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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Don Flamenco on December 24, 2008, 09:35:31 PM

Title: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 24, 2008, 09:35:31 PM
the old PS3 mock up has 3 ethernet ports...why?  it's cool that they got cut, but why put them on there in the first place?  I can't think of a practical use for 2 ports, let alone three.
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: Rman on December 24, 2008, 09:56:23 PM
it's a sony thing - remember how the PSP was going to have 7.1 surround sound output too?

PS3 : it had two Hdmi ports too!

:lol Seriously?
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: cool breeze on December 24, 2008, 10:12:52 PM
PS3 doubles as a router?

and the double HDMI thing was for multiple monitors, right?
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 24, 2008, 10:27:18 PM
Yea, then you could run Heavenly Sword at 4 fps
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: Purple Filth on December 24, 2008, 10:28:12 PM
PS3 doubles as a router?

and the double HDMI thing was for multiple monitors, right?

I think it was.

I also think the multiple ethernet ports was either for router capabilites or a distributed network thing.
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 24, 2008, 10:49:37 PM
Remember "Cell Storage"? What the fuck was that about? :lol Kutaragi seemed to have some vision of the PS3 being the ultimate media HUB, probably factoring Digital Downloads. I guess that got thrown out the window.
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: CurseoftheGods on December 24, 2008, 10:58:46 PM
Yea, then you could run Heavenly Sword at 4 fps

:lol
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: TVC15 on December 24, 2008, 10:59:09 PM
I definitely heard the router thing somewhere, though who knows if it was from Sony itself or speculation.  Of course, if it did come from Ken's mouth, it's some of the tamer bullshit he spun about the PS3.  Remember all the ambiguous things they'd say about CELLs working together over a network and sharing processing or some similar pie in the sky shit?
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: drohne on December 24, 2008, 11:07:31 PM
there was all kinds of crazy shit at that 2005 conference. they went on for like ten minutes about some wacky hd camera network scheme that obviously never happened
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 24, 2008, 11:13:34 PM
In a way, all the promises got whittled down into a partly delivered Home.
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 25, 2008, 12:04:42 AM
The PS3 is mostly Krazy Ken's fault though.  On the other hand, Krazy Marketing Team and Krazy PSN Decision-making team are still there.
Title: Re: 3 ethernet ports...what were they thinking?
Post by: y2kev on December 25, 2008, 12:25:38 AM
the old PS3 mock up has 3 ethernet ports...why?  it's cool that they got cut, but why put them on there in the first place?  I can't think of a practical use for 2 ports, let alone three.
it was going to act as a switch/hub i think