The much heralded, and much wanted, new slimline PS3 is likely to be on the shelves in the UK and US by the 1st September 2009.
According to rumours, Sony has put in place production deals with Foxconn and Pegatron to manufacture the new units which new machines coming off the production lines by the end of July 2009. They are likely to head [...]
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PS3 Slim due for launch
The much heralded, and much wanted, new slimline PS3 is likely to be on the shelves in the UK and US by the 1st September 2009.
According to rumours, Sony has put in place production deals with Foxconn and Pegatron to manufacture the new units which new machines coming off the production lines by the end of July 2009. They are likely to head [...]
Cheaper 40Gb PS3 on the way
Sony is widely tipped to shortly unveil a 40Gb PS3 console which will retail at $399 in the US, and under the psychological £300 barrier in the UK.
The plans are based on Sony registering a new system with the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) in the States and a story suggesting that Best Buy, the major American retailer, has already be [...]
Buy the PS3 now – or face a Chr...
With Christmas 2007 approaching fast, many consumers are already taking advantage of some of the fantastic discounts on the PS3 by retailers in the UK.
It is believed September will be the UK’s second biggest month (behind launch month) in terms of PS3 sales, with sales levels rising at the August Bank Holiday.
Many retailers are now bu [...]
Sony: No PS3 price cut for Europe
Sony is not cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 in Europe, but will offer free games and accessories instead.
There is also no word of plans for an 80GB version of the console in Europe.
Last week Sony said it would drop the US price of the 60GB PS3 by $100 (£50), and introduced a new 80GB version at the original price of $599 (£300).
In [...]
Official PS3 Specs
Official PS3 Specs
Here are the official technical specifications for the PS3, taken directly from Sony:
CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
GPU
RSX [...]
A shiny PlayStation 3
The Shiny Playstation 3
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