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SONY reveils PS3:

   

 

Straight from Sony's press conference here at E3 comes the big news we've all been waiting for...PlayStation 3 is real, baby.

We're blasting up this article as the conference is still going on, but we're going to keep on updating with official details as they roll in from over the phone. The first word: The name of the next Sony super system is definitely PS3 or PlayStation 3. Nothing fancy or surprising there. And, at least Sony didn't go with PlayStation 361 to outdo Microsoft. Sony isn't joking around either, the PS3 is the focus of the conference. More details as the come, but be sure to check out the linked stories below for full PS3 coverage from the SCEI event.

   

heres some Information about the system.

.You can have Backwards compatablility.
.Re-invented backwards compatable you can download anygame and play it on Revolution from NES to N64 games .
.WI-FI online play
.Super Smash Brother being one of the first games to become online ready.
.Downloadable content
.Internet and online plays a major role for Nintendo this time around.
.New graphics which Nintendo VIP's say it waill make you say "WOW" hmm... vamos a ver.
.Uses Dual-Layer CD's for up to 9GB of memory usage.

More info as it arrives from E3.

Wires less Controler because of Wi-fi technology and ending the uses of Cords and getting things tangled. Nintendo introduced the Nintendo Wave-bird controller for GCN and
X-Box and PS2 have found it usefull and include their own versions of wireless contollers. Microsoft and Sony both found Wireless controllers effective and are now applying it to their Next-Gen consoles.

Also Nintendo sais that not only can you play via your Television but you can also use you computer monitor to play games also.

   

Xbox 360 System Performance Specifications

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor 10 MB of embedded DRAM
48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory 512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance 1 teraflop

Storage Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O Support for up to four wireless game controllers
Three USB 2.0 ports
Two memory unit slots

Optimized for Online Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
Built-in Ethernet port
Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
Video camera ready

Digital Media Support Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD • Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
Custom playlists in every game
Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support All games supported at 16:9, 720p, and 1080i, anti-aliasing
Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Audio Multi-channel surround sound output
Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
320 independent decompression channels
32-bit audio processing
Over 256 audio channels

System Orientation Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates Interchangeable to personalize the console