PlayStation 3 (PS3) Launch Titles and November Release Dates

From Roger Altizer,

The PS3 Launch Titles Look to Strong Enough to Sweep this Holiday Season

November is a massive month for PlayStation-ites all over the world. Well, except Europe, where Sony has delayed the release of the PS3 until Spring 2K7, sorry guys.

For the hundred thousand Japanese and four hundred thousand North Americans who manage to get their hands on one of the 500k PS3s being released, you are in for an amazing time. The PS3 games available in November make the PS3 launch list the strongest any console has ever seen.

This list is as accurate as I can provide, at this time. Sony has yet to release an official launch titles list. So I've compared my list with other websites, game publishers, and retailers to come up with what I believe to be a fairly accurate one. I've left off the much expected Warhawk and Heavenly Sword, as there are too many signs that they might be delayed. If the PS3 games don't shake down in this order, I apologize.

PlayStation 3 Specifications and Details

Product name: PLAYSTATION 3

CPU: Cell Processor

• PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit per core
• 512KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
• 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
• 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
• * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU: RSX @550MHz

• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
• Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
• SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS

Storage:

• HDD
• Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1

I/O:

• USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
• Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
• SD: standard/mini x 1
• CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB2.0 (wired)
• Wi-Fi (PSP®)
• Network (over IP)

AV Output:

• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI: HDMI out x 2
• Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation CD-ROM
• PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc media (read only):

• PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
• PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
• DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

• PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
• BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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(SCEI) manufacturers, distributes and markets the PlayStation game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld entertainment system. PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP is a new portable entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc. develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is an independent business unit of the Sony Group.

• Storage media (HDD, “Memory Stick”, SD memory card, and CompactFlash) are sold separately.
• “Dolby” is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
• “DTS” is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
• “CompactFlash” is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.
• “HDMI” is a trademark of HDMI Licensing LLC.
• “Blu-ray Disc” is a trademark.
• “Bluetooth” is a trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
• “Memory Stick” and “Memory Stick PRO” are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• “PlayStation", the PlayStation logo and “PSP” are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
• All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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