RUMOUR: More PS3 Downgrades On The Way?
He calls himself “Phantom Insider” and he claims that more PS3 spec downgrades are coming. Truth or falsehood? Hit the link to read what he has to say.
The person who goes by the moniker “Phantom Insider” has told Kotaku.com that the Playstation 3 technical specifications Sony revealed in May at E3 2006 are to be further downgraded. Apparently this person in the know has been privy to inside information on the PS3 in the past and also shared it with Kotaku at that time. This time the Phantom Insider claims Sony is considering making the PS3’s power box external rather than internal as previously stated and he also continues on to indicate that the console’s clock speed will be lowered from 3.5 ghz to 2.8 ghz. All this in an apparent text based internet conversation (dubious) with the gaming website:
Red Says: got any interesting news?
Phantom Insider says: sure
Red says: then let’s start it up
Phantom Insider says: Fully functional PS3 betas still do not exist
Red says: hmm
Phantom Insider says: Despite that we have seen a number of downgrades
Red says: clock speed?
Red says: remember it was going to be 3.5 ghz?
Phantom Insider says: And now we have been told that the power source might be an external 400 watt unit after all
Phantom Insider says: instead of internal as promised
Red says: interesting
Phantom Insider says: The current designs despite having vents all over the place apparently still can’t dissipate the heat to sufficient levels
Phantom Insider says: And yields on 3.2 Gigaherz CELL processors are too low
Red says: they can’t produce them in mass supply still?
Phantom Insider says: so the final release might run only at 2.8 gigaherz
Red says: what have you heard about the rsx?
Red says: why would that be downgraded?
Red says: it as already somewhat weak
Phantom Insider says: RSX is finished and has been finished for quite a few months now
Red says: hmm
Phantom Insider says: we know what it can and cannot do
Red says: yea?
Phantom Insider says: I won’t comment any further
Red says: hint?
Phantom Insider says: No
Red says: come on, this is anonymous
Phantom Insider says: I can’t tell you more
Phantom Insider says: I do not want to lose my job
Red says: does it bode well for the ps3?
Phantom Insider says: Last time we had a lot of internal emails coming in from Sony
Red says: hmm not surprised
Red says: you were the first to blow the lid off things
Phantom Insider says: They were looking for the sources of the delay and dev problems leaks
Red says: lol
Phantom Insider says: i cannot risk it
Phantom Insider says: I am sorry
Red says: no probs
Red says: one thing
Red says: were the units at e3 2.8?
Phantom Insider says: yes
Phantom Insider says: and had 2 gigs of ram
Phantom Insider says: dev kits ya know
Ever since Sony unveiled the latest and apparently final revision of the console at E3 this year, there has been much speculation as to whether there will be more changes to the unit. Sony altered some aspects of the PS3 from the original E3 2005 version, those being support for 4 controllers now as opposed to 7 before, one ethernet port and not 3 as originally stated in 2005, lack of HDMI output on the 20GB “Basic” version and only 1 HDMI slot on the premium version (2 were stated at E3 2005), 4 USB 2.0 slots as compared to 6 in 2005 and no built in WiFi support (basic version).
Keep in mind that if Phantom Insider’s claims are true, and we seriously think that is doubtful, then the results of the clock speed downgrade will not be apparent for some time as current first generation PS3 games do not even begin to test the machine and determine what it is capable of. Maybe it would have an effect in second or third generation games. Maybe.
He does have one thing going for him though, he is very literate which is more than we can say for most self-proclaimed “insiders”.
Please take this information with two aircraft carrier’s holds worth of salt.
Thanks for the tip Cesar!
Source:
Kotaku
RUMOUR: More PS3 Downgrades On The Way?
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