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PS3 May Feature Next Xbox Tech By 2009

SKOAR! writes "TeamXbox recently came up with a quote regarding the next generation Xbox to incorporate full HD stereoscopic visuals and 3D visuals. All the rumors/stories convene at the point that this technology shall be implemented in the next iteration of Microsoft's console.Refraining to sound like a fanboy, but Sony's current machine may already possess the technology for giving birth such a massive technology by 2009."

BadboyCivic6099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

what they call it again? CELL

Forrest Gump6099d ago

We already know the Ps3 has superior processing technology,you don't need to post it over and over again.

jammy_706099d ago

thats how much of a waste of time this acticle is......

Godmars2906099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

And yet every time a multiplatform title is called "weaker" on the PS3, its because of inferior processing ability.

Forget that the indusrty talks about PS3 exclusives when talking about general graphical benchmarks.

@jammy_70
Still six months left dude. And Sony did demo the tech at the 2009 CES.

Lifendz6099d ago

The article is a little controversial and I'm not tech savvy enough to refute or affirm what it says.

What I'm curious is what disc drive will MS use for its next console? I doubt it'll go DVD9 again. Will it encorporate some sort of new dvd tech solely for gaming purposes or will it join the blu-ray consortium?

Any thoughts?

chaosatom6099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

They are going to make everything online rather than admit defeat to Sony's almighty blu-ray.

Grown Folks Talk6099d ago

I think HD DVD would be a logical choice for them. Technology doesn't need to be tested, has plenty of space, & would be very cost effective. If Blu Ray overtakes dvd as the mainstream, they probably would go that route just to take a selling bulletpoint away from Sony. As far as the article, it comes down to how quickly it is adopted by the mass consumer. Had Sony not implemented blu into the PS3, I don't think it would have taken off to the degree it has. Other companies had to lower prices quicker than they probably would have liked to compete with PS3 sales.

mastiffchild6099d ago

With Sony being far in advance of MS as far as TV screen and tech goes you'd expect them to bee just as, if not more, on the ball with this kind of thing wouldn't you? Given that last year and up to GDC this they were demoing 3D tech that they said was ALREADY obselete I imagine we'll certainly see something along the 3D gaming lines very soon and MS are prolly doing the same kind of thing.

Don't be shocked if the next Wii has it too-one gets it -they'll all want it.IMO, Sony are best placed purely because I knw they've been researching their own 3D compatible HD screens for over five years now. MS are probably doing their research with Toshiba or LG-someone else making OLED and advanced flatties.

PirateThom6099d ago

@Grown Folks Talk

The problem with HD DVD is that it would be solely for games, while Sony would be able to tout the games/movie advantage.

HD DVD is dead, Toshiba don't even support it anymore and I doubt Microsoft will resurrect a dead format just to avoid using Blu-ray.

Defectiv3_Detectiv36099d ago

I'm not sure how much merit there is to these rumors, but I have been saying since the unveiling of NATAL that next year the gimmick will be 3-D graphics and Sony will probably lead the way, followed by Wii if they make an HD version.

Sony already has a prototype for this w/ GT5.

http://www.gamespot.com/new...

Grown Folks Talk6099d ago

You would still be able to watch your standard dvds, but I commented that they would lose a selling point to Sony by going that route. Just a cheap option for them. Plus Blu Ray players are in the $100 range now, so it's not like people can't easily get 1 now.

Godmars2906099d ago

Its not like MS talks up using the 360 DVD drive as a movie player. The only thing they talk about DL movies off XBL. Netflix. Given that, why wouldn't they revive HD-DVD?

Though they would still have to develop it if space requirements exceed 51GB.

Grown Folks Talk6099d ago

It's not like Blu Ray will be highly expensive by the time the next system comes out, but all they really need is more space for game content, & to allow people to use their own hard drives like Sony does for saves. There isnt' enough space for all of the things they have available or will have to download. Blu Ray makes sense because it allows adopters the option through their console, takes away a selling point from Sony, & will be more easily upgraded due to the fact that it is a current format. I could see them go either route or neither.

edgeofblade6099d ago

Jesus f*cking christ, this is a rumor... of a rumor... of a rumor.

As for stereoscopic on PS3, I know it's already out there. It's been demoed over and over... and every self-important journalist acts like they are seeing something new. You STILL need a TV capable of polarizing alternating lines and polarized lenses before it works. It still means you wear dorky glasses to see the effect.

What really needs to stop are the trolls following every rumor around with another rumor of how their console already beats it. No one f*cking cares how big your chosen company's e-peen is. I find it a little scary that YOU care that much....

Godmars2906099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

The thing is, and this probably going to be hard to accept, HD-DVD did not offer enough room.

If games like Blue Dragon had been on 1st generation HD-DVD discs, it still would have been a multidisc title. Two discs instead of three, but still multidisc which would have defeated the point of putting it on HD-DVD. The 51GB mentioned, which was a new three layered at 17GB instead of 15GB per layer, was a last ditch attempt by the HD-DVD camp to present the format as superior to BR. Ignoring the fact that at the time BR maxed at two layers and 25GB each for 50GB. Currently, 100GB are possible with 800GB in development though they were talking about a 200GB limit. There's no way HD-DVD could compete with that and MS knew it.

MS had two motives in supporting HD-DVD, promoting the HD menu format; and slowing BR in the market since Sony was going with their own menu system. That's still pretty much the plan, though now its movie downloads trough the 360.

@edgeofblade
Though its been demoed, to be honest, it was shown on the next series of HDTVs that are too expensive for the current market.

2nd@Grown Folks Talk:
And I'm saying that if they did they'd be using dead tech against one that's still growing in a field that might require the later.

MS's already messed up with upscaling, HDMI and DVD9 and will have to make a new console should 3D gaming take off, so why would they repeat the mistake of using limited, finite, storage space?

Grown Folks Talk6099d ago

but it wouldn't shock me. They could adapt it if needed.

50CALheadshot6098d ago (Edited 6098d ago )

you guys apparently forgot that the game turned out better than the trailer.....

OH and lets also FORGET that uncharted makes every 360 game look like a game gear title.

and while were in a complete state of DENIAL, LETS also forget that uncharted 2 will be released this year, and the 360 has yet to have a title that looks or plays as well as uncharted 1 does.

oh yeah, the ps3 is not designed for games...its just a bluray player with better games than hardcore consoles!!

after all thats transpired, sony made the right choice by using the hardware they selected for the ps3. I expect them to push the limits for ps4 as well.

Narutone666098d ago

I saw a company demo an ordinary blu-ray movie in 3D using PS3. I asked the person doing the demo that he should used a game like GT5P to demo the 3D technology. He told me that he did and the few people became hundreds and no one want to leave the booth. All of them want to try out the 3D version of the game. Which turned out to be a headache because the place became so congested that they were warned of a fire hazard.

rockleex6098d ago

Its just a matter of Sony deciding which one to stick with.

Serg6098d ago

The BluRay format has virtually no limitation when it comes to size, at least the companies still don't know the official stable layer boundaries. The beauty: All BluRay players that have been released so far (including the PS3) will be able to play these new discs without any update. So in theory, if a company has the guts and the content to fill a <insert rediculously large 3 digit number here> GB BluRay disc with 1 game only, you would be able to play that game by the time it comes out on the PS3 you own right now.

Another possibility would be a PS3 greatest hits collection of games, on ONE disc, imagine...

As for 3D, don't games have to support this kind of stuff? Would be easy to implement I think, just add another camera slightly next to the one already there and run it through the 3D filter. Well the coding is quite complicated, but simple relatively speaking, could be solved with a patch for existing games.

Rainstorm816098d ago

G force is in 3d on PS3 the trailer is on Home central plaza

Xbox Avatars Shoe6098d ago

I get butterflies every time I turn on my PS3 and it says "A firmware up date is required"! PS3's tech is constantly being updating so I don't see why it wouldn't be able to do some things that "the next Xbox" can.

And yeah, it's already 2009 so shouldn't they being saying "By 2010" or "The end of 2009"?

TheReaper426098d ago

GodMars is such a retard. So by his logic, multiplatforms looks and have better physics than Sony Exclusives. I.e. KZ2, MGS4, Uncharted, Heavenly Blade, etc.

"Forget that the indusrty talks about PS3 exclusives"

Uh yeah.. well forget industry talks about multiplatforms too.

Everyone KNOWS how sh1tty 3rd party devs are with using the PS3. He's saying how inferior the ps3 is base on MULTIPLATFORM games. What a retard.

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100006099d ago

their motion technology is not limited to this wand, with the rise in 3D supported televisions something right out of Phillip K's Minority Report is likely on Sony's machine...

Bnet3436099d ago

lol I was about to post the same thing.

randomwiz6099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

i remember at CES last year, they had motorstorm in 3d, but they were using these fancy glasses that looked expensive...

Ju6099d ago

I guess the technology is there (right now) but the HDMI standards for supporting 3D have not been set in stone. That's the main problem. Looks like PS3 HDMI1.3 port can be updated by a firmware patch to just implement that protocol when its done. That's what they refer to, IMO.

Syronicus6099d ago

I took the "in 2009" comment to be more sarcasm towards MS's news release. More of a tongue in cheek comment that Sony won't make the consumers wait until next year or for the next console to be released but rather that Sony has the tech already in their current console and can release it any time if they so choose to do so.

GiantEnemyCrab6099d ago

That's what I was thinking. Even if it's happening in 2009 why did they not show anything at E3 and instead showed off Waggle?

I think Sony doesn't know whether to run or jump.

Ju6099d ago

BTW: GForce is the first game which will run 3D on both, PS3 and 360. ( http://disney.go.com/disney... )

PiTCHBLaCK6098d ago

The year is NOT 2009 people!(sarcastic)

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Raoh6099d ago

sony said at ces when they talked 3d tv's that the ps3 is 3d ready.

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Spike476099d ago

I liked the old days when a game was 20 bucks lol.

BlackTar1876099d ago

LOL ive been gaming for 30 years and if anything vdeogames got cheaper/industry minum(whatever) i remeber buying TMNT turtles in time for $70 at kmart and buying Taz for around $70 as well. I have never seen a game that anyone wanted for $20 unless it was a handheld and i can tell you lynx and gamegear were never that cheap.

Grown Folks Talk6099d ago (Edited 6099d ago )

ESPN NFL 2K5. $19.99 on release.

mastiffchild6099d ago

IDK, mid term PS2 era games seemed cheaper than today but definitely going back to OiT on N64 games wre dearer in real terms than they are now.

Hell, just be grateful you guys don't all live in the UK(or worse Scandinavia) where every game is way dearer than in the States.

KKanjiAnkh6098d ago

You do realise
Phantasy Star 4 was $100, and Street Fighter 2 on the SNES, was almost $90.

If you want astronomical go look at the Neo Geo.

bunbun7776098d ago (Edited 6098d ago )

Super Mario 3 -- 49.99

here's a super deal on the hottest games through Sears...

-edit sry its a bit fuzzy--- Legend of Zelda --only 37.99!

Uzesgelen_Goo6098d ago

i bought Taz for only 2$ at 90s on Sega mega drive (-^_^-)

skip2mylou6098d ago

ahhh the good old times before this recession, before bush got us in war in iraq on "terror" i got a lot of good games at 30 dollers. GoW 1 & 2, Persona, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII ahh i wann go back to those times

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DrRobotnik2d ago

At first I was like, No Code Veronica on the list!? But then I seen Mainline. The list checks out, but I would personally put 2 over 4.

KwietStorm_BLM1d 17h ago

I'll take 2 over 4 also. And even without a number, I don't see how Code Veronica, my other favorite in the franchise, isn't mainline when it's the actual sequel to RE2.

Rebel_Scum1d 20h ago

The original RE was the best. Its not on the list which makes no sense.

The remake of it was alright but should be higher on this list.

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The original RE smokes VII and Village, come on.

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RavenWolfx2d ago

I would be interested in a Saints Row 2 Remake.

Alos882d ago

I would agree... if the old Volition was still around to do it.

Abnor_Mal2d ago

I just started this game last night, just the player creation had me upset. You choose male but they stand like a female. Eyebrows are all effeminate, face, and verything seems to be modeled after a female with a thin male overlay.

I only played the opening and didn’t even complete that before I turned the game off. I will likely go back and try it again, but a very weird first impression.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

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ChunkyMonk2d ago

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chicken_in_the_corn2d ago

I'm not surprised after the backlash and hatred the last one got.

1nsomniac2d ago

The franchise has been complete utter garbage for almost 20 years. The first one was the only decent game of the lot of them.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

OMG Thank you! Never understood how people raved about Saints Row like it was GOATED.
Honestly Janky Generic feeling titles with Humor that tried to way too hard. People criticize Borderlands for its humor, but holy hell, still leagues better than any SR.

isarai_lee2d ago

Kinda dumb they asked for his pitch then ghosted him, the concept sounded dope

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