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CES 2006: PS3 Dev Kits Out
Sony unleashes thousands of dev kits.
by Juan Castro
January 5, 2006 - Here's a little bit of news for those anxiously awaiting the Sony PS3, successor to Sony's ever-popular PS2. The information, or non-news depending on how you want to look at it, came from a Sony press conference held today at the Consumer Electronics Show, held this year at the Las Vegas Convention center.



According to Sony, over 4,000 development kits for the PS3 have shipped to developers. A logical step, and nothing terribly exciting, but it's good to know that developers have something tangible to work with. And that's about it for now.

Stay tuned for more information.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/679/679086p1.html

 

[DreamMachine]

are those beta kits or final kits?

 

[sonycowboy]

are those beta kits or final kits?

Mostly beta.

 

[AniHawk]

So what's the sell-through number?

 

[Fuzzy]

When they say shipped do they really mean production shipments?

 

[sprsk]

Mostly beta.

where does your info come from

 

[Jonnyram]

Are they counting revisions shipped to the same developers as separate units?

 

[Stench]

GAME ON

ROCK AND ROLL BITCHES

 

[AlphaSnake]

And so it begins...this is terrific news to hear.

 

[sonycowboy]

Are they counting revisions shipped to the same developers as separate units?

No. There are over 4,000 independant developers out there working on the PS3. Launch is going to be insane.

 

[Fuzzy]

Are they counting revisions shipped to the same developers as separate units?

EA probably got a couple hundred.

 

[Twix]

looks like the guys at Guerrilla have already got the final kits:

- So, have Guerrilla Games got the PLAYSTATION 3 Reference Tool, Michiel ? I see you mentioned RSX...

Michiel :About those dev kits. Well. We've made a pretty good PS2 game, a PS3 game is in the works for some time now, and we're a Sony first party. Do the math

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=killzone&message.id=71586&page=27

 

[jiggle]

So what's the sell-through number?

Let's guess it.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Breaking News - PS3 Dev Kits Outpreform Xbox 360, DS in Japan

 

[Wario64]

Breaking News - PS3 Dev Kits Outpreform Xbox 360, DS in Japan

zing

 

[Pimpbaa]

Is this more than usual for a system before it's launch?

 

[Andrew2]

Theres no such thing as a beta PS3 kit. The only thing that exist, is either a Evaluation system or Reference tool. The 4,000 kits that went out is obvioiusly the Reference Tool.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2005/0722/kaigai199.htm

Anyhow:

 

[Jonnyram]

Anyhow:

Is this a roundabout way of saying "they're on target for spring"?

 

[Oblivion]

Sony : more than 4.000 PS3 dev kits have been shipped to developers

So in reality only like 1000 are in developers' hands?

 

[Fuzzy]

I just realized I misread the thread title, only 4 have been shipped. :lol

 

[PhoenixDark]

I just realized I misread the thread title, only 4 have been shipped. :lol

EDIT :lol

 

[Twix]

I just realized I misread the thread title, only 4 have been shipped. :lol

LOL

 

[Koomaster]

More than 4.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Is this a roundabout way of saying "they're on target for spring"?

Seems like it

 

[momolicious]

are ANY final dev kits out ?

 

[Deku]

They probably mean 4.000 will eventually be shipped to developers sometime in the next few months.

 

[BlueTsunami]

are ANY final dev kits out ?

The Reference kits could be considered very good when compared to the final kits. Apearently they are (if rumors are correct) dev kits with lower clocked RSX's.

 

[DCharlie]

4000 reference kits have been sent out, it's amazing which Japanese developers didn't get them yet (or at least, didn't have them a day or so ago)

perhaps they are ranked lower than the other 3994 developers for PS3?

 

[Big Shirtless Ron]

4000 reference kits have been sent out, it's amazing which Japanese developers didn't get them yet (or at least, didn't have them a day or so ago)

perhaps they are ranked lower than the other 3994 developers for PS3?

aww, c'mon, you can't just say that without naming names. or you could drop me a pm... i won't say anything.

Spoiler

please? ;(

 

[MrSardonic]

So in reality only like 1000 are in developers' hands?

Less than that my friend

 

[DarienA]

Arrrr There be a lot of hilarious speculation in this thread....

 

[gofreak]

4000 reference kits

No, kits, total. Not just reference kits. I believe from what I read of Guerrilla and some rumblings on B3D that reference kits are out, but they're only out recently

 

[Jerkface]

Theres no such thing as a beta PS3 kit. The only thing that exist, is either a Evaluation system or Reference tool. The 4,000 kits that went out is obvioiusly the Reference Tool.

A rose by any other name. :lol

 

[Beowvlf]

If Sony is still on track with their schedules set out at the PlayStation Conference in July, then they had about 3,000 or so evaluation kits out by December, and as of then began shipping Reference kits out.

Thus, I'm betting we're looking at about ~3,000 Evaluation + ~1,000 Reference kits shipped. I wouldn't be surprised if every major developer in the world has at least a couple Reference kits in their offices right now.

If the PS3 truly doesn't launch in any region for another 5-6 months, then it's looking as though devs may have more time with final PS3 kits for launch than any other console launch before it. A Spring launch is still very, very doable as far as I'm concerned. The only things holding Sony back now are producing the desired units and marketing it properly alongside the PS2 and PSP.