The PLAYSTATION 3 has just launched in America, and thousands of Sony fanboys have walked home happy. People have been camping out for days, waiting in the cold, and the rain, trying to get Sony's next-gen powerhouse in their homes. PSP fanboys will certainly want to get access to one of the systems, considering its similar XMB capabilities. The PS3 can play music, videos, show photos, and access the internet, just like our beloved handheld.One of the things that the PS3 will have that the PSP won't is official homebrew support. Wha? The PS3 will allow you to install other operating systems, and in a recent interview with GI.biz, Phil Harrison revealed his excitement over user-created content and games: "I'm most excited about at the moment is empowering user-created content. Embedding the user creation tools into the game application and opening it up to a cloud of users." Sounds a lot like Microsoft's XNA, doesn't it?
It's strange to see Sony embrace user-developed content for the PS3. Hopefully, that attitude will expand to the PSP one these days. Now, which of you have a PS3 in your house?
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11-17-2006 @ 12:53AM
GJM said...
"Now, which of you have a PS3 in your house?"
Please allow at least 24 hours for ebay auctions to end and a minimum of 2 working days for responses.
Thank you.
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11-17-2006 @ 1:57AM
carterman said...
UGH. Sony doesn't know shit about what they're doing, do they?
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11-17-2006 @ 5:44AM
Silentheaven said...
So you're saying that the firmware 3.00 will support homebrew?
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11-17-2006 @ 8:01AM
Danny said...
Still too expensive for me. Plus, it isn't even out where I live (Scotland) until March 2007. Sony hates Europe. Bastards. I recently cama cross this interview :
" Interviewer : What would you say to consumers who like Sony and want to buy your products, but perhaps feel that because they're in Europe they're always last in line?
European consumers have shown that historically they don't mind that, because they end up buying as many PlayStations, if not more, than the US and Japan. In Europe, it doesn't seem that the release of our platforms after the US and Japan - in the long run - affects how consumers feel. "
Bullcrap :|
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11-17-2006 @ 8:32AM
Claudius said...
I'm too poor to get one. Heck, I'm even waiting to get a 360!
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11-17-2006 @ 10:46AM
jason said...
i dont know why people are flocking to ebay...other sites are getting small quantities of ps3's...i saw them available on www.magnumshopping.com
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11-17-2006 @ 12:13PM
Nick said...
Well..so that means people will be using hacks while playing PS3 games online.
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11-17-2006 @ 2:47PM
Danny said...
"i dont know why people are flocking to ebay...other sites are getting small quantities of ps3's...i saw them available on www.magnumshopping.com"
For $1,500 :p
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11-17-2006 @ 2:52PM
hmm said...
Sony has supported user driven content, They allowed linux on ps2, and even released that dev kit ps1.
It's wrong of you to say they don't, it's obvious why they
don't on the psp, is because of the piracy. While PS3 is less likely to have Piracy.
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11-17-2006 @ 5:56PM
Anthiny said...
I need to create a business like Sony
they are so smart but not for me
They are so strongly against anything other than official releases for the psp so they allow the ps3 to do so because those who have the psp will buy the ps3 which will equal cha-ching money in the bank
Smart Sony Very smart But not smart enough for a 15 year old from New York to decipher
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11-17-2006 @ 7:38PM
OMARZIPAN said...
HA HA HA, My Brother bought me a PS3, and it is the SHIT
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