new PS3/PSP info from Conferece

[BreakABone]

Ok this is a summary of the conference Sony had today. Shamelessly stolen from GAF.

PS3:
- GLOBAL RELEASE NOVEMBER 11th
- 60GB HDD 2.5" with pre-installed Linux OS will be included?
- Dev kit specs fix as of today
- Final PS3 development kits will be sent to developers in June
- 10.000.000 BD-ROMS manufacturing capability per month @ cost around same as 2-layer DVD
- Every PS3 game will be on a Blu Ray Disc, in an attempt to prevent piracy
- Price will not be less than 50.000YEN (~$425USD)
- PS3 will have HDMI support from launch
- Sony plans to produce 1 million PS3s a month; 6 million PS3s for FY2006 (by the end of March 07)
- basic" online service free, no details yet (could be XBLS 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
- Eyetoy
- Flash support with next update
- Mem.Stick boot support in autumn
- first-gen PS1 official emulator
- buy/download games from net
- 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 15 April in Japan

[Jonbo298]

They say global release, things will change on that release date.

1 million PS3's will turn into 500,000, it'll happen

The price is most of concern..

[Joeiss]

I thought this puppy was supposed to be realeased this summer? Oh well. Being a poor university student, I doubt I'll be seeing a PS3 on my TV until a price drop or two.

[Perfect Stu]

Excellent news IMO.

Official PS1 emulator is interesting, I wonder how many games will be available.

And provided i have the capital, I might just buy 2 PS3's at launch and sell one on eBay which would probably pay for them both

[Dyne]

Where's our extended PSP battery life and 333 MHz games? Or are games running at 333 now.

[bobcat]

Global release my ass.....

[DarkMaster]

Global release or not, it's pretty much guaranteed to be out everywhere by Christmas.