QuoteHes back. The connected PS3-party wet blanket who brought us covert info on the PlayStation 3 has dug up some dirt from a phantom insider who claims the PS3 may see even more downgraded specs. From lower clock speeds to an external power brick to who-knows-what-else, one thing we know for certain is that we sure as hell wont be getting what was promised at E3 2005.
More dirty insider talk after the jump.
Red says: got any interesting news?
Phantom Insider says: sure
Red says: then lets start it up
Phantom Insider says: Fully functional PS3 betas still do not exist
Red says: hmm
Phantom Insider says: Despite that we have seen a number of downgrades
Red says: clock speed?
Red says: remember it was going to be 3.5 ghz?
Phantom Insider says: And now we have been told that the powersource might be an external 400 watt unit after all
Phantom Insider says: instead of internal as promised
Red says: interesting
Phantom Insider says: The current designs despite having vents all over the place apparently still cant dissipate the heat to sufficient levels
Phantom Insider says: And yields on 3.2 Gigaherz CELL processors are too low
Red says: they cant produce them in mass supply still?
Phantom Insider says: so the final release might run only at 2.8 gigaherz
Red says: what have you heard about the rsx?
Red says: why would that be downgraded?
Red says: it as already somewhat weak
Phantom Insider says: RSX is finished and has been finished for quite a few months now
Red says: hmm
Phantom Insider says: we know what it can and cannot do
Red says: yea?
Phantom Insider says: I wont comment any further
Red says: hint?
Phantom Insider says: No
Red says: come on, this is anonymous
Phantom Insider says: I cant tell you more
Phantom Insider says: I do not want to lose my job
Red says: does it bode well for the ps3?
Phantom Insider says: Last time we had a lot of internal emails coming in from Sony
Red says: hmm not surprised
Red says: you were the first to blow the lid off things
Phantom Insider says: They were looking for the sources of the delay and dev problems leaks
Red says: lol
Phantom Insider says: i cannot risk it
Phantom Insider says: I am sorry
Red says: no probs
Red says: one thing
Red says: were the units at e3 2.8?
Phantom Insider says: yes
Phantom Insider says: and had 2 gigs of ram
Phantom Insider says: dev kits ya know
Well consider this rumor and speculation for now, but if these downgrades pan out, I expect some folks will have an even harder time justifying that $600 investment.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/sony/more-ps3-downgrades-on-the-way-179863.php
Yep, its more then rumour, lots are reporting these things...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32343
Basically the big thing is the bits dont fit in the case and they may end up doing a fully external PSU
Cell chip i think is good but needs a big pc case and lots of cooling to do what they say it can do, perhaps only really have a home in movie render machines or servers.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31443
Yields are crap and as you say lower and lower specs.
I bet you anything on release you will have a load of reports of it overheating, I can see stories of people touching the console and it beeing really hot
Guess Im not going to be in the first wave of buyers then :o
the pressures on the guys on the ground i.e. in the engineering labs who are dealing with this must BE IMMENSE... squeaky bum time... :shock:
I have no dout it will be sorted, but not by the release date, and if they are sticking to it I wouldnt by one even if i wanted one.
would be amusing if all the "leaked informant" stuff is actually all lies
it is actually ready to be shipped but they feel like making microsoft feel comfortable
:D :D :D
doubt it somehow though
i wont be buying one for a good few years if i ever do
tis all just speculation tbh....
even if it does have an external power supply it is hardly a massive issue - so long as the games work & the thing does as it is supposed to then does anyone really give a flying f**k
wait and see when it gets released - Id be very sceptical about rumours from industry insiders - put it this way if I worked in marketing at MS Id be spreading rumours on the internet about sonys console being sh*te too
I dont thinkit really matters about this extra bad press... there is already enough going against them at the moment. I think Sony are going to be in for a hard start esp with the news about stocks.