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Where do sony go when the famous PS2 starts getting old and underpowered and what do you think will be the next big console
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You won't see the best of what PS2 can do for another 18 months to two years, which puts us at around 2004 - the earliest date at which you will see PS3 on the market.
This is similar to the "Burning Question" in the lastest official PS2 mag, in which two SCEE staff and the Creative Director of Criterion Studios are asked if developers are getting the best out of PS2 yet.
They all say no.
Which supports my personal theory that while other platforms will reach their best quickly and 'level out', PS2 will offer better and better titles over the next few years.
This is similar to the "Burning Question" in the lastest official PS2 mag, in which two SCEE staff and the Creative Director of Criterion Studios are asked if developers are getting the best out of PS2 yet.
They all say no.
Which supports my personal theory that while other platforms will reach their best quickly and 'level out', PS2 will offer better and better titles over the next few years.
Jez13 wrote:
> Playstation will definately make another console, no question!
yeah but it wont be calles Playstation 3. it will be something brand new
> Playstation will definately make another console, no question!
yeah but it wont be calles Playstation 3. it will be something brand new
my how the tables have turned, 1 2 3 there they go
For those of you who haven't seen it before, I posted this some time last year, and since then have wuoted it once. Seeing as how much rubbish there is in the forum, I thought it might be worth a try turning some topics around...
Oh, and I've jsut used it to save a topic in the Sony room...
Oh, and I've jsut used it to save a topic in the Sony room...
Sonic, that looks awfully familiar ;)
de ja vu times 2
:D
de ja vu times 2
:D
Answer to the original topic...
In an attempt to relate this tread to the forum title...
Ok, so Sony make the PS2, and release it. For months they have had hardware teams working on it, and now these people have no work to do. Options:
1) Fire them all, thus losing all hardware staff for the next console
2) Find them something to do.
So, as you'd expect, the Sony staff began to develop the PS3- a month after the PS2 release. Before I give you the details, let me point out that Sony announced all this info in a press conference, and that Nintendo, Microsoft and even Sega did, and have done the same things with their consoles (although I'd guess the Dreamcast successor project has closed).
So, the details. Well, the hardware Sony expects to be available in the market in 5 years hasn't been invented yet. So all the people "making" the console are really doing is guessing what will be around then (based on Sony's chip production plans), and manufacturer statistics to begin to make a console around these imaginary parts.
The processor, according to Sony's head of R&D, will have 1000 times more processors than the PS2 chip. Now that's quite a big deal- and it should tell you that Sony know something about the breakthroughs happening in chip technology that we don't!
With this much power the console should be near to photorealistic in terms of graphics- if they could pull that off it would be amazing.
More plans that Sony announced was that these chips, that Sony would make, would be used in other products like servers and mainframe computers. Which implies to me that Sony may be going back to a PC based console architecture... but I could be completely wrong on that.
Finally, you may ask why Sony has released such info. After all, Sega only announced they were working on a new console (and no more) and Nintendo and Microsoft have been very silent. Well, the reason is for investors. By announcing such future details it places faith in the compay to deliver and proves their willingness to do so. Add to this that these details were announced at a time that Nintendo's Gamecube was coming out, and a Microsoft console was HEAVILY rumoured, and you see that Sony needed something to show they weren't going to lose sight of the market.
Sonic
In an attempt to relate this tread to the forum title...
Ok, so Sony make the PS2, and release it. For months they have had hardware teams working on it, and now these people have no work to do. Options:
1) Fire them all, thus losing all hardware staff for the next console
2) Find them something to do.
So, as you'd expect, the Sony staff began to develop the PS3- a month after the PS2 release. Before I give you the details, let me point out that Sony announced all this info in a press conference, and that Nintendo, Microsoft and even Sega did, and have done the same things with their consoles (although I'd guess the Dreamcast successor project has closed).
So, the details. Well, the hardware Sony expects to be available in the market in 5 years hasn't been invented yet. So all the people "making" the console are really doing is guessing what will be around then (based on Sony's chip production plans), and manufacturer statistics to begin to make a console around these imaginary parts.
The processor, according to Sony's head of R&D, will have 1000 times more processors than the PS2 chip. Now that's quite a big deal- and it should tell you that Sony know something about the breakthroughs happening in chip technology that we don't!
With this much power the console should be near to photorealistic in terms of graphics- if they could pull that off it would be amazing.
More plans that Sony announced was that these chips, that Sony would make, would be used in other products like servers and mainframe computers. Which implies to me that Sony may be going back to a PC based console architecture... but I could be completely wrong on that.
Finally, you may ask why Sony has released such info. After all, Sega only announced they were working on a new console (and no more) and Nintendo and Microsoft have been very silent. Well, the reason is for investors. By announcing such future details it places faith in the compay to deliver and proves their willingness to do so. Add to this that these details were announced at a time that Nintendo's Gamecube was coming out, and a Microsoft console was HEAVILY rumoured, and you see that Sony needed something to show they weren't going to lose sight of the market.
Sonic
I'm seriously considering reporting your last post!
Squidgy like 123 wrote:
> only kidding ha you where sh*t scared then ha ha ha
Here are you choices:
1. Go away now and never come back.
2. Write your messages sensibly or I'll tell your Mummy.
> only kidding ha you where sh*t scared then ha ha ha
Here are you choices:
1. Go away now and never come back.
2. Write your messages sensibly or I'll tell your Mummy.
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