Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:56:16 -0500 Reply-To: From: Newsgroups: alt.games.video.sony-playstation,alt.games.video.sony-playstation2,alt.hard-drive,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,japan.videogames.playstation,rec.games.video.sony,uk.games.video.playstation Subject: Sony Undecided on PS3 Hard Disk Drive Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:56:16 -0500 Organization: famicom X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.175.25.97 X-Trace: sv3-goS4POonzS65L6mBfi998tvgPJwasr0Lnv2RyFMCebwioj+Vwf+ZrBVfTv9PdyPFERUKWWK25YfLLbT!ViZlQKqc9vQl8Rt4+lfXb0Ocl4UJdzEmPtTzzu0iepYhRaH/5s8UzDKVTivJ X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.playstation:60 http://ps3.ign.com/articles/621/621155p1.html Sony Undecided on Hard Disk Head of technology unsure if hard disk will be included as standard. by IGN Staff June 1, 2005 - Sony has been somewhat vague on the inclusion of a hard disk with the PlayStation 3. The system's specifications reveal a slot for a detachable hard disk unit, but there's still not been any talk of a hard disk being included with the system from the start. It seems that we're going to have to wait for confirmation. In an interview featured in the latest issue of Famitsu, Sony Computer Entertainment chief technical officer Masayuki Chatani, when asked if a hard disk will be included with the system from the start, replies "It has yet to be decided." Chatani also reveals Sony's reasoning for going with a removable hard disk setup. The company believes that people will want to both upgrade to higher capacity drives in the future and carry their hard disks with them to attach to other PS3 units. Moving away from the hard disk, Chatani is asked to comment a little on the system's controversial controller. "I don't think there will be any fundamental changes," he answers in response to a question on the possibility of changes to the controller's design, "but it's a prototype, so there could be some small adjustments." Chatani also gives some hints into PS3 network gaming. Internet-based communication functionality will be a big part of the PS3, Chatani reveals. He belives it important to come up with communication tools for all ages. Finally, those looking forward to more news on the PS3 should turn to the PSP for an estimated schedule. Sony debuted the portable system at E3, shared first fully playable games at the Tokyo Game Show, then launched in Japan on 12/12. Chatani reveals that the PS3 is set for Japanese release in Spring, so we can expect, to a certain level, a similar flow. This seems to suggest playable PS3 units at the September Tokyo Game Show. And we can, hopefully, expect confirmation on the inclusion of a hard drive by around the same time.