireless but no it doesnt have vibration function it has motion sense tho.

2. PS2 online was Free, and they said PS3 online is going to be free for the base online.

3. They are putting a PS2 graphics chip in the PS3 for full backward compatability

Reaper527 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2006, 10:57:00 AM »

QUOTE(DragoNs @ Aug 27 2006, 12:56 PM)

2. PS2 online was Free, and they said PS3 online is going to be free for the base online.

its unclear what that means though. from what i recall, when they said ps3 online was going to be free and they where saying what it could do, online gaming wasn't written on their slide at all. this could be sony's version of xbox live silver.

hejpollo · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2006, 11:26:00 AM »

How much do you think the price for a PS3 will fall on a year?

Mr Invader · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2006, 12:01:00 PM »

QUOTE(hejpollo @ Aug 27 2006, 12:33 PM)

How much do you think the price for a PS3 will fall on a year?

There will be the core version of the PS3 that will be $500
And there will be the premium version of the PS3 that will be $600

Theres no news on what else the premium version will have extra except HDMI and Wireless a/b/g

DragoNs · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2006, 12:20:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Aug 27 2006, 02:08 PM)

There will be the core version of the PS3 that will be $500
And there will be the premium version of the PS3 that will be $600

Theres no news on what else the premium version will have extra except HDMI and Wireless a/b/g

also the harddrive size one has like 60gb? and one with 40gb?

QUOTE(Reaper527 @ Aug 27 2006, 01:04 PM)

its unclear what that means though. from what i recall, when they said ps3 online was going to be free and they where saying what it could do, online gaming wasn't written on their slide at all. this could be sony's version of xbox live silver.

when i said base thats what i ment, like xbox live silver, sorry if i was unlcear.

hejpollo · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2006, 12:39:00 PM »

The small version comes with a 20 GB harddrive and the big version come with a 60 GB harddrive.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:03:00 PM »

QUOTE(DragoNs @ Aug 27 2006, 01:27 PM)

also the harddrive size one has like 60gb? and one with 40gb?

oh yeah, i forgot about the harddrive differences

Reaper527 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:51:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Aug 27 2006, 02:08 PM)

There will be the core version of the PS3 that will be $500
And there will be the premium version of the PS3 that will be $600

Theres no news on what else the premium version will have extra except HDMI and Wireless a/b/g

well, i have heard the chipset limits the core version to 1080i (although there are worse things since very few games, if any, will be able to take advantage of 1080p) there was a list of differance that was pretty long, but i can't find the link right now. if i come across it i'll make a reply with it.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2006, 07:23:00 PM »

QUOTE(Reaper527 @ Aug 27 2006, 02:58 PM)

well, i have heard the chipset limits the core version to 1080i (although there are worse things since very few games, if any, will be able to take advantage of 1080p) there was a list of differance that was pretty long, but i can't find the link right now. if i come across it i'll make a reply with it.

the $500 PS3 will be able to support 1080p. That is, until Blu ray starts integrating HDCP/AACS into their games and movies. Then movies and games on the PS3 without the HDMI will go down to a resolution of 540p.

http://gear.ign.com/...9/709495p1.html

Mr Invader · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2006, 03:24:00 PM »

QUOTE(KaRiL @ Aug 29 2006, 04:23 PM)

little correction: Games will not be affected by any Image Constraint Token.

show me a link, i haven't heard this news yet

Reaper527 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2006, 05:11:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Aug 29 2006, 05:31 PM)

show me a link, i haven't heard this news yet

its an on/off switch when they are producing the disc, ultimately it will be up to the devs i would imagine, but it would be idiotic to use the ICT in a game. i guarentee that games will not have an ICT.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2006, 08:08:00 PM »

QUOTE(Reaper527 @ Aug 29 2006, 06:18 PM)

its an on/off switch when they are producing the disc, ultimately it will be up to the devs i would imagine, but it would be idiotic to use the ICT in a game. i guarentee that games will not have an ICT.

okay well i still dont know what to go on, but even if games wont have ICT/AACS, then the movies definetely will

i'm still wondering where you got this information, a link would help

incognegro · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2006, 04:47:00 AM »

QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Aug 30 2006, 03:15 AM)

okay well i still dont know what to go on, but even if games wont have ICT/AACS, then the movies definetely will

i'm still wondering where you got this information, a link would help

ICT was created by MOVIE companies...Nobody evr said games will be affected. Also ICT will not be put in effect until about 5 years from now. When the systems are dying.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2006, 09:38:00 AM »

QUOTE(incognegro @ Aug 30 2006, 06:54 AM)

ICT was created by MOVIE companies...Nobody evr said games will be affected. Also ICT will not be put in effect until about 5 years from now. When the systems are dying.

That's correct the ICT is mandated by the MPAA (motion picture artists association) They have ZERO say in what effects video games. the ICT is NOT a content lock but a very specific tool to arbitrarily limit play back of MPAA created movies.

Movie companies do not own the HD-DVD format or Blu-Ray or DVD, they're simply mediums for delivering their data (like paper or clay tablets) and the ICT is part of their data... It's the same reason regular DVDs can store game data that produces a Hi-Def image on The Xbox 360, and Xbox 1, etc. and the fact that you can use CDs to produce Hi-Def images in PC games... They're nothing more then pieces of paper (figuratively speaking) Blu-Ray is just a bigger piece of paper, it doesn't effect how beautiful the drawing is, or how detailed the information... just how much you can fit on it.

As for 1080p on the $500 model... I doubt it... IIRC component video connections don't offer enough bandwidth to produce a 1080p signal. Hence why HDMI is REQUIRED for such a thing... this would be a technological limitation as opposed to a political one like the ICT.

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