Higher-End Playstation 3 Model in the Future Possible

[Zeus]

Japanese tech website PC Watch have an exclusive interview with Ken Kutaragi of Sony Japan, one of the most important elements of the interview was that Kutaragi stated that enhanced models of the PS3 may come out win the future. Perhaps something got a little lost in translation here, seems a bit strange!

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<Center><i>Here is a pictured pulled from the article which is titled 'Changes Of Software Module'.</i></center></a>

Here is a quote from a forum posting at <A href="http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13587&" target="_blank">Evilavatar.com</a>


<A href="http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/" target="_blank">PC Watch</a>, a japanese software/ hardware news site have sat down with Ken Kutaragi of Sony Japan ("The Father of Playstation") for an <A href="http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/0607/kaigai276.htm" target="_blank">interview</a> about Playstation 3 video entertainment system.

A very kind spirit called Viano at <A href="http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=57707" target="_blank">E-mpire</a> forums has translated the most interesting parts of the article:

- games on PS3 are running on the PS3 with "basic configuration"
- software will have different relationship with hardware (including non-gaming applications) in the future
- software module will be made inside the PS3 (such as OS?) so PS3 will have no problem adopting new hardware parts (this doesn't mean you can upgrade but just different versions of PS3)
- thus two models of PS3 are actually two different configurations, there might be other configurations in future, such as: enhanced version of CELL, more memory etc. The higher-end model of PS3 might be released in future.


News Source: <A href="http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13587&" target="_blank">Evilavatar.com</a> via <a href="http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/" target="_blank">PC Watch</a>

[Reset]

a new ps3 in 2016, I thought there hardware was good for 10 years.

Im not sure what he means. I can think bigger hard drives could make sense, but upgrading any kind of game performance enhancment capabilitys usually doesent work out. I dont know how succesfull the memory expansion for n64 was.

In all honesty anything little kenny says is usually very innacurate.

[whackawookie]

ugh, i hope this isnt true because thats terrible.

[jpxdude]

I'm intrigued by 'Hypervisor' in the 2nd part of the diagram...anyone know what this is?

Not sure how much of that has been lost in translation, but this won't be too savvy for consumers, depending on the time line of their 'upgraded' releases. What this makes me think of is the whole PS1->smaller psone and PS2-> smaller 'slimline pstwo' deal.

[neilpatel]

I'm intrigued by 'Hypervisor' in the 2nd part of the diagram...anyone know what this is?

Not sure how much of that has been lost in translation, but this won't be too savvy for consumers, depending on the time line of their 'upgraded' releases. What this makes me think of is the whole PS1->smaller psone and PS2-> smaller 'slimline pstwo' deal.

yeh and like the 360 theyr changing the processor

[AceMilo]

I'm intrigued by 'Hypervisor' in the 2nd part of the diagram...anyone know what this is?

Not sure how much of that has been lost in translation, but this won't be too savvy for consumers, depending on the time line of their 'upgraded' releases. What this makes me think of is the whole PS1->smaller psone and PS2-> smaller 'slimline pstwo' deal.

Hypervisor is what ibm has been using for a while to keep their servers secure and is what is in the xbox 360 that helps secure it. The hypervisor basically monitors the ram and looks for changes that can be deemed harmful or malicous then takes action. It basically stops you from changing values in ram or issuing buffer overflow attacks.

[The Bat]

At first, I read the diagram and the start of the text to mean that peripherals will be "signed" by the console itself, but the mention of upgrading the processor and memory blew that out of the water. It does support the earlier claim of the PS3 staying viable on the market until 2016 though. There's no way that the PS3 will be preferred to a PC with full expansion capabilities, a larger range of programs, and the same power for nearly the same price in 2010, on its own.

Of course, this is the same person who said around a year ago that the PS3 will have resolution of 2096*1536, at 120 fps, on dual HDTV displays. So it might be best to just see what is actually done with the PS3 instead.

[The Bat]

More on this story can apparently be found here (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3175&Itemid=2). Some snippets...

'At one point in the interview, Kutaragi said that there will eventually be so many options for the PS3, the platforms could theoretically be made build-to-order. He pointed out that this would be a problem for resellers, but added, "as a computer, the PS3 could really be sold via BTO."'

'"It is strange to think that games are more difficult to develop with increasing processor performance. On PC, I don’t find anyone complaining about improved clock, memory or HDD. On the computer named PS3, I would like the top guns of programming to express themselves."'

So while the 360 and the Wii will be able to appeal to everyone who bought the hardware, the PS3 will be busy fracturing its own market, while competing directly against the gaming PC market (but with less choice in all other areas). My guess is that Kutaragi was in discussions with the rest of Sony on how the PS2 options (HDD, linux, the never reeleased AOL component, etc.) might be feasible on the PS3, and not quite as over reaching as is being implied here.