10:23: We're en route to Sony now, stay tuned!
11:11: We're waiting outside the entrance. Tons of people in front of the entrance to the show. Veronica Belmont is getting tons of fan response for Qore. People are taking pictures with her.
11:25: We've just taken our seats at Sony's conference in front of what could only be described as a wall of screens: 7 main screens and roughly 64 smaller screens. OMG, Vaio LCD's everywhere. You'd think this was a Sony event.
Estranged Big Three execs Phil Harrison and Peter Moore spotted in the wild.
There's a couple players up front playing, from left to right: MGS4, PixelJunjk Eden, GT5: Prologue, SOCOM, Echochrome, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Number of smiling old people: 0. The players are most definitely not smiling.
SOCOM is looking fun. Lots of players on screen. Of course, the dude playing MGS4 has been staring at a cutscene since the moment we walked in.
11:32: Just chatted with Xbox's Aaron Greenberg – he's been following our liveblogs from his phone, so now he's totally reading this and thinking, "Whoa, meta."
11:37: Triangles, squares, and circles galore. We're at the right place apparently. FYIL It's 68 panels, not 64. Shots os last year's games: Uncharted, Haze... A video montage of some of PS3's biggest games – already out and upcoming. We're seeing Uncharted, Resident Evil 5, Little Big Planet, Buzz, MGS4, SOCOM, Resistance, Killzone 2. Not all PS3 games either – PSP and PS2 are making an appearance. It's the PlayStation "family" of products afterall, remember? They just showed off a shot of Bioshock, too!
11:39: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jack Tretton. "Thanks for coming out everybody. I can't tell you how much fun we've had over the past several months putting together this press conference. The truth is: this is the most stressful event you can imagine. It's taken two years off of my life."
11:40: He's recounting all the famous events that happened on this stage. Tretton isn't bad as a stand-up comedy act. He recounts Jack Palance's one handed push-up: "And thanks to my job and my bi-annual workout regiment, you're not likely to see that here. But Jack Pallance is dead and I'm still here ..." -- *groans* -- "2008 is the year of the PS3, but as great as 2008 is, we're just getting started."
11:41: Says PlayStation is hitting its stride, finally. Just getting started. Just begun. Sounds like a bit of an excuse for the past couple years, eh? The seeds of the PlayStation brand were laid nearly 15 years ago this week
11:43: Says Tretton: "From the very beginning our customers came to expect something very different from us. What really made SCE different from the very beginning is we took a longer look ahead. When most companies were looking at a 3 to 5 year lifecycle, we were on a 10 year. Really hitting hard on the long product lifecycle thing, saying their consoles have at least a 10-year lifecycle. In other words: "Thanks for waiting."
11:44: GTA: SA came along in year 4. Shadow of the colossus in year 5, God of War 2 in year 7. Interesting that they mentioned Ico along with FFX and GTA. Not exactly a big seller (although it's one of our favorite games ever). IBM is actually using the CEll processor to power its newest supercomputer. He's mentioning FOlding@home numbers.
11:46: "If we stopped to ask consumers if they needed all this horsepower, they may have said no." He recalls Henry Ford's quote, "If I asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse. Games like MGS4 aren't just exclusive to the PlayStation 3, they're only possible on the PlayStation 3"
11:47: Games like MGS4 on PS3 is a good reminder of what it means to have exclusive content. He says PS3 has more exclusives than any other platform. Wonder if he'll be avoiding Final Fantasy XIII today? Hey, we resemble this remark: Singstar brought about a lot of really bad singing to the PSN!
11:48: "I agree with what CNET and so many others have said in recent months: 2008 is the year of the PS3." Big-ass subwoofers in here at the beginning of Resistance 2. "Here's a look at the third-generation title from Insomniac games on the PlayStation 3: Resistance 2." Wow. Okay, yeah, that's one big boss. Seriously, this thing makes the Collossi in SotC look like puppy dogs
11:52: Demo end. *applause* Ted price from Insomniac on stage. "In 1951 we lost Chicago, millions never made it out. ... now Chicago is enemy territory." 350ft tall Chimera called Leviathan. "resistance 2 is a story of a country under siege, broken by a superior foe."
11:53: Okay, he's essentially reading us the game box back, but that's cool because he just told us about 8-player online co-op. "resistance 2 also breaks new ground with it's 8-player online co-op and 60 player online multiplayer ... While many games talk about scale, resistance 2 truly delivers." Scale, scale scale: This game is big, epic, etc. "resistance 2 offers more than any shooter in 2008 ... I'm Ted Price, president and CEO of insomniac games, and this is resistance 2." *cue the trailer*
11:54: The game is definitely more colorful than its predecessor. Less gray, more bright colors. Think 1950's America.
11:56: It has a definitely arc-deco feel. A bit like Bioshock but less...wet. Jack's back! "It's set to redefine the online experience" Ah here comes little big planet!
11:57: littlebig planet isn't just a new game, it's a whole new experience. It's the first time User Generated Content and social networking and gaming have come together. It's uniquely PlayStation. The motto "play, create, share" is all about user-generated content, social networking, and gaming. He's going after the non-gamer here, saying you can play it with your six year-old daughter.
11:58: Alex Evans, Media Molecule on stage. "Just think, if LBP can help me make E3 more "interesting, just think of what" it can do for gamers. Oh man, Sack Boy is taunting LA with his Celtics uniform! This is cute: they created their sales presentation as a LBP level! (Rather than a powerpoint)
12:00: Best. Presentation. Ever. Okay this is disgustingly cute. Perhaps some distraction from the stats, but we're digging it. He's breaking down the sales numbers – it's still pretty dry, but we can't fault him for the presentation. "Starting in 2008, we'll engage in distribution in Latin America as well" PS3s and red peppers falling into a train on its way to Latin America!
12:01: "Since 1995, PlayStation has generated more than $50b at retail" best SP3 games will be available at $29.99 retail Resistance, MotorStorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night, NFS: Carbon, RSV, and Assassin's Creed; Oblivion: Elder Scrolls, and Ninja Gaiden
12:02: "So Alex, what is the target consumer for LBP?" Sack boy gets into a truck that says "Little Big Planet" coming October 2008. Too cute. We're barfing in cute juice here. Alex: "I think it appeals to a wide range of people."
12:03: Jack: "Absolutely unlimited potential" "Great way to expand our PS3 user base beyond males and core gamers" Let's talk about PlayStation 2. (okay, let's!) "In many ways the success of PS2 has allowed us to be more aggressive" with PS3. In 2008 we're introducing more than 130 titles to PlayStation 2. Interesting that Sony is the only company here still talking about last-gen hardware, though.
12:05: Here's a sample of those titles: Yakuza 2, Force Unleashed, NCAA Football, Tiger Woods, Warriors Orochi 2, Singstar Pop vol. 2, Madden, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. "The PS2, at $129, is a great entry into the phenomena of social gaming - ideal for playing with family and friends. "
12:06: The PS2 will not only come with Lego Batman the video game but animated movie Justice League for $149. So looks like Sony is all about "being connected". Talking about PSN now.
12:09: Starting this Fall, all PlayStation users will have a single sign-on. He's talking PC, PS3, etc. "They want us to work to make PSN the best gaming experience in the industry." Sweet - all PSN members will have a single sign-on (SSO), but we gotta wonder if those aliases will carry into games -- do we still need a separate name for MGS4? Resistance? Separate friends lists? Do tell!
12:11: Tretton's PSN name is DoctorGrip120? Add him! He's talking PlayStation Store update. "Just last month we had more than 20m pieces of content download, now at 180m pieces downloaded (since Nov. 2006) I'd like to introduce you all to Ratchet and Clank Future, Quest for Booty. QFB is a new concept -- it's a shorter game at a lower price." Shorter, cheaper... just an expansion, in other words?
12:13: "Quest for Booty is a continuation of R&C Future" Ah, we get to find out what happened to Clank after he was taken away from us at the end of Future. Light and dark gameplay, answers about Clank's mysterious disappearance. "Great introduction into what R&C is all about" Wait... is this the Insomniac briefing or Sony briefing? This summer, for $14.99 You don't always have to choose between quality and quantity, you can have both (re: PSN games) ZING!
12:14: "I'd like to show you what I mean" FAT Princess looks like a funny PSN downloadable game. Titles: R&C: QFB, Crash Commando, Fat Princess (this looks like Castle Crashers!), PixelJunk Eden (of course), Pain: Amusement Park, Flower, Siren: Blood Curse (ZOMBIES!), RagDoll KungFu: Fists of Plastic (Media Molecule!) (some breakouts on some of those)
12:17: "Great entertainment for about the cost of a movie ticket." Depends on where you live, we guess. Polyphony Digital and GTTV. 'pay-per-view distribution" of automotive shows "footage from racing events around the world"
So GT's producer is basically doing a TV show now for PSN. Which, if you're into cars, is cool. Watch Yamamachi (spelling?) go around the world and check out dope cars
12:20: We can't help but think he should be working on GT on PSP, no? Content will be available starting August 1
"just one more example of original programming on PlayStation Network. gamers today are in it for the community experience" Here come trophies... "This brings us to PlayStation Home"
12:22: I absolutely assure you that when Home is available through out Public Beta," absolutely worth it He's thanking us for being patient. Game-specific spaces, like Uncharted and Warhawk, available to check out here. Non-gaming partners like Nike. Resistance space has Chimera in tanks -- gross! Looks like game-themed rooms are coming to Home - we just saw a Resistance-themed room with Chimera on display in tubes.
12:23: Very pleased to unveil the movie/tv download service "This isn't just about Sony content" "PSN's video delivery service is open for business for all studios" Sony, Fox, MGM, Lions Gate, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Turner, Funimation.
Standard and High-def rental and sell-through TV starts at $1.99. offering both rental and sales. 9.99-14.99 for purchases, 2.99 to 3.99 for rentals, "this content is portable" download on PS3, bring on PSP "put on multiple devices at the same time" Eric Lempel is taking the stage to walk us through it.
12:26: He's got his hotmail address on the screen -- we're totally going to email him later. New tab in the PlayStation store that says video. it should be familiar to anyone using the PlayStation store today. There's a lot more room for movie studios, wink wink. "also, screen changes to give you a nice branded experience for that" studio. SD rental is $2.99 100 minute = 1565 MBs. preview pops-up, and you can full-screen it
12:28: No subtitles, at least for the movie being shown. incorporated progressive downloads so a user can watch a minute after starting the download. You can sort by genre. Cloverfield, HD rental is $5.99. SD purchase is $14.99 (which is the limit -- no HD purchases?) You can get all the same content on the PC PlayStation Store, and sync to PSP
12:30: "You can also use video-out feature to share with others. The interface is very slick, a definite improvement over the Xbox Live Marketplace." Whoah, movies coming tonight! Party in our room, bring the popcorn! "The video store will be available tonight!"
12:31: Let's talk a little bit more about PSP Last year we introduced the PSP Slim and sales shot through the roof. This fall we'll be introducing a new entertainment pack -- starting in October they're offering R&C Size Matters with a silver PSP, 1GB Memory Stick, National Treasure 2, and a voucher for Echochrome all for $199
12:33: Here to introduce a new title for PSP. Resistance Retribution. Nathan Hale coming to PSP, OMGWTFBBQ. Third person shooter. Spring 2009 release. "we've had great success with games for PSP and we're only going to improve on that trend."
12:36: Highlights for PSP over the next year: Star Wars, Madden, LocoRoco, NBA, a new Lego franchise, Patapon 2, Buzz quiz game with ad-hoc play
12:38: We've always felt the PSP is the key to Sony owning the living room. This is every bit the hybrid device that we've always imagined. People continue to move from their office to their living room, and now that people can download movies through the PS3, this is the reality that we're building between the PSP and the PSN. With titles everyone wants to watch and play, we're proud to be leading the charge to the living room. Now let's get back to the PS3.
12:41: Developers like working with us because we've embraced multiplatform. For instance, Google likes working with us. If you hit a homerun in MLB The Show, you can save that video to Google and have it voted on by the community. As Kaz Hirae announced in Tokyo, we're geared up to allow people to see live news, weather, and webcam feeds via Life with PlayStation, which will be available by the end of the month.
12:43: Last April we announced that Sony Online joined us, and we welcome them today. Today for the first time ever, we'll show DC Universe online. Proud to introduce Jim Lee, director of DC Universe Online.
He gets on the floor and does a one-handed pushup!! Yeah, big deal, Lee ... we could totally do that too if we wanted to. We've been building this world up from scratch, and I'm actually a bit winded and anxious.
12:44: It's total gang warfare: Microsoft couldn't get Marvel Universe Online out the door, but here's Sony and DC Universe Online. "This is really a dream project for me. When I was a kid, my parents wanted me to become a doctor and follow in my father's footsteps. Meanwhile, I wanted to read comic books, and even started my own comic book like. As far as my other obsession? I remain an avid gamer today -- hooked on MMOs and even started playing Everquest on launch day. I was the first Paladdin to get fire avenger." (People laughing) "No, it sounded cool at the time!" (Laughing turning to applause) Switching back
12:45: Imagine being able to create your own superhero or supervillain in the DV universe and fight alongside help batman take on the joker . Imagine being a villain and helping all the inmates at Arkham Aslyum espace and attack the batcave. (We're hearing "imagine" a lot. We're imagining lunch. But this game looks cool so we'll wait.)
12:46: It's certainly a project that would have made my 12-year old brain explode. This game seriously has every DC star. Craziness Could this be the first good game involving Superman? Tretton is back: Jack: "Great content and one-handed pushups. I've seen it all now ... we continue to work hard to increase the value proposition for consumers"
12:48: Starting in September, the 80GB will have the current functionality of the 40GB PS3, for $399. Whoah. 80GB for $399. So $50 more than the 60GB 360. Interesting. Add an XBL membership to your 360 and they're the same price. (What happens to the 1/2 backwards compatible 80GB now?)
12:49: Montage of folks talking PS3. Thinking about lunch again. We're watching videos of developers being interviewed. Treyarch dev, Tiburon dev, Ubisoft Far Cry 2 dev, Bethesda (Fallout dev), Prince of Persia dev. Fallout 3 developer was saying that the SPUs "eat everything alive" Amazing -- everyone is just talking about how it used to be much tougher, but they're all getting used to it now.
12:52: Ben Mattes says the Blu-ray is way better than the competition. Long term PlayStation 3 development: This all sounds similar to the PS2 development cycle. Dev's hated it and then learned to love the pain. Ironically, though, these are mostly cross-platform games that won't really take advantage of the Cell structure. Jack: "as you can see there's a tremendous amount of support from our development partners" SCE worldwide studios makes a competitive advantage - 23 exclusives, 10 on Blu-ray and 13 on PSN
12:53: They're pumping smoke in here, either to confuse us or make this all seem like a dream. First mention of Killzone 2, which has been suspiciously absent so far. LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, MGS4, Guns of the Patriots, Quantum of Solace, SOCOM Confrontation, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Soul Calibur IV, Resistance 2, The Agency, Naruto Storm, Mirror's Edge, Resident Evil 5, Singstar, Guitar Hero World Tour, NBA09: The Inside, Buzz Quiz TV, Killzone 2
12:56: I'd like to spend the next few moments to show you what's to come after this holiday season. God of War 3 is coming to PlayStation 3 (SURPRISE!) (Applause for GOW3) Really nice graphics, but a total CGI trailer. No gameplay, all cinematics. Cool?
12:58: We're about to see what Sucker Punch has been up to this whole time with Infamous. With infamous, you roam an open world as a superhero, putting you in a position to ... save or destroy an entire city.
1:00: He can climb, jump, throw dudes, and shoot electricity out of his mitts. So infamous is coming in Spring 2009. This is gonna be a long winter. "You've all seen multiplayer online games, you've all played massively multiplayer games" Jack says even this will push the PS3 hardware.
Andy Beaudoin from Zipper interactive. MAG = Massive Action Game. Zipper building on their experience from SOCOM. Buh. 256-player battles. We certainly hope this handles voice chat well. "MAG will deliver a sweeping battle experience using only real players" 8-player squads. lead by people who are "proven" to be good leaders, character advancement tree to fine-tune your character.
Groundbreaking large scale combat, intimacy of 8-player squad combat, and character growth
1:02: First glimpse video, here we come! This game will either be complete chaos or completely amazing.
1:05: So far just a FMV trailer... Looks like a giant SOCOM, which makes sense... Vehicles? Looks like there may be. Air combat with air drops of reinforcements? (? = we're not sure, but trailer alludes to it) "It's hard to imagine that all of this could have come out of a meeting in a Sony Computer conference room fifteen years ago."
1:06: (Jack is back, touting the 10-year development cycle, wrapping up) "If this is what year 2 of the PS3 lifecycle looks like, imagine what years 3 and beyond will look like."
And..... lights up. Thanks to the people behind us for not shutting up the entire presentation, by the way!
Additional reporting by Christopher Grant.
posted Jul 15th 2008 3:56PM
12:17: "Great entertainment for about the cost of a movie ticket." Depends on where you live, we guess. Polyphony Digital and GTTV. 'pay-per-view distribution" of automotive shows "footage from racing events around the world" So GT's producer is basically doing a TV show now for PSN. Which, if you're into cars, is cool. Watch Yamamachi (spelling?) go around the world and check out dope cars
Well, not that it's worth commenting on at this point, other than to be the first one to comment on this thread (of course; 933K) -- very much looking forward to what Sony has to offer this upcoming year, and looking forward even more as to whether or not they can deliver with their offerings.
We're all counting on you, Sony !!
"Well, not that it's worth commenting on at this point, other than to be the first one to comment on this thread..."
What an elegant "FRIST!"...
That Veronica Belmont is one fine piece of ACE!
Perhaps the best and most eloquent first, it deserves the praise of a reply.
Sony we are counting on you, give us something new and amazing. Dont fall back in front of MS and N.
I don't think it is even POSSIBLE to top the awfulness of Nintendo's keynote.
Agreed. I was merely reading about it, and even I was uncomfortable.
You sound like you have some sort of man-crush on Sony.
"Oh please, don't forsake us mighty impersonal corporation!"
Seriously.
@Pochi:
You took the words right out of my mouth lol but they still need something good for what happened FFXIII.. otherwise sony will be 2nd this E3, and MS will be 1st
Or more like "Please have a strong lineup, to not only increase the number of games available for my system of choice, but also promote healthy competition in the games industry"
He should have been more specific, I agree
And you though the Nintendo press conference was boring... God I want to shoot myself just listening to this guy! Am I the only one who thinks he's boring as hell?
They built surprise by mounting 64 XBRs on the wall
Listen all I want is to be able to play my ps2 imports. you want to stop piracy so you gave us linux, a media player, ps3 region free, and the interweb... fine we want emulators but most of us will probably get a wii for that because its cheap. Now just give us our goddamn imports and nobody will want to hack your system. Considering good games come out like every 3 months on average we are gonna need something to keep us busy. Someone is eventually gonna hack the ps3 but im not gonna open Pandora's box unless i have an incentive to.....to play ps2 Japanese games.
You missed out on your chance to buy the ps3 at the beginning when they still had the Emotion Engine still inside them. They removed it and dropped the price of the ps3 because a lot of people were whining about it being expensive when we all know it's not (considering the specs). There's a reason they continued to redevelop the ps2 and continue to make games for the ps2 (such as persona 4) which is also the reason i'd tell you to go buy a ps2 and if you can't get it modded or a region free loader, then go buy a jap ps2. can't do that? tough luck. have you even tried looking? because i'm sure you can find one. and ps2's aren't even expensive compared to what they used to be. if you really wanted to play those imports, you would've just brought a couple more ps2s and tried to mod it yourself seeing as you're so smart. but you didn't.
Complaining about not being able to play imports is an old issue that should have been dealt with the ps2 and should be completely disregarded now that playstation 3 really wants to just focus on the next generation of games. I don't even think you could justify any reason for the ps3 to have backwards compatibility now that your comment has pointed out you didn't buy a ps3 while they still had the emotion engine in them. so please, don't even think about saying remove the dvd regions from the games because you know how to burn dvds that all computers, regardless of selected region code they have, because after so many years of having region locks on ps2 games, it's pretty obvious. they won't start doing it just for you. so you'd better just sit back and wait for the jap games to be available for purchase on PSN.
It's not sony's fault that most people saw the ps3 as expensive. So as i see it, you have no valid reason to voice out your opinion that all ps3's should have the emotion engine for backwards compatibility when you contributed to the reason why sony had to remove them in the first place.
so go get an emulator and go play it on whatever platform you have to. just don't say that sony didn't give the people what they wanted. it's the people that made them do this.
for your information i bought the PS3 the very first day it was released. I recall getting up at 5 am to pick up the system I had reserved 3 months prior at gamestop. the store opened at 7 and i picked up a controller and resistance fall of man.There were only 8 in the store and they reserved 12. I still have it and opened it for the first time yesterday. I have firmware 1.0 and have not played it until now because it would be a waste to use it if all the good games started coming out this year and I refuse to play it on anything less than a 52 inch 1080p plasma. Im gonna keep my original firmware until some1 finds a way for me to play my Berserk millenium falcon game on this thing. Even if i have to keep DNS spoofing and using the Resistance glitch to avoid updating. probably the last 1.0 left in the world.
@dotzeno
actually, there is a particular version that doesnt have the emotion engine that can play ps2 games. there is the 60gb and 20gb range(i think 60 had emotion engine), then the 80gb and 40gb (80 could emulate it) and then they stoppped selling the 80.
im not sure if this is 100% correct, but im pretty sure it is.
who the hell buys a ps3 and doesnt open it until a year and a half later? i opened mine right when i got home.
LMAO
dude, just use your ps2
I'll tell you who does that. Someone who wants to keep the original firmware until it has been hacked. Then I'm gonna be the one laughing when my ps3 can do a bunch of shit that yours cant.
Yey! Can't wait to see what fun stuff is happening this year :D
Im pretty sure its possible, but i really want to see PS2 emulation in a new fireware update. That crazy cell toting machine could easily emulate PS2 hardware for PS2 game support :)
Only other thing i want to see (which i don't expect to be shown here) is better support for linux. Give the OS the ability to access the graphics card and pump out a much smoother GUI :)
Im sure they'll show us home... again lol
Good times!
yeah i remember reading somewhere about software emulation. but based on what we know so far, i haven't seen any evidence of that happening other than through PSN games. plus, the dvd region codes would be a problem for those that have actually brought the ps2 import. so it would probably force you to buy a specific regioned ps3 and i think that kinda defeats the purpose...
PSP emulation on the PS3 would also rock. It'd also encourage PSP development (want to make a PSN minigame? Make it for the PSP and have it available for two systems). They could expose to the game the fact that this is really running on a PS3, and to render at higher fidelity if it doesn't want to be upscaled.
It's 4pm ET, where are you Engadget!!
its tomorrow you idiot...
After the Microsoft keynote, I'm already disappointed in Sony. I can't believe FFXIII is going to be on the 360. Very disappointing, indeed. Give me a new reason to love my PS3, besides it being my media server.
Home, movie downloads, PS2 downloads, etc...
But you can still play it on your PS3! Right? Yes then shut up and enjoy the games.
No big deal. I hate RPG's, so for me, NO BIG WHOOP.
I've never played an RPG all the way through. It's too boring and slow.
Its stupid to be upset at Sony or even S-E. S-E posted huge losses last year. They need this to be reaching as large an audience as possible. Thats the world now a days.
Final Fantasy XIII versus is still exclusive. If you are a real fan of final fantasy it would be a cop out to say you are not interested in the darker themed versus.
Its funny, why is it people are glossing over the fact that versus is still exclusive?
I didn't think the PS3 was too expensive, I just felt a $3500 turbo upgrade was more important. I'm not what you would call a hardcore gamer, I'm on the internet far more than actually playing games.
As it stands I have at least 3 unfinished PS2 games I need to finish playing. I bought 3 titles (last year) hoping the online servers would be online still (TM:Black and MN Auto Dub Edition) and it looks like Atari took down the Test Drive: Unlimited servers as well.
TOCA 3 but I don't play it as often as its not as nice as GT4 in terms of car control.
There's plenty of "life" left in the PS2 and I'm not shocked its still selling well, I only bought mine 3 years ago, I was still playing my original PS2 I got back on launch in Oct of '92 if I remember correctly and playing my PSX emulator because I could record gameplay and do screen caps without a capture card (even though I have one).
I don't think you can make any additional demands on Sony, they have already dropped the price of the console and it capabilities have not been fully exploited yet.
Sony has sold more consoles since its launch than the 360. I'm not a Fan Boy, I support Sony as they have been the console of choice for me since the early 90's, there's nothing on the 360 that interest me. If you're one of these First Person Shooter type players, the 360 offers you some decent games, no bashing, just not for me. Just like the Wii has too many casual and childish games on it, despite its lower price point, I have not RUN out and bought one.
I was waiting for GT5 actually. But MGS:4 has interest me, but then again, I still haven't played the other MGS games on PS2, its on my list of things to do.
Whatever version of the console is backward compatible is available when I buy my console, I'll move the PS2 to the car, since I have a screen, navi, dvd unit in it now, gives me something to do when I stand in line waiting for my chance to run down the 1/4 mile...
You bought a launch Ps2 in 1992?
The first PS wasn't released until 1995 (US). Second versions of things (in this case, Ps2) typically do not come out until after the first has been released, definitely not 3 years prior.
"support Sony as they have been the console of choice for me since the early 90's"
Early 90's? I would hardly called late 1995, 'early 90s', also consider the PS didn't get REALLY popular til 1997 when GT and the bigger games came out.
Sony Combat Microsoft head on and give us their dashboard thing and tivo or dvr support.
Dash upgrade = Home? Nothing major likely - they just got in-game XMB out the door (with a bit of shoving)
PVR = PlayTV. Possibly a tuner coming for the NA market as well at some point. But then, they're also launching the movie and tv show parts of the PlayStation Store.
The PS3's core functionality is already very nearly on-par with the 360. What we need are some awesome game announcements. Nintendo didn't have any really exciting game announcements, and Microsoft only had a few really exciting game announcements (although one of those was massive). Sony need a string of massive announcements to steal this show.
@thedeslotate1: if that's the case, i take back what i said and i hope you have more ntsc u/c games than ntsc j games. otherwise, you already know it's too late.
@capago: was unaware of that, but yeah i think i brought the 80gb jap model or was it the 60gb? i don't remember, but i'm pretty sure i got the one they stopped producing. would check the ps3 box, but i gave my ps3 to my brother in law as soon as i got it. wasn't staying in the country and i wasn't going to lug it around every six months just so i could play a ps3 game wherever i went.
@Anthony Thomas: completely agree with you. but now the xbox makes me mad for making us share our long awaited next generation final fantasy (ffxi doesn't count, i don't consider it a real ff game and is the only ff game i have yet to play) although i do actually think that the xbox does have a better design, but mostly just the analog stick being where the d-pad should be. course, i'll never get used to it.
I hope sony can restore my confidence, after Nintendo pretty much shattered it.
I take back my comment on the CEO story earlier today....After the N showed that they truly are NO competition after that God awful keynote I hope Sony kicks some ass.
Come on, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is reaaally cool :D
I would like to retract my statement defending Nintendo as well. Competition? What competition? Nintendo is going to fail.
While I too was bored to tears during the Nintento keynote, you've gotta admit, they're great games for non-gamers.
They're just critically missing the actual gaming-crowd.
So while they're sort of out of the competition, they're doing swell creating new markets.
Once Nintendo gets all these new gamers into the mix, it will have to try harder to keep them. Hopefully it doesn't keep making 99% casual games because that will wear on people's patience--even the new people. Videogames are like cellphones--everyone's got one, but people drop their old ones quick for the new ones.
I hope Sony can one up Xbox with major announcements, though Microsoft did PWN Sony yesterday.
That's not a very reasonable claim, considering we haven't even seen the SONY keynote yet..
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Nintendo's conference was ASS-tastic.
Sony can do no wrong after that mess.
ANNOUNCE THE 160GB PS3 ALREADY!
What's the point, they've done one better for us, the consumer. They allow us to add any hard drive we want. What more could you ask for. They are giving up revenue by not selling us the "super duper expensive PS3 branded hard drive" to give us this freedom. Plus they take a lot of heat on too many SKUs.
I bet sony will do like it has always done and slim down the ps3, or at least i hope so. it made the ps2 way better, and would blow microsoft away, with thier bulky xbox 360
It's too early to change the form factor. They didn't slim down PS2 till around year 4 or 5.
PS2 is uber slim. It's hot. So little.
Taco - the PS3 is pretty bulky as well. And I think it's more 'bulky' than the 360.
In what year did Sony redesign the PS2? I'm pretty sure it wasn't year 2... I wouldn't hold out much hope for that this year. In the future I see it happening (with the 360 as well)...just not this year... They could surprise everyone though...
well knowing that Miicrosoft's E3 this year was all rip off Sony and Nintendo (looking at MiiHome60) i think it's pretty safe to say that Miicrosoft will copy Sony again and slim down the 360 later in its life cycle
Bulky 360? Sony would have to trim a LOT out of the ps3 to get it smaller than the 360...
when Sony does get around to redesigning the PS3, I hope they make it uber simple just a cuboid with a matte surface.
When will Nintendo slim down my gigantor Wii?
Go Flame somewhere else, TROLL!
Last time i checked the ps3 dint have a 5lb power adapter that over heats and isn't even grounded so yeah the XBOX 360 is bulky and pure suck
Nothing can outfail Nintendo's showing a few minutes ago.
just tell me when you will have stock on the MSG4 Bundle.
annouce better Backwards Compatibility!
thanks Sony, you suck
can I get that old 60GB model at $499 (with a warranty?)
Lets see some good games Sony... I would gladly add a PS3 to my collection if they could offer some games that are exclusive to the system. MSG4 was a good start, just need a few more to push me over the edge.
A slim version of the PS3 would be a sweet announcement too!
Warm up, Fellaz, for the best Press Conference on this e3!
Hope dies last.
C'mon Square...make it up to us.... surprise us all......
remake of: FINAL FANTASY VII for PS3! [/wishful thinking]
Second that!!!
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Or even the PSP.
They already have Crisis Core on the PSP.
FF7 in HD? Tifa in HD? Win.
I've been a huge Final Fantasy fan, but I think recently the series has just not had the magic that it used to have. Although the FFXIII announcement was a big psychological blow to Sony. Far more important is the next series that can be exclusive to PlayStation. I think Final Fantasy has had it's run, I'm ready for something new, and something great. I'd rather have a brand new game with the same level of magic as Final Fantasy VI or VII than a remake of those exact games for PS3. This is the announcement we need from Sony. LittleBigPlanet is one of these games, but they need much more. And they need to not be announcements, they need to be secret under wraps projects that are nearly complete.
FFX3 isn't an exclusive anymore, and suddenly some PS3-tossers don't like the game anymore.
Ridiculous, ironic, predictable fanboys - R.I.P! ;)
Actually, I bet all FF games have magic. It is common in RPG games. Usually you'll have elemental magic such as water, fire, wind, ice, earth, etc.
I'm sure this new one will have magic. Maybe even more magic than previous versions! I'm hoping for at least 50 spells.
I'm just kidding, I know what 'magic' you were talking about.
In for FFVII.
And announcement for multi format version. Naturally.
And you'll pull a lot better 1/4 mile times if you pull all of that stupid Fast and the Furious shit out of your car.
for those who want to know, it's 7.30 pm GMT
Man...this thing ain't till 2:30pm East Coast. That sucks.
I think the rumored sequel for FFVII would get my hopes back up on the PS3. Apart from that, all I can hear is "Okay, these are the exclusives we HAVEN'T lost this year..."
Oh and yeah, Nintendo killed me with their presentation!
No new DS...that sucks. That just absolutely ruined it for me. All that Wii crap is whatevs...but I wanted a new DS this year.
F-ing Boooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Being a person who's not looking for a home entertainment system, I want Sony to make my life easier this e3 and give me a reason to buy the 360 as my primary gaming console. This is their last hoorah! for me in my eyes.
well if they dont make it slimmer, microsoft will and sony will be skrewed just prayin' something happens soon
Come on Sony, turn the day around!
you guys think the second psp will come out this year? man i hope so
X2! Even just a killer app / few killer games would do!
NO.
No way, they just had the form factor change.
Their is no way their releasing a new PSP. No way.
I say down with all exclusives. I don't want to pay a premium on my console because sony or microsoft decide to spend millions to keep games exclusive. I want sony to announce windows live for the PS3. Sure it wont be free but it is better and would probably benefit everyone. Why cant we all just get along and merge the online console world! I own a 360 but the main reason is that is came out first. It is also my DVR/extender. Disk read errors are making me think about a PS3 but only if I don't lose my live friends or the DVR.
How long are they going to be "en route" for because I'm sure it has been saying that for 40+ mins.
almost cried when a seen nintendo. :(
I was highly embarrassed for Nintendo. They made complete asses out of themselves and it was very sad. Being a Nintendo faithful for so long (I have bought EVERY Nintendo product outside of the Virtual Boy), their showing left me extremely disappointed. As I said before, I refuse to support Nintendo from now on until they bring something to the table that can appeal to a wide array of gamers.
Yeah, Nintendo's conference was akin to Sony's 2006 E3 conference...
It's Ridge Racer......Riiiiidge Raaaacer!
im a 360 fan, but i have a ps3 also so im excited to see what sony has in store... but then again i have to say even if they comeout show killzone and leave they did more than piece of crap they called a nintendo conference.
"well knowing that Miicrosoft's E3 this year was all rip off Sony and Nintendo (looking at MiiHome60) i think it's pretty safe to say that Miicrosoft will copy Sony again and slim down the 360 later in its life cycle"
Oh the irony.
New SKUs, at same price points. ie. bigger drives, ds3.
Youtube for PSP, FTW!!!!
"11:11: We're waiting outside the entrance. Tons of people in front of the entrance to the show. Veronica Belmont is getting tons of fan response for Qore. People are taking pictures with her."
The pimping continues.
Ah, crap, I thought that was Jade Raymond.
Delete!
Ryans going to beat you up...
Can't wait to see the new MotorStorm.
"Number of smiling old people: 0. The players are most definitely not smiling."
Yay, the unbiased E3 blogging is just beginning!
Maybe they're concentrating.
How can you smile after Nintendo's butchering of an E3..?
Or maybe, just maybe, they're contrasting the Sony event with the Nintendo event earlier today....where there were numerous pictures of smiling old people.