Quick Recap of todays Playstation 3 & PSP news.
PS3:
Global release on November 11th, yes that’s 2006 😛
60GB HDD 2.5″ harddisk with pre-installed Linux OS will be included
Development kit specs fix as of today, sent to developers in June 2006
10.000.000 BD-ROMS manufacturing capability per month at a cost around same as 2-layer DVD
Every PS3 game will be on a Blu Ray Disc, in an attempt to prevent piracy
Price at launch will be at least 50.000Yen (about $425/€355, more likely will end up as $450-500/€450-500)
1 million PS3 units in production per month, 2 million ready for the global launchdate
PS3 will have HDMI support from launch
6 million PS3s manufactured by the end of March 2007
Basic online service free, no details yet (could be Xbox Live for PS3)
Full backwards compatibility, hi-res and texture filtering for all titles (akin to what the Xbox 360 does to Halo)
The online service will be working off of GameSpy technology
PSP:
Videophone in autumn
MinGol GPS due in October
Eyetoy due in September
Flash support with next update (more gaming options)
Memory Stick boot support in autumn
First-generation Playstation 1 official emulator
Buy/download (Playstation 1) games from the internet by this years holiday season
$199/€199 CORE PACK PSP being released in USA/Europe by end of March (March 22nd for Europe)
19,800 Yen Ceramic White PSP CORE PACK from April 15th in Japan
If you’d like to see some photos of the Sony Tokyo conference in Japan, where all this information came from, visit Watch Impress.
