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FCC Reveals New PS3 TOOL Details, Pictures and User Manual

As we brought the first pictures of the new PS3 TOOL, we also bring more information, thanks to the FCC.

Finally the FCC's images of the DECH-1400A have been made available for public viewing, and they show very interesting hardware differences...

Nitrowolf25386d ago (Edited 5386d ago )

So what is this exactly? a new ps3 model?
ok so its a new dev tool, but why? I mean they always are getting new ones, but it striked me because its so close the gamecom

Megaton5386d ago

Kinda puzzled on this one myself. Likely something dev-related.

gambare5386d ago

It's a dev kit model, more power efficient but has some parts that will be used in the PS3 slim.

in fact this is the "blurred" model of the "making batman" pics, remember?

Trollimite5386d ago

it kinda looks like someone took a silver sharpie and wrote tool under the playstation 3 logo. either way im tired of the speculation.

sam22365386d ago

@gambare: How do you know that some parts of this 'PS3 Tool' will be used for the slim? Have you seen this thing? Have you seen the slim? You know nothing.

@Trollimite: I agree. This is getting ridiculous.

uie4rhig5386d ago

this is actually legit..
see this pdf file: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/p...

straight of the FCC's website.. and well, FCC won't accept lies will they?

darthv725386d ago

except for the "Dev/LAN" port and prototype sticker. Mine has 4 usb ports and bc.

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norkee5386d ago

I think it is made especially for game developers. The second ethernet port is labeled "DEV LAN"

Nitrowolf25386d ago

yah i notice that. So why exactly is there a new one? Is it becuase the old one out of date and this one will have new features?

Ju5385d ago

Cheaper Dev kits ? New price for devkits to be announced at GamesCon ? Speculation, speculation...

TruUnknowN5386d ago

Whatever it is, its going to draw a lot of attention.. Like it just did, from me!

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 13h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18217h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie7h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow7h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

PonyRider2h ago

Being downvoted for speaking facts is crazy. They want to spin whatever fits their narrative of evil corporation.

Notellin4h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

PonyRider2h ago

The Blue camp really do be doing mental gymnastics.

OtterX20h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno19h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno17h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

PonyRider2h ago

Lack of investment and killing off the servers ring a bell?

fsfsxii3h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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