PS3 delay official , December 06 Jan 07.

Hopefully the technology will be cheap to produce to where the system will be priced at $299. BY that time, stand-alone bluRay disc players might cost around that same price maybe a lil bit less.

 

As the Slashdot says, not a huge surprise given the available information. I'd rather wait another six months for something that is complete and (relatively) bug-free than rushed. That and it gives me more time to save those pennies!

Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939258?categoryid=18&cs=1&s=h&p=0

"If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts." ?

Surely "When the PS3 delivers what I know it will, the game is up" ? Otherwise it's hardly a 'boast'. Even the CEO of Sony doesn't appear know much about the PS3

 

It is still going to be a rushed system, regardless:-(

 

Fully expected the delay, though I assumed they'd aim for November as opposed to December. Seems to be cutting it a bit close for the holiday (well, XMas) shopping season.

 

i think the delay wasn't planned. i think they saw the 360 not taking ANY real advantage from his early launch and choose to wait. quite smart i would say.

maybe this time sony will put out a good machine or at least one that will look less rushed

 

Meh

No worries. No matter how much Sony delays it, they will still put in the cheapest components they can, regardless of durability.

 

I think the delay is partly being attributed to Blueray standards and cheap drives not quite being there.

Heres the kicker with ps3 and Blueray, none of our HD tv's without HDMI inputs will play HD DVDs in full HD resoultion. Sonys betting the farm again on it being able play movies like ps2, when consumers find out they shelled out 2-5 grand on a tv and the copyright protection wont allow HD DVD they will be furious. Mind you thats untill they crack it to run on analog signals, none the less this will piss off anyone who buys one not just for games.

Unless Sonys got some great games right off the bat, its going to be a hell of a battle for them. They are predicting I think(saw it somewhere)6-11 million 360s in homes by the end of the year, Thats gonna be hard to catch up too, considering so many consumers will feel burned by the Blueray thing.

I think its a terrible idea to include Blueray in the ps3.

 

I hope the industry leaders keep in mind that requiring people who already spent $10grand on a new entertainment system this past year will have to spend another $10grand on the same shit because this new media requires technology with builtin DRM. I just hope that they give the consumers who bought early and give them some leeway because if they don't it will have serious repurcussions.

Hopefully Sony will not include that DRM technology for their games but probably will for movie playback. Something has got to give on this whole DRM shit. I'd be furious if I spent $5k on a badass HDTV and it turns out I have to buy a new HDTV with the same functions but has the DRM tech so that I can play my blu-ray movies.

I think we are going to have another BETA vs. VHS media wars. We all thought DVD was here to stay until the industry leaders found out they made the same mistake that they did with the CD and are now pushing both HD DVD and blu-ray.

Something's gotta give.

 

Pinch poke you owe me a coke?

 

Sony must be livid about all this HDMI/DRM nonsense. They must know that the average consumer will blame Sony for not letting their 1-year old HDMI-less TV show HD. I wouldn't be surprised if PS3 gets released and then -whoops- there's an easily exploitable hole that allows older HDTVs to show HD Blu-ray content.

 

I think Sonys all for it. They want people to buy Blueray players, disks, new tvs, new AV recievers, and not have people copy the format to boot.

 

Hong Kong has already cracked the HDMI issue. Expect little black boxes to "Fix" the signal to hit the store shelves about the same time as the PS3 launch...

 

Isn't part of the HDMI thing that it has updateable blacklists for such devices?

 

What is the HDMI problem? and why are there black boxes to "fix" problems... Sorry been keeping my head under rocks in the bottom of the ocean.

 

The trouble with HDMI connections is that HDMI contains HDCP (High-Def Content Protection), a form of DRM (Digital Rights Management AKA "we tell you what to do with stuff you've legally bought"). Upshot: if any device connecting via HDMI doesn't comply with HDCP then output gets restricted to 480p, ie no high-def content. The idea is to stop people copying video whenever they feel like it, in an attempt to reduce piracy.

The idea of the proposed black boxes so far has been to take a known good key that was registered with the licensees of HDCP, use that to unlock the signal into normal high-def, then display using VGA/DVI. The trouble is that this has been anticipated, and all HDMI devices auto-update their lists of blacklisted hardware keys.

 

Thanks Alchy i had no idea.

 

All I gotta say is:

"Duh."

There was no way it could come out in Spring. It would have been suicide. Besides, 360's not stealing any thunder.

 

That's for the US console, right? Who gives a shit? When are the Asian models due for release is what I want to know.