PS3 home server??

[shaudeus]

apon reading the statement about the ps3

"Reeves further suggested that in addition to a PlayStation 3 "intrinsically linked with PSX", "also there might be a normal PS3 for gamers, who just want to play the movies and have better games." The "home server" version of PlayStation 3, which has "all-singing, all-dancing features with maybe a hard disk drive", could retail for "whatever it might be, 600 or 700 Euros" according to Reeves, while the alternative might be for people who "just [want] to pay 200 Euros for a new generation games machine". "

Has me wondering if there will be two versions released at launch and if the cheaper version will even come with a hard drive, or even if the specs and grapics quality can be the same for two systems where one has a hard drive standard and the other doesn't?

Any ideas on these possibilities? Or even what options youd liked to see in a home server system?

[Omega Blue]

i can't say right now because i can't predict my finacial state in 2 years. but if i have the money i will get the home server then i wont need to worry about a TiVo, DVD Player, or console all clogging up my room.

[shaudeus]

yeah the server option does get me excited, but id really like to see all of the graphics and content being the same id also like to see the standalone ps3 get a hdd as well, this way developers will always for the most part use the hdd to improve games like they do with xbox. Otherwise they would probably rarly use the feature if it was jus considered an option. would be nice to see the full power achived with the standalone system and then add features like tivo etc etc improved game hosting etc with the home server, thats what im hoping for so the user can start off buying the regular ps3 then buy the psx addon without making thier ps3 obsolete or having to buy another one.

[KlawHammer]

Sever option definately

[macpakitywak]

ha, how quickly peoples' opinions change once a sony representative says the ps3 might come in MORE THAN ONE FORM, but when i say it everyone thinks its ridiculous....i think we all know which one of us had the foresight to see that sony would do this...ME!

[NickSCFC]

Actually I said it first.

[Marjoh]

I want to play great games, period.

[Fats]

Yea, considering that I just want the thing to play games then I'll prob opt for the cheaper version. Having said that if I have enough money and i'm not in "sensible mode" then I'll opt for the more expencive version thank you very much... :)

[shaudeus]

im jus wondering if they do have seperate versions what the price differnce will be the price of psx will obviously have went down by then i wonder if people will be clammoring for one if you can hook it upto youre ps3 for huge benfits or if they will release an updated version for this purpose

[macpakitywak]

ok nick you said it first, but my point is some people here(i.e. klawhammer and omega) who said a do-it-all version of the ps3 would be too expensive and that sony would never buy it because "it doesnt make good business sense" or some stupid crap like that, are now saying that they would consider buying the home server option now that a sony official has said theres a good chance it will happen...im just saying we have a couple of hypocrites in our midst, thats all

[Fats]

Get off your soapbox mate. Perhaps you should take into consideration that Klawhammer and Omega were just speculating, besides... Perhaps Sony have found a way to drive down production costs so it may not actually be that expencive. :wink:

I'd have no problem paying about £400 for the dearer one. 8)

[macpakitywak]

and i was just speculating with my ideas about possibilities for the ps3, and they didn't seem to have a problem ragging the ideas i had, so bite me...im just saying they've completely switched their take on the whole thing because an official from scee said something similar to what people like nick and i and anyone else who had the idea in this forum said

[Fats]

Each to their own, we are entitled to our own opinions as you are to yours...

[macpakitywak]

thanks, i'll log that away...anyway, by home server do you think that they are going to develop a computer which controls all the entertainment/computing functions in the house, i.e. it would be able to output to multiple tv's/displays, and do many functions at once, such as letting someone do a spreadsheet on one display while another person plays ps3 games on another display while another person watches/records tv and while yet another is browsing the internet? that would be a pretty awesome machine, and i guess the parallel processing units of the cell processor would allow for it to do a lot of functions at once...the question is, how powerful would this home server have to be in order for no one person in the household to experience a degradation in performance on whatever application they are using?

[NickSCFC]

Not quite, Sony only really caters for entertainment needs. By the way, I think that PSX can connect to more than one television set at a time.

[Omega Blue]

ok nick you said it first, but my point is some people here(i.e. klawhammer and omega) who said a do-it-all version of the ps3 would be too expensive and that sony would never buy it because "it doesnt make good business sense" or some stupid crap like that, are now saying that they would consider buying the home server option now that a sony official has said theres a good chance it will happen...im just saying we have a couple of hypocrites in our midst, thats all

i said your gay Ps3 inside a TV would be a shitty idea, get your facts and words str8 moron. before i slap you silly and knock some sense into that brainless piece of flesh you call a head k. :wink:

[NickSCFC]

They may incorporate it into TV sets as it would provide the perfect home entertainment system in one.

[ultimategamer2004]

Just checking but will the cheapest version of the ps3 incorperate a dvd and cd player if it does i will get that if it doesent i will most likely get the home server.

[shaudeus]

most likly even if the use blu ray it will be able to play dvd and cd so i dont see what being any differnt

[macpakitywak]

yeah omega, and then i posted a link to vaio system that encompassed a tv, tv recorder, computer, dvd player, etc. all in one, proving that sony would consider such a device, so i think i have more than enough sense to go around, so any sort of slapping can be done to yourself on your own time, thanks

[gamingmonkey2004]

ok nick you said it first, but my point is some people here(i.e. klawhammer and omega) who said a do-it-all version of the ps3 would be too expensive and that sony would never buy it because "it doesnt make good business sense" or some stupid crap like that, are now saying that they would consider buying the home server option now that a sony official has said theres a good chance it will happen...im just saying we have a couple of hypocrites in our midst, thats all

i said your gay Ps3 inside a TV would be a shitty idea, get your facts and words str8 moron. before i slap you silly and knock some sense into that brainless piece of flesh you call a head k. :wink:
you forgot me macpaki..w/e (dont care) and i also think the thing in the TV is gay i think i said it...well lets see ALOT!
yeah omega, and then i posted a link to vaio system that encompassed a tv, tv recorder, computer, dvd player, etc. all in one, proving that sony would consider such a device, so i think i have more than enough sense to go around, so any sort of slapping can be done to yourself on your own time, thanks
accually it was just a computer with a slighly larger screen and you could watch TV on it...wow.

[macpakitywak]

and you dont even think that since sony made an all-in-one computer/tv recorder/dvd player/tv, that they wouldnt consider making something similar with ps3 hardware? i dont care what you think of it, im just saying its a plausible option for sony, thats all

[KlawHammer]

And a waste of money - get this macpakitywakko, the PSX is Sonys "entertainment system", the PS3 is Sony "game" system. Hence the 3 at the end (PS3) which is the next version of PS2 which in turn was the successor of PS1, which ALL turn out to be "games consoles" not entertainmnet/all-in-one mumbo-jumbo gizmos.

[NickSCFC]

Apparently there are to be two versions of PlayStation 3, a games system (£300) and an entertainment system (£600), though the latter may not bear the "PlayStation 3" name, it'll still play PlayStation 3 games.

yeah omega, and then i posted a link to vaio system that encompassed a tv, tv recorder, computer, dvd player, etc. all in one, proving that sony would consider such a device, so i think i have more than enough sense to go around, so any sort of slapping can be done to yourself on your own time, thanks

The new VAIO isn't essentially an entertainment system though,it carries out the same function as other PCs and also has a program similar to Windows XP Media Center to make it function like an entertainment system.

[macpakitywak]

but thats what im trying to say nick, you were talking about how all these devices might soon join together to form an all-in-one entertainment centre, and i agree, and im just saying we might see some home desktop functionality incorporated into some device with ps3 hardware...i just think that if ps3 is going to be a revolutionary game system with very high processing power, the same hardware might make a revolutionary home pc/entertainment centre

[KlawHammer]

macpakitywak, have you not had enough of all-in-one systems yet?

[gamingmonkey2004]

as you can see the PSX isnt doing that hot its cause its way to much and personally i think its kinda stupid cause its alot of money

[macpakitywak]

ok you're comparing apples and oragnes again, no one at sony expects the psx to have the same volume as the ps2 because its more expensive and its a more high-end product....personally i wont be buying a psx...i would only would have bought it if it came out around the launch time of ps2 or a year after or so, because now its coming out too close to the launch of the ps3...but if they offer a psx type device with ps3 hardware soon after the ps3 launch or at launch time i will purchase it, because i would like to have all those other capabilities that the psx has while having an incredibly powerful games machine

[NickSCFC]

personally i wont be buying a psx
I will, as long as they include a digital TV tuner in the European version.

[KlawHammer]

I wouldnt waste my money on it....even though my pockets are deep...