London PS3 Event - Details Emerge

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A few hours ago the Mary-Margaret organized PS3 event being held in London's "O'Neill's" Irish pub came to a conclusion. We've finally been able to track down some news on just what went down. Don't get too excited though, it was a public event and as such no new details were discussed, but there were a few points that are interesting, most notably the reiteration of a spring launch despite rumors to the contrary, and the definite inclusion of dual 1080p high definition outputs. (A feature that some have been skeptical about of late).

From Scazza on the Neowin forums:

Well I have just got back in from the Presentation held by igda about Developing for the PS3 which was taken by George Bain who is the Development Support Manager of the SCEE Technology Group. It was interesting to hear about all the technical side of things of the ps3. It also cleared up some rumours that have been making there way around the internet lately, unfortunatly he couldnt say much as it was a public event but he have these things to say:

1. The PS3 will support two 1080p screens and the screen isnt duplicate (rumour going round on several boards saying that Sony have scrapped this feature).

2. He did say that the CONSOLE design ISNT FINAL, which was interesting and releaving to know.

3. Why the reason for 7 controllers and not 8? well the PS3 is the 8th device.

4. Someone asked about the delay and he did say that they are still on for the spring release.

A lot of people asked about other things, but his usual comments were:

"They aren't finalised yet".

"That is a business decision".

"This is a public presentation so I can't reveal any information on that".

He was leaning towards the fact that at DevStation there is going to be alot of facts and figures being released to the developers who attend DevStation. Someone asked about the cost of a Dev Kit for a developer company, he decided he couldnt comment, and then they said, how about in comparison to the PS2 Dev Kits, again no comment.

So role on DevStation and definatly E3, because that's when everyone is going to be happy when they hear facts and figures.

That's all we've got so far but as soon as we have further information we'll let you know.

Source: PS3 Updates 24/7 & Neowin Fourms