PS3 owners demand porn, Digital Playground steps up to the plate

Digital Playground has moved from neutral to Blu in the format war. Given recent events, it's not a surprising turn, and the studio's Blu-ray library that debuted with "Pirates" will swell to nine movies by January 11 in February. Coming to the roster are: "Island Fever" 3 and 4, "Babysitters," "Jack's Teen America 3," "Jesse Jane: Sexual Freak," "Hush," "Contract Star" and "Jesse Jane Pink." Studio founder Joone (yeah, only one name) does not credit any picture quality issues in the decision, and even said there was no difference between the two formats. The real reason was consumer demand -- specifically PS3 owners. No mention of how the titles might leverage interactive features, although we're willing to, uh, review sample discs.

[Update: Some commenters noted that we had our dates wrong, as it's "Pirates" that comes out on January 11, while the rest of the titles will be available in February. Thanks, everyone!]

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 12:48PM]

Another HD-DVD talking point completely obliterated.

[FrankTheCrank Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:41PM]

Bluray FTW!

My prediction was a week off. I had predicted HD-DVD would be dead on 01-01-08...I was off by a friggin week!

[LandMineHare Posted Jan 8th 2008 4:26PM]

Hm, still being sold in stores...

Still has Paramount behind it as of today.

Yes... It looks very dead.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 12:50PM]

noooooooooo! I Want my HD DVD porn!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 12:55PM]

actually i just checked the D.P. website... the press release states 9 discs coming to blu-ray and they did not say they were dropping support for hd dvd and it said february 11th, not january 11th...

[RowdyReptile Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:04PM]

News Flash: Gamer nerds love porn! Haha, sweet, February 11th is my birthday.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:13PM]

Yea! Porn on the PS3! Much better than playing games on it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:21PM]

can i have a porn game?

[bullshitexpresscom Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:52PM]

Leisure Suit Larry in 1080p !

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:21PM]

i love my pornstation

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:21PM]

I love the headline. Pervy PS3 owners.

[wyldtek Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:47PM]

I can't say it enough, I never want to see porn in HD. The less detail the better.

[Cesar Cardoso Posted Jan 8th 2008 2:13PM]

But really looks like a lot of people wants porn in HD. Or even more interesting, looks like a lot of people ACTUALLY ENJOYS porn in HD.

Heh.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 2:49PM]

Then go back to VHS.

[galfridus73 Posted Jan 8th 2008 3:56PM]

VHS or Custer's Revenge on the Atari 2600 (talk about lack of detail!)

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 1:48PM]

There are porn games on 3DO :)

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 2:07PM]

This is NOT new we knew this a few weeks ago even before the Warner bribe by Sony.. No biggies but must be alot of perverted crapstation 3 owners out there that want to see the goosebumps on hairy balls haha with $$$ burning holes in there pockets. Freaking silver spooned rich bitches that have $$ to blow on a crapstation 3 haha PERVS!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 2:26PM]

Ok I read this and....although it will be difficult I, SolidOni, will take the challenge of reviwing these new features that digital playground offers. ALL PRAISES TO THE PORNSTATION!

[Lamppost Posted Jan 8th 2008 3:35PM]

"PS3 owners demand porn ..."
Who the hell have YOU been polling, Engadget?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 3:56PM]

Porn games, huh? Think of the things you could do with the Wiimote.

[av8or Posted Jan 8th 2008 10:13PM]

you're obviously not familiar with rule 34, already been done lol

[otatop Posted Jan 8th 2008 10:49PM]

You edit the post to admit that you goofed on the dates, but you don't edit it to reflect that nothing in Digital Playground's press release said anything about dropping HD DVD.

No wonder you're nicknamed EngadgetBD.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 9th 2008 12:29AM]

this site is obviously going blu... that's why they didn't edit the story... why? because if they said anything good about hd dvd, the blu-ray.com people will nuke this site with crappy comments... DP has 9 blu-rays on the slate, but 20-25 hd dvds available now... i already own 9 dp releases on hd dvd... and i like every one of them... :D ... I can't wait for teen america 4 & 5 to be released on HD DVD!

[In A World Posted Jan 8th 2008 11:06PM]

Market penetration... heh...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 9th 2008 2:27AM]

It clearly states in the article linked “Digital Playground now plans to support both formats “until there is a clear-cut winner,” according to company founder Joone, who spoke with CE Pro last month.”

Engadget just keep losing creditability.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 10th 2008 8:31PM]

Naw, Its not about the picture quality
Its about the sound !!!.
Yeah, Non Compressed surround sound !!