在2006年5月第72期的PS2英国官方杂志的第14-16页上，刊载了一篇有关PS3发售计划以及部分首发游戏的名单。文章披露，索尼将在今年11月在全球范围内发售大约100万台PS3主机，而PS3首发游戏名单中不乏《铁拳》、《索尼克次世代》和《彩虹6号：维加斯》等大作的身影。
椐文章透露，索尼计划在PS3上市的头一个月也就是11月率先发售100万台左右的PS3主机，然后在接下来的几个月里逐步提高产量，到转年的11月累计出货800-900万台PS3，如果PS3的产量果真能在这么短的时间里达到如此程度的话，那么无疑PS3将不会出现象Xbox 360那样的供货不足现象。
另外，文章还披露， PS3的首发游戏将包括《勒颈（John Woo's Stranglehold）》、《铁拳》、《索尼克次世代（Sonic The Hedgehog）》、《抵抗（resistance）》、《彩虹6号：维加斯》、《Lair》、《电浆风暴（Motorstorm）》和《未名传奇：暗黑帝国（Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom）》 。
除了上述作品以外，还有其他一些游戏也在酝酿之中。对此文章引用中一些游戏开发者的评论来加以证明：Monolith公司的David Hasle说：“PS3选在11月发售给了我们充足的时间来完善和测试我们的作品，这样可以保证玩家能看到一款出色的游戏。”小林裕幸（Hiroyuki Kobayashi）也对索尼的发售策略表示赞同，而且他认为如果在2007年初发售PS3可能对索尼和大部分游戏开发商还要更有利一些。从他们的话语中我们不难看出，这些公司目前很可能也正在为PS3开发游戏。
关于索尼的Playstation网络平台（Playstation Network Platform，以下简称PNP），文章透露，PNP将会具备包括网络对战、比赛组织、语音及视频聊天、游戏资料上传和下载、好友名单、个性化设计、等所有Xbox Live所具备的功能。同时，PS3还支持两台主机之间的数据交换，而通过PS3的60G硬盘还可以实现完全的游戏下载服务，这意味着用数字下载逐步取代DVD等物理媒介的时代将率先在PS3上实现，而且到今年年底的时候索尼还将提供PS游戏下载服务，玩家可以通过PNP把PS游戏下载到PSP上使用。文章中还提到，PS3的60G硬盘不仅可以存储游戏记录、电影、音乐和普通PS游戏，而且索尼还计划在不久后实现完全的PS3游戏下载。
最后，文章还透露索尼已经更改了先前倍受争议的PS3手柄的设计，新的手柄模型将在下个月的E3上公开展出。
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英文原文
In the May 2006 Issue (#72) of Official PS2 Magazine UK (pages 14-16), the PS3 is revealed almost fully (with the exception of price). For starters CEO Ken Kutaragi has stated that every month leading up to the November release, Sony's factorys roll out roughly 1 million PS3 units leading up to the November launch. From the start of Spring to mid-November there will be 8-9 million units if you do the maths right meaning that the launch will have shortages but not the near-catastrophic kind the X360 had.
Next up, the development community has expressed it's excitement over the delay. David Hasle from Monolith (of F.E.A.R and Condemned fame) said "That gives us more time to polish, playtest, and make a kick ass game!" which hints that Monolith is preparing something for the new console. Various other developers including Randy Pithcford of Gearbox said that he was pleased that Sony is catering to everyone by choosing a worldwide launch. Meanwhile, Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer of Devil May Cry 4) said he anticipated that Sony would do this anyway- even going so far to say that a 2007 release would be even better.
Sony has officialy stated that the PS3 will have an integrated 60GB HDD (although they are unsure wether to launch with one built in- but it is extremely likely). They say that it will be a 'key component of the Playstation Network Platform' (Sony's answer to Xbox Live). They went on to reveal all about the PNP feature.
The PNP will feature XBL like 'handles' (a free account ehich when registered lets you choose a name), matchmaking lobbies (a la Halo 2), online rankings, game uploads/downloads which includes straight swapping of data between two PS3's, XBL like friends lists and avatars (an intersting thing is that the Eyetoy succsessor will take a photo of you and transform your face into a CGI avatar!), full voice/video chat which includes messaging, virtual shops for buying extras like PSP style updates and the biggest news of all which is game loading from HDD- this means that digital distribution will play a big role in the PS3's lifetime. Since full PSOne games are confirmed by Sony to be downloadable to PSP memory sticks later this year, we can expect the same thing to happen on the PS3.
Speaking of the HDD, it will act almost identiacally to the 360's HDD. It will store game saves, movie files, music, demos, movie trailers, back catalogues of PS1 games and Sony is looking into the possibility of full PS3 games to download.
As well as offering the backwards compatibility, the PS3 will be able to upscale all games- be it PS1 or PS2 games to the lowest form of HD- 480p which is a quality definition superior to that of normal SDTV output making your existing library super sharp. Another news snippet is that the PS3 is completely region free- following in the footsteps of the 360 which will enable you to play import games.
If all this info isn't enough, the games which will be in the launch line-up include-
John Woo's Stranglehold
Tekken
Sonic The Hedgehog
Resistence: Fall of Man
Rainbow Six: Vegas
Lair
Motorstorm
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Sounds good to me because it includes the massively hyped Lair and Tekken which in the PS1 days was a system seller.
The final piece of news which will add a lot of ammo to the fanboys cannon is that Sony has binned the controversial 'boomerang' controller and will reveal a brand new one come E3....
Other PS3 related news comes in the Kwik Fitz section (named after the editor of the magazine and the UK car garage) on page 31 which is a rumour/confirmed mill. Among them are these juicy pieces of info are....
CONFIRMED-
Crysis is coming to PS3
Level-5, the Dragon Quest crew, is making a new PS3 RPG
Sony's first Blu-Ray player releases in the US in July, costing $1000
Pandemic are making six new games split over current and next gen hardware
If you want to see some nice videos check out the link below. When it asks for a password, enter this in the box exactly how it is- 6ifmpqa31
http://www.thestash.tv/getit2It features awsome footage of 'The Darkness' on PS3 so check it out....
MGS4 creator Hideo Kojima will be inviting the boys from OPS2 UK to his studio to have an in-depth playtest and to see how the graphics are shaping up. Kojima-san will also be the guest editor of the OPS2 UK magazine next month. OPS2 jokes that he might even put cut-scenes between the pages! It hits the UK highstreet on May 18th and will feature secret games such as the Timesplitter's teams first PS3 game (Timesplitters ), a top-secret huge new LotR beating fantasy epic (TES IV: Oblivion ) and a terrifying PC horror shooter C.O.M.E.S to PS3 (try to guess what it is, it's on the 360 too ) and also a playtest of Sonic on PS3
