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INFO: PlayStation 3 (Japanese: プレイステーション 3,, Pureisutēshon Surī?, trademarked PLAYSTATION 3,[4] abbreviated PS3) is the name of Sony's seventh generation era video game console, third in the PlayStation series. It is the successor to PlayStation and PlayStation 2 and will compete against Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii.
The PS3 is scheduled for release on November 11, 2006 in Japan, November 17, 2006 in the United States and Canada, and March, 2007 in Europe and Australasia, and will ship in two initial configurations. Sony officially unveiled the PS3 to the public on May 16, 2005 during an E3 conference. A functional version of the console was not at E3 2005 or the Tokyo Game Show in September 2005, although at both events, demonstrations were held on devkits (e.g. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) and comparable PC hardware, and video footage based on the predicted PS3 specifications was produced (e.g. Mobile Suit Gundam).[5] It wasn't until E3 2006 that games were shown on actual PlayStation 3 systems. In preparation for launch, Sony demonstrated 27 playable PS3 titles during the Tokyo Game Show in September 2006 on final hardware.[6] SCEA will determine ten applicants to attend a Launch Party in Los Angeles on November 8, 2006. ([3]).
The PlayStation 3, unlike the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 systems[citation needed], is based on open and publicly available application programming interfaces. The PlayStation 3 development kit system distributed by Sony was recently praised by IGN as having "distinct lack of noise and heat coming from the system". Despite earlier rumours of programming being difficult,[34] IGN reports that they were told that the dev kit "seemed extremely adaptive and easy to program for"[35]. Sony has selected several technologies and arranged several sublicensing agreements to create an advanced software development kit for developers. In addition, in 2005 Sony purchased SN Systems, a former provider of Microsoft Windows-based development tools for a variety of console platforms; including PlayStation 2, GameCube, PSP and Nintendo DS to create additional GNU development tools. Sony is providing all developers with GNU toolchains[citation needed], and SN Systems will provide customer-oriented wrappers for GNU tools at an additional cost.
The open standards are specified by the Khronos Group, and are intended to work with Nvidia's Cg programming language. Scene data are stored with COLLADA v1.4, an open, XML-based file format.[36]. Rendering uses PSGL, a modified version of OpenGL ES 1.0 (OpenGL ES 2.0 compliant except for the use of Cg instead of GLSL), with extensions specifically aimed at the PS3[37]. Other specifications include OpenMAX, a collection of fast, cross-platform tools for general "media acceleration," such as matrix calculations, and OpenVG, for hardware-accelerated 2D vector graphics. These specifications have GPL, free for any use, and/or commercial implementations by third parties.
Sublicensed technology includes complete game engines, physics libraries, and special libraries. Engines include Epic's Unreal engine 3.0. Physics libraries include AGEIA's PhysX SDK, NovodeX[38], and Havok's physics and animation engines[39]. Other tools include Pixelux's Game Asset Synthesis Technology[citation needed] (a toolkit for advanced procedural synthesis) and the Digital Molecular Matter engine plug in for Maya and 3d Studio Max, Nvidia's Cg 1.5 (a C-like shading language, which HLSL was based upon), SpeedTree RT by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (high-quality virtual foliage in real time), and Kynogon's Kynapse 4.0 "large scale A.I."[40].
Sony has considered using IPv6, the next generation of the Internet Protocol. [41].
Comment: I RLY think this is a good advance in gameing revolution, and i think the ps3 will be a great sucess, imo i would by it.
My ass the Wii is gonna be better, look at the controller! PS3 is gonna be great, I can't wait until I get one, I'm gonna just wait about a year or so though because of the price. It's also got a ton of linking features w/ the PSP(I have one) that are gonna be great too!
The Wii will get boring once everyone gets tired of waving thier arms around after a long day at work or school. Most people don't play games to get all hyped up and sweaty Lol. I think its just a new thing that everyone liked cause its....new. It'll fade into the background once people realise that they wont be able to play the good games that will come out in the later years. Just think Gears of War on a Wii...pfft, Metal Gear Solid on a Wii....Lol.
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