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PS3 Controller Design Questionable

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Sony is ditching the traditional shape of the beloved Dual Shock 2 controller in favor of what a designer must have scribbled on a napkin after a little too much sake.

The new "boomerang" contoller is odd looking. It doesn't look comfortable to hold, and it seems bigger than what it needs to be. I like that it uses bluetooth, but it doesn't look like it would be any fun to play a game with it.

Playstation 3 Revealed

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To steal some of the thunder from Microsoft's announcement of the XBOX 360, Sony has revealed the Playstation 3 to the general public. Included in this announcement were many of the system specs.

The important ones

-3.2GHz Cell processor (like 8 little processors in one.)
-256MB XDR Main RAM (3.2Ghz)
-256MHz GDDR3 VRAM (700Mhz)
-2 Teraflops total system floating point performance
-Bluetooth Controllers
-Gigabit Ethernet built in
-High Def games x2 channels
-Built in WiFi for PSP
-Blu-Ray disc drive

MTV XBOX 2 special long on hype

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So the XBOX special proved dissapointing. It was mostly hype, no doubt to drive the weak minded teens into a buying frenzy. No really juicy info was leaked on the system.

Here's what we do know:

It's uses three symmetrical IBC PowerPC cores, each at 3.2GHz! (Holy moly that's some serious horsepower!)

It has 512MB GDDR3 RAM

Custom ATI graphics core at 500MHz, 48 Pixel Pipelines! (To put that in perspective, the latest stuff for PCs have 16 pipelines.)

Swoopy-silvery chassis. (Is it just me, or does the new XBOX look... over designed.

Next XBOX System Debuts Tonight!

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Tune in to MTV at 9:30 eastern (8:30 central), and get the first look at Microsoft's next XBOX video game console. There have been lots of rumors floating around about new fetaures and specs, but this will be the first official public unveiling of the system. I can't wait! Who's with me?

Time limit on games

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Is there any kind of timing device to hook up to ps2 or xbox to limit the time kids can play it?

What are you looking forward to?

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Okay, so my brother comes barging into the house today announcing that Diablo III will be released in '06. I'm immediately Googling, and find almost nothing out there. It's way more rumors than anything else. I'm sure there will be a third installment of this awesome game, but the details are TBD.

So, my question... What are the big release(s) you're waiting for?

All I know is that when DII came out, I only got 4 hours of sleep that whole weekend. (See OCD track in the Sims thread. :-/ )

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