PSX: Playstation 2 plus
Posted on May 28, 2003 @ 15:48 in Games
Ah, the news of the day certainly must be the announcement of a new "souped up" Playstation 2, dubbed "PSX," as Slashdot puts it. The new PS2 will get a big 120GB harddisk and a DVD+/-RW drive, so that it can double as a digital video recorder. Also added are ethernet, usb2.0 and memory stick support. The case as you can see looks incredibly slick and the DVD drive is slot loading.
So, what do I think? Well, it'll probably take quite a while to get released in Europe and what good is a DVR when the various tv stations cannot even make my fully compatible VPS/PDC equipped VCR record tv programs when it's supposed to be? I mean, digital video recording is nice and all, but as long as you don't get the fabled Tivo experience of automatically recorded tv shows without commercials, it's just an incremental upgrade and not one I'm going to be paying extra for. As for upgrades, it seems that with respect to gaming the PS2 remains unchanged, although integration of ethernet and the possibilities of an integrated harddisk now put it on par with the Xbox. All in all probably a great move by Sony to extend the life of their big money maker, and a good example of the integration of living room media that we will see more and more, but it's not the Playstation 3... yet.
Also check out the IGN coverage and especially the PDF file of the presentation.
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Dont you think its a little early for a new system? the PS2 has only been out for 3 years now.... cant you wait till 2006 to be shipping out your new product? I just bought the PS2 last year, and now I see that your makeing a new product? it just doesnt seem right, it seems like Sony is in a finachal problem so they spit out the same system with a few more ports and items to it......I just know Im not purchaseing it.
Posted by Joshua Lewis on August 04, 2003 @ 08:32
i think the psx should be brought out elier because it looks so good and people want it in england
Posted by aaron on March 17, 2004 @ 13:05
i think the psx should be brought out elier because it looks so good and people want it in england
Posted by aaron on March 17, 2004 @ 13:05
i think the psx should be brought out elier because it looks so good and people want it in england
Posted by aaron on March 17, 2004 @ 13:05
I think PSX is strong but PS2 is enough for playing games.
Posted by saviola on May 20, 2004 @ 08:54
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