PS3 Accessories

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
Late Thursday, during a Playstation 3 event in San Francisco, Sony unveiled details on the first batch of PS3 accessories. There are no real surprises here, but for the first time, official prices have been revealed. Items like an HDMI Cable, PS3 memory card, & the PS3 Sixaxis controllers, are among the list of accessories that will be available at launch.
Sony also announced the first batch of PS3 accessories. There are no real surprises here, but for the first time, official prices have been revealed. A PS3-specific high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable, which allows up to full 1080p resolution on HDTVs, will sell for $50. An HDMI cable is packaged with the premium $600 PS3 units, but it will not be included in the basic, $500 PS3 package.

Also to be available at launch is the PS3 Memory Card Adapter, to retail for $15, which will allow gamers to access game saves from PlayStation and PS2 memory cards. PS3 game saves will be stored on the console hard drive. Sony says the PS3 will be backwards compatible with every officially licensed PlayStation and PS2 game, which is well over 1000 titles. Some reports suggest that the PS3 console has the entire PS2 chipset built into it.

Official Sony brand PS3 Sixaxis controllers will sell for $50, making it twice the price of the current PS2 controllers. Finally, Sony also introduced the official PS3 Blu-ray remote control, which will retail for $30. Sony says it will also be able to control imported and downloaded media files on the PS3 hard drive.
So the top dog PS3 will ship with an HDMI cable, and the lower priced machine will not. Well I guess it could be worse....

Source: TG Daily

Comments

  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Has Sony said whether or not the Blu-Ray remote will be necessary to play Blu-Ray discs (a la XBox)?
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I heard the controller will be able to act like a PS2 but that is unconfirmed
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I hope that's the case. MS requiring people to buy remotes for the original XBox was a total scam. I mean, Microsoft made me mad about that even though I don't even own an XBox. Did they do it that way on the 360?

    /me hugs his PS2
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I'm not sure... never tried to use a Contoller on a TV.. Prime could tell us :)
  • KaroumKaroum
    edited October 2006
    I can watch DVDs and downloaded movies on my X360 without any special remote but the regular controller.
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