But Sony many have other plans for its bank of Gigabit Ethernet ports
The PlayStation 3 will no longer act as a home network router, according to Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi, who has revealed that the functionality has been dropped because it would have been too expensive.
Speaking with Japanese publication Nikkei Electronics, Kutaragi said that the original specification for the PS3 would have allowed the system's three Gigabit Ethernet ports to be used as a home router.
However, this functionality has now been dropped since it would have made the console cost too much to manufacture, he admitted - and Sony now expects that users will continue to use their existing router hardware, which is becoming more commonplace in households with broadband internet connections.
Whether that means the bank of network ports on the back of the box has actually been reduced to a single port is not clear, however, as the company has previously hinted that it has other plans in mind for the multiple network ports.
The news that the system was intended for use as a router or hub was first revealed at E3, when Sony's Phil Harrison told GamesIndustry.biz that "it can be a hub, rather than just being a terminal at the end of a network."
"Also, we want to be able to have a Gigabit port for an IP camera," he revealed. "So one of the ports is an in, and two of them are through. It can be a server as well as a terminal."
There's no need for it to be a router. I'm sure I'm not alone in that I keep my Router and network devices in a discreet place which also happens to not be near the TV. The feature would be flashy, but not work the extra price, weight, time.
How many poeple would actually use it, not many. Good move to lower cost in my opinion. It's not like MS was even generous and creative enough to consider it.
Fanboy is a term used to describe someone who is utterly devoted to a single subject. This generally is followed by the devotion and support even when proved wrong.
Anecdotal, by my definition, it's the way too many people here think. It's also all the evidence you have.
Quote:How many people would actually use it, not many. Good move to lower cost in my opinion. It's not like MS was even generous and creative enough to consider it.
MS knew they wouldnt use them like sony did with droping it out, and MS did say sony is going to lie about its specs. Generous then why isnt Sony going using Routers, being generous is leaving something on not taking it off. but a good idea for sony.
Fanboy is a term used to describe someone who is utterly devoted to a single subject. This generally is followed by the devotion and support even when proved wrong.
Anecdotal, by my definition, it's the way too many people here think. It's also all the evidence you have.
Would have been good as a wireless router
I guess they would have to make 2 different models?
1 with RJ45 1 with RJ11
Fairly off the point
Why haven,t Apple made a DSL version of Airport Base Station?
technically sony didnt lie, they thought they wre gona do it, and then couldnt pull it off, MS however has lied about that chart they made with the processors, and MS always lies about other stuff,
