PSX details: Hard drive, Memory Stick, DVD burn and more
Possibly the best looking thing ever, ever.
Here's what we know about the PSX, Sony's media-delivery box. First of all, it is without question the best-looking device ever to grace the games industry.
It's as if an iMac and a TIVO had a few too many drinks and took a PlayStation 2 to bed for a giggle. Nine months later, PSX popped out.
Presented overnight in Tokyo by Sony stalwart Ken Kutaragi, the machine is equipped with a 120 GB hard drive - not too shabby and dwarfing HD space found within the PlayStation 2 (40 GB) and Xbox (8GB.)
It will then write to DVD, though what can be mastered was not revealed. Sony has cannily included functionality for all DVD recordable formats.
A look at the back of the machine shows that the controllers go in the back - never popular but an aesthetic winner without question. Interestingly, there is no space for memory cards anywhere in the machine, leaving most to believe that SCE's memory card to Memory Stick converter will launch soon, giving pocketable, transferable game save data to PSX - indeed, it does feature Memory Stick compatibility, though its use was not disclosed.
The ports on the back show Ethernet connection, as well as composite video and S-Video in and out ports. An RGB SCART socket is also likely to be included at some point.
All of this leaves us wondering what the price will be, and two arguments have been levied. One is that the whole lot, which effectively replaces the need for a PlayStation 2, a DVD recorder and a TIVO in one shot, will have to be fairly expensive, as it's a high-end piece of kit. Though some say that if Sony fully maximises its online-deliverable intellectual properties, music, movies and games, a licensed-content structure could be implemented that would reduce the initial purchase price for the consumer.
Speaking to Sony officials today, we were informed that it will be marketed as a high end electronics product.
More news on all things PlayStation as it breaks.
It's as if an iMac and a TIVO had a few too many drinks and took a PlayStation 2 to bed for a giggle. Nine months later, PSX popped out.
Presented overnight in Tokyo by Sony stalwart Ken Kutaragi, the machine is equipped with a 120 GB hard drive - not too shabby and dwarfing HD space found within the PlayStation 2 (40 GB) and Xbox (8GB.)
It will then write to DVD, though what can be mastered was not revealed. Sony has cannily included functionality for all DVD recordable formats.
A look at the back of the machine shows that the controllers go in the back - never popular but an aesthetic winner without question. Interestingly, there is no space for memory cards anywhere in the machine, leaving most to believe that SCE's memory card to Memory Stick converter will launch soon, giving pocketable, transferable game save data to PSX - indeed, it does feature Memory Stick compatibility, though its use was not disclosed.
The ports on the back show Ethernet connection, as well as composite video and S-Video in and out ports. An RGB SCART socket is also likely to be included at some point.
All of this leaves us wondering what the price will be, and two arguments have been levied. One is that the whole lot, which effectively replaces the need for a PlayStation 2, a DVD recorder and a TIVO in one shot, will have to be fairly expensive, as it's a high-end piece of kit. Though some say that if Sony fully maximises its online-deliverable intellectual properties, music, movies and games, a licensed-content structure could be implemented that would reduce the initial purchase price for the consumer.
Speaking to Sony officials today, we were informed that it will be marketed as a high end electronics product.
More news on all things PlayStation as it breaks.
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