Sony Gambles with Ultra High Tech
The PlayStation 3 will humble your TV and send it scampering off in fear. So says Kutaragi.
It's no secret that frame rate can make or break a game. The best current games run at around 60 frames per second, giving them a silky-smooth look that is vital to action-intensive genres such as first-person shooters and racing games. Now Sony is hoping to take it to the next level.
Ken Kutaragi, Sony's top PlayStation man, said the upcoming PlayStation 3 would be able to run games at an incredible 120 frames per second, according to an article at GameSpot.
Quite what this would look like is anyone's guess, as no TVs are currently able to show off a game that runs so fast.
The power of the PlayStation 3 may lie in its future-proofing, where technology has been included before it even becomes standard.
Not only could PlayStation 3 games be able to run at 120 frames per second, they'll be able to run in progressive scan mode at 1,080 lines of resolution - more than double the current TV resolution. The console will also use the next-generation high definition DVD format BluRay - a technology Sony itself developed.
TVs capable of showing such sharp, fast images are only in the planning stages, but Sony is banking on the technology becoming widespread - perhaps even as a result of the PlayStation 3.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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