We're running off from Nintendo's E3 2007 press conference to Sony's. Check back here shortly for our live coverage of the event. The conference is set to begin 11:30 PDT.
11:30 PDT -- Ok, we're seated, and things are getting started. Swirling images on four massive displays, like the flowing background on the PS3.
11:32 PDT - Opening promo movie coming up, kaleidoscopes of PS3 and PSP, but no gameplay. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Jack Tretton."
11:33 PDT - "We're extremely excited to unveil all our plans for the PS brand this year." Showing around Home. "We've already had our public beta going on for months, and this is the Home square."
11:36AM PDT - Jack's out, wishing he had his regular "death grip" on a podium. We "have a few other tricks up our sleeves, you'll be seeing games, games, and more games ... we're squeezing over 50 titles. Into this presentation."
11:41AM PDT - Showing PSP titles: Socom: US navy Seals tacitical strike, Wipeout Pulse, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, NBA 08, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Silent Hill Origins, Patapon, tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Sonic Rivals 2, SWAT: Target Libterty, Final Fanrtasy Tactics: War of the Lions,Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles -- "We're loving this 2D/3D look, and Castlevanis is one of the best looking examples to date."
11:44AM PDT - Hope you enjoyed that look at some of the great games coming out for PSP. In total there are more than 140 games coming to PSP in North America, when you match those games with other features in the PSP, you quickly understand why this handheld is truly unique.
11:45AM PDT - Jack is back in Home. "I thought I'd take the opportunity to pop back into Home to show you my tricked out apartment. I left the door open, so I hope some of the hot chicks will wander in."
Jack: "Hey, Kaz! What are you doing here?! Are you going to show us Riiiidge Racer?" (Kaz's avatar is playing a PSP in Home)
Kaz: "Do you mind staying here while I show off some things?"
Jack: "No problem, I'll just chill here on the deck."
Kaz: ""We are introducing the world to the evolution of the PSP ... What I'm holding is the newest version of the PSP, which will be available in September. It's not too different, it still has UMD and the same screen, but once you have it in your hand, youll see the difference. It's 33% lighter, 19% slimmer, and the battery is much improved." (It looks just like a PSP. It doesn't look any slimmer to us ... seriously, it looks the smae. We're sure side by side hte difference will be quite apparent, but not here. )
11:48AM PDT - "It can also output high quality video. You could hook it up to your Bravia HDTV, so everyone can only your PSP." Wow, video ouput. This is a truly killer feature, not only in terms of playing your PSP games at home but enjoying your UMDs (if you're into that sort of thing) on a normal screen. You see, this is a trailer for Spider-Man 2, which is out on Blu-ray from Sony Home Enterainment. So now, I press the display button, and as you see it's not playing on the flatscreen behind me." The Spider-Man 2 trailer must be high-defish. Playback on a giant projection screen is impressive. This ain't no 480x272.
11:49AM PDT - "You can control what you're seeing, I'll pause it, get rid of the menu, etc. If you want the video back on your PSP, push the display button again and it's back on your PSP. You can play games, videos, show photos, all of that on a tv screen or your PSP. With DLNA, you can also access the files on your PC at home via your PSP. This sparks the imagination, and encourages developers and players alike to think beyond the norm." We envision a bizarre future world where we stream computer video to the PS3 to the PSP over RemotePlay and then video output to a friend's HDTV. Sure, we'll only use this feature o
nce ... but it's cool nevertheless. "As you can see it comes in piano black, but there are some additional colors that are coming to North America, which Jack will show off in a moment."
11:51AM PDT - Jack is back on stage, cracks some jokes (he's here all week folks!), the crowd eats it up though. See, they're not so bad. "So, as Kaz mentioned, the PSP comes in piano black, but it also comes in Ice Silver. We plan to offer it in an entertainment pack, including a 1 gig card and Daxter. We're also offering the Family Guy Peter Griffin "Frickin' Sweet' edition. "We're also offering another color, and I've brought a special person to help introduce this color. Ladies and gentlemen, Chewbacca!" Chewbacca enters stage right to the score of star Wars. Wookie banter fills the auditorium. He's holding a Star Wars -themed PSP and promoting the Star Wars Battlefront pack, includes white PSP with Darth Vader's image on the back. Jack and Chewy go back and forth -- it's endearing.
11:54AM PDT - "Thanks for joining us Chewie, I know you've come a long way, and I see you've got your Sony PSP Battlefront Pack with you. It's a white PSP that features Darth Vader's image on the front." Chewie ROARS! "No Chewie, you can't have that one for free, but you will be able to buy it soon." We'd love to know what else is new with this PSP (faster UMD drive?). Guess we'll have to wait...
11:57AM PDT - Phil Harrison enters stage right. Naturally, he dwarfs Jack ... we wonder exactly how tall Phil is. "Thank you everyone. As Jack was pointing out, we have the ability to develop downloadable games that help drive the technology. For example, the PS3 has a huge hard drive, and that allows us to create the highest quality game expereinces, just like you'd expect to see on a disc-based product. We have more than 80 1st-party games available for download and in development that will be available by the end of the year."
11:59AM PDT - "Every generation has a puzzle game that helps to define it, and today I'm introducing to you for the first time in the world, echochrome." Least graphics, most gameplay is their angle. An MC Escheresque world on screen with a stick figure man walking around. Think Jenga blocks plus stick figure man plus acid. The graphcs, while minimalistic, are really quite beautiful. They're crisp, clear, and dare we say elegant. The classical music gives the whole experience a real air of sophistication. Where's our smoking jacket?
12:01PM PDT - That's game #1, four more to go. "I have four more games I'd like to share, the 1st ... in eye-blistering 1080p and 60fps is Wipeout HD; the next one is Pain; the third is the online combat games par excellence, WarHawk; and Socom: US Navy Seals Confrontation. Let's take a look at them."
12:03PM PDT - Wipeout HD looks like ... well, Wipeout. But Pain on the other hand, this we can get used to. Maybe it's our sadistic side, but we'd really like fling that guy into a truck.
12:04PM PDT - Incognito's Dylan Jobe is on screen talking Warhawk. We're treated to plane, tank, and uh ... foot battles. "Warhawk is an incredibly fast-paced multiplayer game. You can play at home, or with your buddies online. It's incredibly immersive, yet at the same time, there's a huge war taking place all around you."
12:04PM PDT - Slant Six Games David Seymour talks Socom. SOCOM Confrontation is Socom's first appearance on the next generation. The game is purchased online, and downloaded to your HD. As a result, the game runs purely off of your HD. It will be on Bluray and in the PS Store this holiday season." The game is purchased directly from PlayStation Store ... but also Blu-ray, not unlike Warhawk.
12:05PM PDT - Phil: "I think those five games alone show the power and potential of the PS3 , and of things to come. Now let's turn back to the thing that we started off with, the PS Home . We've made some important new additions to the service, and I'd like to share them with you. We have the Home client now running on a mobile phone. The touchpoints and community experience of home are expanding to the mobile environment." (The Home client can run on a mobile phone!)
12:07PM PDT - "Now let's look at the new Home square that will be replacing the current Lounge lobby. This open air experience has more room for expansion over time. We'll be launching new spaces all the time for you to buy and customize, and add to your own space over time. Here I am in my new Space, a Norwegian ski lodge. Here inside, I've got a SingStar unit set up. It's the leading music game on the planet, with more than 10 million units and 300 million songs sold. It ships on Bluray, but is extended through the PSN and the Home experience." He's taking a group photograph. Fond memories of the GDC 2007 keynote flash back to us ... we were so young then and Phil wowed us with that Home demo. A new open air field is replacing the lounge area they'd previously showed off. The new space looks like a city square,. Think DisneyLand style new urbanism. Now a video montage of some of the new spaces.
12:10PM PDT - Singstar dev. "When you think about it, it's like iTunes meets MySpace."
12:10PM PDT - Phil: "As you can see, these spaces are fully immersive living spaces. What?! Look! That photo I took from my phone is now online. Live media blogging from the virtual world to the real world!" The photo -- a not very attractive cameraphone shot -- is already live on his wall in Home. It's a meta, live, blogging thing. Sorta like what we're doing here. But with more money.
12:11PM PDT - They're showing a social networking site for Home. This is like MySpace meets MySpace. "We can push content from Home out to a web browser, it's our social networking site for Home, which we're showing for the first time. It has live, automatic blogging from inside of Home. You can meet, socialize, talk about games ... and play games."
12:12PM PDT - "Here's a new feature, and that will be available when we launch in the Fall. You can jump into any game from inside the Home environment. Since I'm in the proper attire for Motorstorm, let's go for a race." : They just launched a game of MotorStorm, playing Eagle's Nest -- a new track available next month (let's hope there's no delays on this one). Phil's not using MotorStorm's nearly impossible to control Sixaxis controls. He stops the demo just as his pickup truck flies over a cliff Thelma and Louise style. "It's not just multiplayer games that can be launched from Home, but any game. When you're done with the game, you simple quit the game and you're dropped back into Home. Publishers will be creating their own unique lounges for their games, it's not just limited to your personal apartment."
12:15PM PDT - Jack's back! "The new PS3 went into effect on Monday, and our sales have doubled at our top five retailers. In fact, one of those retailers might have slipped the new price a bit early." (Laughter). That 80GB drive? It's for the online downloading enthusiast ... whoever they are. Jack cracks another joke that us bloggers just chew up -- one retailer was so excited they slipped their ad a little early. We love it Jack! Keep it coming.
12:18PM PDT - He's crunching numbers on the great HD DVD versus Blu-ray wars of '06 and '07. We're totally convinced that Blu-ray was the right way to go, and the message is more than getting home to consumers. Blu-ray dvd discs are enjoying a sales figure of more than two to one over HD-DVD, including the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 helps make the console future-proof. "There will be more than 200 Blu-ray disc games available worldwide, and over 80 PSN games."
12:18PM PDT - "Let's start with our partners games first. We're providing them with the tools they need to develop great games for the PS3. We're very pleased to announce that NCSoft will be joining the PlayStation camp. You probably know them from Lineage, City of Heroes, and Guild Wars. Very soon, they'll be brining that to the PS3 exclusively." Wow, Sony has managed to nab exclusivity to NCSoft's online games, based on current and new IPs. "Only the PSN can support the types of games NCSoft has become famous for." Are we gonna see Richard Garriots Vanguard on PS3 exclusively?
12:20PM PDT - "From a new addition, to a lifelong member .. Ubisoft. This fall they'll be bringing a new title to the PS3 .. Haze. Let's take a look..." Footage of Haze reveals some more details, including "playing dead." You're fighting the yellow-masked guys... "Today I am reborn, not it's time to set things right." Sounds like someone's gone renegade! "That looks great, and it's very exciting to have Haze as a PS3 exclusive." If you want to play Haze this holiday, you'll need to do it on PlayStation 3 first. That answers that little exclusivity mystery.
12:24PM PDT - "The engine for this next game became one of the standards in the industry, and that game is Unreal. Sony has signed a multi-part agreement with Midway and Epic, and we're working closely with Epic to adjust the Unreal engine to the PS3 to use it to the best of its potential." First stage: working with Epic to optimize the Unreal engine for the PlayStation 3. Unreal Tournament III confirmed as PS3 exclusive this year -- another timed exclusive. You'll also be able to share mods between the PC and PS3 platforms. Very, very cool. With Microsoft's announcements yesterday, and Sony's today, it sounds like Epic is probably looking for some more office space to store all their piles of cash. We've got some leftover office space here, fellas. Just call us.
12:26PM PDT - Videos of more games: Like Microsoft last night, Sony is showing off Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Assasin's Creed (we love that Unkle trailer. Seriously, just play it one more time for us Sony). Also, like Microsft (but a little more in depth) a look at Kane and Lynch Dead Men, a game we're still pretty in the dark about. Again, just like Microsoft, we've got Resident Evil 5. This is like going to a party, seeing that other person you hate, and finding that you're wearing the same outfit. Oh, the shame! We've also got brief looks at Burnout 5 Paradise, Madden NFL 08, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Videogame, The Simpsons Game (we're seriously hearting the cel-shaded graphics), Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Medal of Honor: Airborne and Rock Band ... Jack has to force the crowd to applaud.
12:33PM PDT - "There's one last third party exclusive I'd like to share ... this franchise has been a fixture on our consoles since the beginning, and it's only on PLayStation 3. Ladies and gentelemen, Hideo Kojima." Hideo Kojima takes the stage.
12:33PM PDT - "Hello everyone. I safely made it, again, to this E3. Well, the game Metal Gear, known as a stealth game, is celebrating it's 20th anniversary come July). Well, I've been creating this metal Gear franchise for over 20 years, over many platforms, and this MGS4 will be the final part of the series. The story of Snake will end with this one and me, as a game creator, this will be my last to end with this series. So, all the story plot, the characters, the mysteries, will be revealed. And the game itself will be a stealth game, with new elements of the battlefield. I promise you I'm putting all my effort, all my skills..."
12:36PM PDT - They're going to show off the new trailer they promised -- the first with English dialog. Oh Snake, you sound so old. We'll always say we knew you when. Everything's in game ... and it looks incredible. We don't know how you do it Kojima-san, but you never cease to impress us.
12:37PM PDT - His job: kill the new mustachioed Liquid. Again. Soldiers flail on teh ground, suffering from the effects of Foxdie. Whoa ... an epic battle between the new (and totally badass) Raiden and a long haired gentleman. We can barely pull our eyes away, but we still would have loved to see some actual gameplay. Video finishes with "Simultaneous Worldwide Release." Kojima asks, "How was it?" The crowd claps approvingly.
12:42PM PDT - "Sorry, this time because of time we only have the traiiler, but in Tokyo we will have a demo, playable. I hope everyone can come to Tokyo next week. See you in Tokyo, thank you." Sure, Kojima-san. We'll be there. With bells on.
12:44PM PDT - Phil's back onstage, Home is behind him with Phil's avatar wearing a giant Ratchet suit. We'd give almost anything to see the real Phil in this outfit. Showing Ratchet and Clank; then he walks through the space to a Folklore setup, and they start a Folklore trailer.
12:47PM PDT - Next on the list, we see a special theater for Heavenly Sword. "We've built a special theater in Home for Heavenly Sword, here's a look at it." A series of steps lead up to the screen, and the video starts. Each of these videos features a voiceover by one of the game's designers. Sony seems really intent on tying the development studios name, and the designers, to each of these titles.
12:49PM PDT - Previewing rooms for: NBA 08 ... LittleBigPlanet (looks like our dream fort) ... Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (they're talking up the animation, the game's real technical achievement: "Over 3000 animations"). "Uncharted's gonna be the best game NaughtyDog's ever made," said NaughtyDog. But there are more...
12:55PM PDT - Pleased to announce a new game from Suckerpunch, the Sly Cooper developers. It's a sandbox game, where you choose the path between superhero and antihero:
Infamous. This appears to be in engine, and it looks very impressive. With the character climbing walls, using superpowers, we're thinking Crackdown meets Assassin's Creed meets Grand Theft Auto meets City of Heroes meets other stuff. Color us impressed.
12:57PM PDT - "Of course, it wouldn't be a PlayStation event without including the most successful racing series of all time, Gran Turismo. We'll be bringing Gran Turismo 5: Prologue to the marketplace as a precursor to Gran Turismo 5." We're not sure what to say here. It looks like Gran Turismo, beautiful as ever. We'll see how the whole "prologue" thing works out.
12:58PM PDT - Jack's back on stage. "Phil, didn't you forget one thing?"
Phil: "Oh yes, everything you're about to see if real time." ... The Killzone 2 trailer!
1:02PM PDT - Man, we can't tell what anyone is saying in the game! It's all yelling and gunfire. (Looks great though). This is the same Killzone presentation we saw last night, with a developer onstage playing though the level just like they did last night. The two middle screens show the playthrough, while the two side screens show pre-recorded footage of later parts of this level. We don't think they're going to go through the entire 20 or so minute thing for us.
1:03PM PDT - That's it! The audience claps, and there's some hootin' and hollerin'. "Again, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to show what our internatl studios are capable of." The doors to the arcade are open, and everyone considers whether they really have to leave or not.
posted Jul 11th 2007 2:30PM
Microsofts keynote was boring, Nintendo was ok, but its Sony keynote the one we are all waiting for. I hope they show some really good stuff.
I'll be waiting.
I fail to see what this story has to do with the iPhone.
@ neebs:
Who needs a flame war when you have a "Lowest Ranked" attached to your comment?
Snarf.
Because there was no sarcasm in my post. Hell, the guy after me illustrated my point, except the flame war thing. This, I was wrong.
Watch out for the giant enemy crab! Make sure to hit it's weak point for massive damage!
To me, things have been very underwhelming so far. Sony better give us something to be excited about. Microsoft was disappointing, I stayed up late to watch it and was a bit pissed when I went to bed. Nintendo always has a bit more fun with their keynote presentations. Son'y we're counting on you!
Maybe they will announce a product that is good? Who knows!
LITTLE BIG PLANET FTSW!!!
(for the 'supreme' win)
The only thing sony can say to me that would matter is "$249". Same goes for you MS. Time to start dropping prices. But they won't, alas. They'll announce "first quarter 2008 Killzone2", along with christmas releases for Heavnly sword, and some other random titles that i don't really care about, because I don't have $500 to toss at a console. Is it me, or is this "new improved" e3 pretty crap so far?
Microsoft's may have been boring, but they had some very impressive statistics, awesome games coming down the line, a killer arcade line up, and not to mention all the new Disney, Miramax, MGM, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood pictures older movies released in HD, and all NEW movies now and in the future.
They announced some exclusive titles as well. It was all about games and software, and that is what gamers want.
@Flit:
You don't have $500 to "toss" at a console?
Do you live at home with mom and dad too?
Get a job.
If you still can't afford it....go buy a wii. Waggle for life.
It's certainly new, but I don't think anyone claimed it was improved. It's scaled back from like 60,000 attendees to 5,000. It's much smaller and low key.
As far as announcements, yeah, seems pretty crappy so far this year. But that's MS and Nintendo's fault, not E3's.
I know they wanted to scale it back this year, but so far, the new E3 seems to be lacking substance.
Why would you make it "new and unimproved and worse"?
Hi Rob, I have a full time job, don't live with my parents, and still can't justify spending $500 on a console. Some of us have higher priorities for out money...like rent/moragage, food, phone bill..well, you get the idea. Just because someone doesn't have 500 beans to drop at the, ummm, drop of a hat doesn't mean the PS3 is a reasonable price in any way.
@Drew:
"Improved" is a subjective term. It's not supposed to be better for you, random Joe Schmuck #467. It's supposed to be better for people IN THE BUSINESS, like real journalists and developers and stuff by getting rid of people like you from the mix.
@Flit:
Sad, dude. Don't like the PSP? Fine. Get a DS and/or a life and leave the Engadget comment boards alone, please.
And makes us not like it as much, that's not good when you're trying to sell something.
@"masta"!
I have a psp, which is why I hate it so. So much potential, so little of it used. I'll leave the engadget boards to sony fanboys like you now...
@flit
So get a PS2 and anjoy it until the PS3 drops down to under $250 in 5-6 years. There are tons of affordable, great games available right now. I'm glad Sony isn't catering to you with the PS3, because they'd have to make so many concessions if they wanted to sell it for $249 that it would be nothing more than a PS2.5 like the Wii is to the GameCube.
if you have a job and can save up $249 (which you only pick'd b/c it's the lowest price of all 3 new consoles) you can save upto $500 if you really wanted a PS3. If you have a job and you can't save up $5 then $249 is too expensive for you and you should probably get a better/2nd/3rd/4th job and not be worring about a video game and/or console in the first place. Why don't you do yourself a favor to save more money stop paying for your internet
Go Nintendo! But I'm interested in seeing what Sony has planned.
sounds like Sony will be the only ones with big news(price drop), MSs was a bit of a flop, and Nintendo's wasn't much besides a release date for Mario: Galaxy.
but who knows, maybe they'll give us even more.
what a trite E3.
Anyone else here hoping for a PSP redesign? or something for the PSP?
Can't wait for this one, hopefully it won't be a let down.
New PSP New PSP New PSP Pleeaaaaaaaaaase. I'm one of the few poeple who really love the PSP. If they announe a more compact version I'll be happy.
Wish granted.
swirling images? sounds like their plan is to get you guys to have an acid flashback, steal your money and run out saying "as if our console didn't already cost enough... gotcha, suckers!"
MS and Ninty really opened the door for Sony this year.
If Sony steps up to the plate they've just awakened a sleeping giant. With MS pumping out a billion for this three year warranty they can ill afford Sony to get the PS3 rolling. Nintendo could care less...women and casual gamers are who they are after.
ANY WHERE FOR A LIVE FEED?
I'm deciding what console to buy. My bro has two 360's. The wii is impressive, and the PS3 is very...but is it worth it? I'm going to compare all the E3 keynotes and see what looks the best. I may go with the 360 cause i'm a halo fan...but who knows
Jack Tretton moonwalking.
can it be tiem 4 tretton moonwalking please nao?
if you can get to a TV, G4 is broadcasting live.
g4 is on tv, gamespot has a live feed
G4tv is hosting a live streaming broadcast of the event.
http://www.g4tv.com/e32007/spotlight.html
Surprise surprise! TONS of games for a playstation!
Unfortunately, I've either never heard of these games or don't care about them. I don't know that there is any eagerly awaited game that will play on the PS3 that isn't multiplatform.
yea too bad we know the new FF isn't coming for a while...unless they're saving that great news for today.
I hope they demo that new "Rumblaxis" controller
"Showing PSP titles: Socom: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike, Wipeout Pulse, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, NBA 08, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Silent Hill Origins, Patapon, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Sonic Rivals 2, The Sims 2: Castaway"
One game that isn't a remake/port/sports08? Why is the psp failing again....?
what the hell are you talking about. None of those games are ports. damn..syphon filter, silent hill, god of war. I love the PSP!!!!!!!
sorry, not ports, "portable sequels", which are ALWAYS just as good as the console counterpart..
NEW PSP? i JUST GOT MINE!! sux!!!
new psp, but it's practically the same.
Flit you are mad, see: http://tlr.psplite.net/thepsphasnogames/
Chewbacca!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm getting me the new Star Wars PSP! Now I can't wait.
Was one of MS impressive statistics %30 failure rate?
New PSP Fails...touch screen should have been what they did...sure lighter is better but come on...
touchscreen? are you serious?
I was kind of hoping that he would say that it had an internal hard drive more than anything else.
Better than that bs 33% lighter crap/slimmer. The only cool thing they have up there is the DLNP and the video out (which i doubt will be all that useful). All an internal hard drive will do is drive the cost up more which i'm sure non of you want.
You forgot about the frickin Wookiee!
Video out? Good on ya sony! bout time! Is this possible with older psp's as well?
What the hell is Echochrome? That's trippy
I must be way behind in times, but didnt they cancel E3? not saying i wanted it canceled, i loved it, but i just want to know what happened?
you are a bit...they didn't cancel, they just massively restructured the format. Not sure on all the details, but no public, less exhibits, no booth babes...sure someone can fill in the rest. Mainly more focused on press and industry reps.
theres also a public event later in the year that you can buy tickets for.
If you told me when i was 7 that chewbacca would be selling me a portable game system in 2007 with darth vader painted on it, I would have been very very confused.
Home on mobile phones?! Holy crap!
people seem to forget... TIMED EXCLUSIVES are not really exclusives which is the case with 99.9% of the few exclusives that sony has left
LOL haze comment : "you'll have to do it on playstation.. first"
LOL first its a timed exclusive again, sony really needs to stop this crap because they just end up looking bad in the end like with Assassin's Creed "exclusivity" LOL
Chris, buddy, many games are going timed exclusive.
The only ones that aren't tend to be first party. You are in a glass house throwing stones.
No one cared when Jade Raymond stepped into her first interview =).
Wow...this was just as much of a flop as Microsoft's and Nintendos. Sony has been failing them all.
so other then Metal Gear and Lair(hopefully it looks good) sony is giving no reason to buy a $500 console
@ Hideo Kojima introduction...
NOOOOOOOOoooooo, it just can't be a PS3 exclusive. This means I might actually buy a PS3... Sh!t
WTF, only a trailer for MGS4, when is this game coming out? 2009?
Early 2008
Did i hear Phil say "...GT5 Prolog with full online features" ?!!!
"This is like going to a party, seeing that other person you hate, and finding that you're wearing the same outfit. Oh, the shame!"-Bwahaha, hilarious. Engadget is awesome.
Long haired guy is Vamp from MGS2 and release date is Early 2008 Feb probably.
That was actually worse than Microsofts. WTF Sony!
WOO! That psp redesign flipped me over the fence. I'm fully gettin one in september.
*prepares for God of War goodness*
This is absolutely pathetic. Now I really don't want to buy a PS3. I think others will agree, I don't see myself buying a PS3 for another year or until something great comes out for it... As of right now, I think the bluray player is the only advantage to the system. Hurry up Sony- !
I may have to get a PS3 just to play MGS4..
wow, that totally blew away the other keynotes. looking forward to infamous, killzone, mgs, littlebigplanet, and gt5!
LOL @ totally blew away. That was pathetic. You watch the same show as everyone else?
I agree with Ravi, compared to the other conferences, this one owns much more. These guys are much better at presenting things. I heart Phil.
@Brian...
Erm, right....so, some of the biggest game franchises EVER were just discussed and you call it pathetic?
I rest my case.
Um...i didn't post that comment.. =X
Seems like we have the same username :P.
Sony has a press relase stating how they will have new rumble sixaxis controllers for $29.99!!!
Http://www.sony.com/pressrelease/rumblesixaxis
WE FINALLY GOT IT!!! YAY YAY YAY
Uh huh. Would be more believable if your name wasn't 360FANBOY.
Call me crazy but.....I was impressed...UT3, MGS4, Killzone, Ratchet, Haze...I almost can't believe that Raiden fight and Ratchet were real time.
MS and Nintendo left the door cracked and if these games play as good as they look...watch out.
sorry, but I don't see any of these "exclusives" making any kind of a dent against A: Nintendo with SSBB, Mario Galaxy, MP3, Mario Kart Wii(woot!) or Microsoft with the only game it really needs: Halo 3
Mark,
Are you serious right now...were you watching the same thing I was?
I know you love your Wii60 and all but you are a certified fanboy if you believe that conference sucked. Anybody with a mustard seed size of objectivity would have to admit, with what Sony showed today they have far from conceded next to MS and Nintendo.
@ Mark.
Well you're obviously not looking at these comments that say they might actually need to buy PS3 to get MGS4 lol.
You listed ALL of the THREE games that Nintendo has coming for them in the next 6 months. At least PS3 is bringing in UT3 playable with PC versions (kind of unfair hope they put keyboard/mice support - got a bluetooth keyboard/mouse anyway lol), a few NEW exclusives, and a full mgs4 exclusive thing. Not to mention the other massive games that it shares with 360 - including timed exclusives.
@Mark
"...Microsoft with the only game it really needs: Halo 3"
See, that is the thing Skippy. Microsoft needs more than just Halo 3; just like Sony hasn't "won" because of MSG4. Halo 1 & 2 were popular, but didn't exactly seal the dominance of XBox the first.
The big 3 have presented, and they ALL sounded dreadfully boring. No E3 next year. It's just not the same without the garish lights and scantily clad booth babes.
you sir, are an idiot.
To the people that say none of those were good games: Are you stupid? Were you just not paying attention?I mean seriously, Killzone, MGS4, LittleBigPlanet, Infamous, GT5, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, and Lair. Not to mention a slightly smaller/lighter PSP with video out (And a battlefront exclusive) The fact that Sony signed a deal with NCSoft in and of itself should blow you out of the water. If a game like Guild Wars [2] ends up getting pushed to the PS3, I hate to say it, but I'd sell my 360 and Wii in a heartbeat.
Killzone..nothing new. MGS4, nothing new, LittleBig, nothing new, GT5, nothing new. Uncharted, nothing new, Heavenly Sword, nothing new. Lair, nothing new.
Guild Wars...already on the PC. A similar game, called Huxley, is coming to the PC and 360. So that is nothing new.
Home = nothing new (Second Life).
We saw all this stuff already. This was the most boring ever.
Huxley is a FPS based on the Unreal Engine. Nothing like Guild Wars. Your right though, its nothing new, but more stuff to look forward to. I didn't see any other companies with anything new and buy able today. Home is not Second Life, and just because your a character in a 3D environment doesn't mean so. You cannot fly around, you cannot build anything using weird coding language. To say Home is like Second Life is like saying FFXI is like WoW. They make both look like RPG's, but they have very different objectives. You also say that it was stuff we all saw already. It wasn't. Did you see that MGS4 trailer? Or the Killzone Trailer? If so, can you get me connected? Cuz it may have been stuff we heard about, but none of us surely have seen it.
@Brian
Well, for 'nothing new', you sure do seem to have made a hell of a lot of posts.....
Why is that I wonder? LOL
I think the playstation 3 just needs time to get in gear. I saw a lot of great games coming down the line. Everyone talks about these console wars...does anyone think the PS3 or XBox will lose and disappear? I owned the xbox and moved over to PS3...atleast I know that my PS3 will be supported long after the Xbox will be. They are both great systems and both have reasons to buy them. Make Games, Not War!
nice!
CASTLEVANIS!!??
O and Engadget, you made a mistake. Its Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa not Vanguard.
While the PS3 is expensive at $500 I can totally see how Sony execs justified this price. From a business standpoint they are simply trying to keep their losses as low as possible until raw materials got cheaper (i.e. now, hence price cut) while still getting enough early adopters to push Blu-Ray and PS3 games. I'm not saying its the best strategy but when your system costs you $850 out the door of your factory, its a tough play on pricing.
What I don't understand is people complaining about a $100-$200 difference in the prices of consoles. That is a lot of money, don't get me wrong, but here's the deal...
a) Games cost $60 and a second controller will run you at least $40 -> So if you want 3-4 games and a few extra controllers so your buddies can play along you are out >$300 in addition to ANY system
b) I've not seen the PS3 on a conventional TV but the whole drive of PS3 is HD, so if you can afford a $1000+ HD set, you can probably afford a PS3. I'm sure thats what the suits at Sony were thinking.
c) At least with the Sony you don't have to buy a wi-fi adapter, a next-gen movie player (if that's your thing), or have a bevy of wiimotes and nunchucks cluttering your basement (joke).
PS3 at $500 or $600 makes sense to the consumers Sony wants to target. However, since most of the games suck at this point and Blu-Ray hasn't delivered a knock out punch yet, these consumers have sat on their hands. I didn't pull the trigger myself until the price cut but that's only because I was still thinking I might get a 360. Either way I was getting a system, the cut on the PS3 was just the little push I needed because I could now get an extra controller and a game.