xenon wrote:
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10033
> Router functions dropped from PS3 spec
> Rob Fahey 12:12 11/07/2005
> But Sony many have other plans for its bank of Gigabit Ethernet ports
> 
> 
> The PlayStation 3 will no longer act as a home network router, according to 
> Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi, who has revealed that the 
> functionality has been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
> Speaking with Japanese publication Nikkei Electronics, Kutaragi said that 
> the original specification for the PS3 would have allowed the system's three 
> Gigabit Ethernet ports to be used as a home router.
> 
> However, this functionality has now been dropped since it would have made 
> the console cost too much to manufacture, he admitted - and Sony now expects 
> that users will continue to use their existing router hardware, which is 
> becoming more commonplace in households with broadband internet connections.
> 
> Whether that means the bank of network ports on the back of the box has 
> actually been reduced to a single port is not clear, however, as the company 
> has previously hinted that it has other plans in mind for the multiple 
> network ports.
> 
> The news that the system was intended for use as a router or hub was first 
> revealed at E3, when Sony's Phil Harrison told GamesIndustry.biz that "it 
> can be a hub, rather than just being a terminal at the end of a network."
> 
> "Also, we want to be able to have a Gigabit port for an IP camera," he 
> revealed. "So one of the ports is an in, and two of them are through. It can 
> be a server as well as a terminal."
> 
> 

I hate to be a cunt but do you ever check the usenet groups before 
spamming this stuff ?

Its already been posted to uk.games.video.xbox