I was wondering if we can start a sticky thread. Dates for Reservations taken for PS3 at....? thread . Or is the info going to be in this thread? Just wondering. Lil over 1 month to go and counting.

Nope, no sticky for that. Keep it in this thread.

PS3 Kiosk. Looks like a Fry's.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.en...sony_kiosk.jpg

Wow, I'm not a Playstation fan, but very nice display!

I'd settle for less grand displays and more products to sell.

That's in Japan and it's not even playable.

Has Sony started manufacturing yet? There ain't much time left.

They have, but they are having problems getting working blu ray lasers built fast enough (high defect rate in manufacturing).

non playable display kiosks is a bad sign. If I were buying one this season Id be sure to get the extended warranty.

This is not a good sign for first production boxes.

HeadsUP You can pre-order your PS3
 

Liksang.com is offering PS3 for pre-order: http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?cat...ducts_id=6997&

Despite the recent negative comments on this forum, I still believe we will be amazed at what this system can do. Read this article: http://www.psm3mag.com/page/psm3?ent...er_up_pics_and

Thanks for the article. That does sound sweet.

"The start up is amazingly fast. And game load times were faster than expected. In fact, PS3 does both at about the same speed of PSP. ie, Long load times due to the massive Blu-ray disc? Nope."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I know the PSP was often ridiculed for its load times. This seems like a counterintuitive comparison.

I remember this video where someone timed the loading time for Smackdown vs Raw. It took 6.5 minutes to load up one match. "Oh it was loading the LOADING SCREEN." rotfl

The glossy black finger print magnet feature has been carried over I see. One of the worst features of the PSP. Constantly wiping that thing off.

Does anyone know if the PS3 will have the game save feature like the PSP? When the power is turned off on the PSP the game goes into sleep mode and returns paused when the system is powered on again.

(I am not trolling or flaming the PS3.) I saw this on teamxbox.
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11928/...eating-Issues/

Is this bad?

Behold, the Sixaxis!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6159208.html

:hscratch: Hasn't it been dubbed the sixaxis for a while now? How is that news? Slow day at Sony? Ken tied up in meetings?

Um, yes. The PSP has absolutely been slammed for overly long load times. This is what happens when you use a 2x reader on a disc with 25-50 GB.

Remember, this website is from the UK, so they use the King's English :sarcasm:

Seriously, I read that sentence several times trying to figure it out, and I think they were trying to say the PS3 boots up and loads the game in the time it takes the PSP just to boot up. Who knows though. They were probably hyped up on major amounts of caffeine when they wrote it.



If you read the article, it explains why they were overheating. The units were placed in plexiglass cases with no ventilation in a very crowded and hot convention center. Of course they are going to overheat in that environment.

I wouldn't worry about it. The 360 had similar overheating problems. There's a couple of external cooling products available for those people who did not buy the extended warranty. I'm guessing that the PS3 will have these as well.

When are they taking pre-orders at Gamestop/EB? No way I'd stand in line, but I'd pre-order to re-sell and buy a Wii and a PS3 later down the line :lol:

I was just watching an ep. of X-Play and Morgan mentioned that if you wanted to unlock every single item in Gran Turismo HD it could cost from 400.00 to 1000.00. this can't be true can it? I mean buying a game at 60.00 then paying another 400.00 to 1000.00 in order to get a full version? that is insane if true.

I cant see them ever doing something that stupid. The games will never cost more than $100, even with all the extras.

I think that would be possible if they charge $2 per car and $5 to $10 for tracks. I doubt anyone would ever download every car available though. So its probably not realistic.