Sony unveils the PSX

**Ekliptix** · 10-07-2003, 06:01 PM

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Corp offered a preview Tuesday of its next-generation PlayStation, a hybrid gaming machine with digital media hub features: a TV tuner, DVD and hard-drive recording and photo album and music player functions.

The muscled-up, network-ready console, called the PSX, testifies to the intensifying competition among consumer electronics companies to make the living room the locus of home digital entertainment.

About the size of the PlayStation2, the PSX is to go on sale in Japan late this year, beginning at $720 for a 160-gigabyte hard disk version that can record 200 hours of digital video.

Sony said the PSX will reach U.S. and European markets next year but did not provide prices.

The machine took center stage at the Sony booth at CEATEC Japan, an annual electronics show near Tokyo that runs through Saturday where Sony's rivals also showed off their wares.

The PSX will ship with Ethernet and USB ports, enabling networking, online gaming and connections with such peripherals as digital cameras and game controllers. It includes a memory stick slot and plays both PlayStation and PlayStation2 games.

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**Dope Dealer** · 10-08-2003, 12:26 AM

They overcharged way to much for this system....

**kaput** · 10-08-2003, 07:49 PM

**kenny** · 10-08-2003, 10:49 PM

I hope the controllers that are shipped with that unit have extra long cords since it looks like they plug into the rear of the unit. With the PSX on a stand in a home theatre environment, you'd have to sit right in front of the TV haha

**air_mikey** · 10-08-2003, 10:53 PM

Originally posted by kenny
you'd have to sit right in front of the TV haha

reminds me of the good ol' days when we used to do that when we were lil kids playing games.

**CRXguy** · 10-08-2003, 11:54 PM

Originally posted by air_mikey

reminds me of the good ol' days when we used to do that when we were lil kids playing games.

i guess that's why i wear glasses.

or maybe it's from porn!

is this psx an actual replacement for the next playstation, or is it more of a ps2.5?

**thich** · 10-09-2003, 12:10 AM

seems like the next playstation...
why did they release a new model so soon?
i don't even think the PS2's life cycle has reached maturity yet!

**Stratus_Power** · 10-09-2003, 12:35 AM

for that price the controller should at least be cordless

**Weapon_R** · 10-09-2003, 12:48 AM

Originally posted by CRXguy

i guess that's why i wear glasses. or maybe it's from porn!

is this psx an actual replacement for the next playstation, or is it more of a ps2.5?

I think its a 2.5 kinda thing since i heard you can still play ps2/psx games on both systems. It's more of an upgrade before Christmas season rolls around (see: assraping) and then they will unveil the ps3 in the next couple of years.

**Altezza** · 10-09-2003, 06:06 PM

Does it come with the girl?

**ACS-e36** · 10-09-2003, 06:26 PM

Originally posted by Altezza
Does it come with the girl?

**Gotrek** · 10-10-2003, 10:56 AM

Umm it's still a PS/2 with a hardrive and a networking hub that's it

**illeagle** · 10-21-2003, 08:38 AM

what ever happened to nintendo?

**rage2** · 10-21-2003, 08:59 AM

The CPU is the same, so there's no new features on the gaming side. Just got a lot of other crap attached to it so you can Tivo TV and crap

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**thich** · 10-21-2003, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by illeagle
what ever happened to nintendo?

they're still around.
they got their own nice niche that they survive in.
i'm sure they will bring out some really good stuff sooner or later..
they make some good quality games though. the fun factor is definitely there.

**Hakkola** · 10-23-2003, 11:54 AM

Yeah, hopefully the controllers are cordless, I'm so far from the tv that whenever I pull by accident my ps2 unplugs, it's gay.

Oh, and yes, that chick is a fox.

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