Submitted by: kirkland on Friday October 20th, 2006 at 11:48 AM EST

Calling it "future proof" and the only true "next-generation" game console, Sony today took the wraps off of its new PlayStation 3.

Although there was lots of game play and many demos, the focus of the launch was more on the Internet-based capabilities and what else you could do with the console, like playing movies, music, and photos.

The Sony console menus were rolled out to the US for the first time, and looked vaguely familiar—because they'd been borrowed from the Sony's PSP port-able. Using a horizontal and vertical scrolling circle, the interface resembles a stripped down version of both the Moxi DVR from Digeo, and Microsoft's upcoming Vista Media Center.

» Full story @ PC Magazine