The final production ready PS3 console made a showing at the Lepzig Games Convention in Germany last week, and providing you put on the provided white gloves so you wouldn’t get fingerprints on the unit, you were allowed to take a look at the box. This is the first time the console has been available in public and not protected behind a glass case. The console was still not playable however – this is going to come later at the Tokyo Games show later this year.
Still no concrete news whether the $600 high-end version will come with Tivo-like or media server functionality which was rumoured a long time ago, but has not been mentioned in any press for the last year or so. Maxconsole’s article however still mentions the rumour of a ‘hidden feature’…