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03-01-07 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lotsofdvds
So, wait... all this talk about rumble being last gen and a shitty feature will suddenly be trumpeted and heralded in a triumphant return?
I can see the slogans now:
"Next-gen rumble does not start until we say it does."
"Microsoft and Nintendo use last-gen rumble. Only the Sony PS3 will bring you next-gen rumble."
03-01-07 | 06:21 PM
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Possible leaked keynotes from Phil Harrisons GDC announcment.
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/inde...hread&t=846685
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/inde...hread&t=846685
Details from Phil Harrison- Sony Computer Worldwide Studios
Keynote at GDC March 7th 2007:
Anouncements:
Firmware update available on the 8th for North America/Japan and Asia. European PS3's will be preloaded with this latest update.
Features of this latest firmware include:
More refined PS Store frontend
Playstation Network integrity enhanced
Wallpapers from pictures
Ability to change background colours
Sony Connect Store for music and movies added to the PS Store. Hundreds of trailers/full films/song videos and mps3's available for download.
Playstation Card option in PS Store enabled.
Playstation Lifestyle- Similar to my space/youtube. User generated content and experiences are the key.
+ more.
Removal of Emotion Engine chips in PS3's in NA and Japan to follow in April. Reason for this is to reduce costs and focus on enhanced opportunities via software. Benefits include the ability to upscale selected PSone/PS2 games to 1080i/720p.
Lots of development talk.
Release dates for key games. Warhawk in June/July 2007. Heavenly Sword delayed. Killzone and MGS4 in late 2007.
New content on PS Store available on the 8th:
Tekken 6 trailer
Lair demo & trailer
Rainbow Six Vegas demo
EA: Skate trailer
Battlefield Bad Company trailer
Warhawk demo
Virtua Fighter 5 demo
Virtua Tennis 3 demo & trailer
GRAW 2: trailer
Mortal Kombat 2 game
Killzone trailer
Killzone demo for May.
More details. Stay tuned on the 7th.
Keynote at GDC March 7th 2007:
Anouncements:
Firmware update available on the 8th for North America/Japan and Asia. European PS3's will be preloaded with this latest update.
Features of this latest firmware include:
More refined PS Store frontend
Playstation Network integrity enhanced
Wallpapers from pictures
Ability to change background colours
Sony Connect Store for music and movies added to the PS Store. Hundreds of trailers/full films/song videos and mps3's available for download.
Playstation Card option in PS Store enabled.
Playstation Lifestyle- Similar to my space/youtube. User generated content and experiences are the key.
+ more.
Removal of Emotion Engine chips in PS3's in NA and Japan to follow in April. Reason for this is to reduce costs and focus on enhanced opportunities via software. Benefits include the ability to upscale selected PSone/PS2 games to 1080i/720p.
Lots of development talk.
Release dates for key games. Warhawk in June/July 2007. Heavenly Sword delayed. Killzone and MGS4 in late 2007.
New content on PS Store available on the 8th:
Tekken 6 trailer
Lair demo & trailer
Rainbow Six Vegas demo
EA: Skate trailer
Battlefield Bad Company trailer
Warhawk demo
Virtua Fighter 5 demo
Virtua Tennis 3 demo & trailer
GRAW 2: trailer
Mortal Kombat 2 game
Killzone trailer
Killzone demo for May.
More details. Stay tuned on the 7th.
03-01-07 | 06:33 PM
#278
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Originally Posted by Fandango
Some info about the rumored Playstation Home that will be announced at GDC:
freakyguy666: Has anyone else heard the rumors of a major Sony Online upgrade? Apparently the update will make the Xbox LIVE interface look antiquated in comparison. Apparently the interface is set up like a Virtual Town where each user has their own virtual apartment. Within your apartment you store your collection of acheivements and virtual trophies to show off to any "visitors" (i.e. people on your Friends list). Your friends could visit you if you are "home" (i.e. online)and once inside they could "walk around" your apartment and view how you've decorated your place. But more importantly, they could listen to any music or watch videos that you've got in your place (i.e. content you've stored on your PS3). Furthermore, your friends could join you for a game of cards or other simple games while listening to your music or even running a movie on your virtual TV (again using data on your PS3 HD). Once outside of your apartment you could visit the virtual Movie Theater to download--what else?--video content, visit the virtual Arcade, and other more exciting areas that I'm not at liberty to discuss yet...
The bottomline is that the interface is going to get a major overhaul and it's supposed to be very slick and user friendly. It will make apparent the advantages of the PS3 hardware and--dare I say--the new Sony Online Network.
freakyguy666: Has anyone else heard the rumors of a major Sony Online upgrade? Apparently the update will make the Xbox LIVE interface look antiquated in comparison. Apparently the interface is set up like a Virtual Town where each user has their own virtual apartment. Within your apartment you store your collection of acheivements and virtual trophies to show off to any "visitors" (i.e. people on your Friends list). Your friends could visit you if you are "home" (i.e. online)and once inside they could "walk around" your apartment and view how you've decorated your place. But more importantly, they could listen to any music or watch videos that you've got in your place (i.e. content you've stored on your PS3). Furthermore, your friends could join you for a game of cards or other simple games while listening to your music or even running a movie on your virtual TV (again using data on your PS3 HD). Once outside of your apartment you could visit the virtual Movie Theater to download--what else?--video content, visit the virtual Arcade, and other more exciting areas that I'm not at liberty to discuss yet...
The bottomline is that the interface is going to get a major overhaul and it's supposed to be very slick and user friendly. It will make apparent the advantages of the PS3 hardware and--dare I say--the new Sony Online Network.
That all sounds great but are they going to offer it for free? If it really is a good as Live I don't mind spending a minimal yearly charge. The $50 for Live is very reasonable IMO.
Oh, and I checked online and it doesn't seem like Tekken is out yet. There was an article on Gamespot that said it was.
03-01-07 | 07:48 PM
#279
Originally Posted by taffer
I bet Sony will claim that 'old' rumble is last-gen, but they have come up with some exciting and innovative ideas for a next-gen rumble.
I can see the slogans now:
"Next-gen rumble does not start until we say it does."
"Microsoft and Nintendo use last-gen rumble. Only the Sony PS3 will bring you next-gen rumble."
I can see the slogans now:
"Next-gen rumble does not start until we say it does."
"Microsoft and Nintendo use last-gen rumble. Only the Sony PS3 will bring you next-gen rumble."
03-01-07 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Would not surprise me at all if this is how they spin it, but doesn't "settling with Immersion" imply that they are, in fact, using last-gen rumble? If it was some new tech, they wouldn't have the settlement to deal with, right?
03-01-07 | 08:22 PM
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The press statement says a new business agreement.
"We are pleased to have put this litigation behind us," said Immersion CEO Victor Viegas. "Our new business agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment is specifically intended to enable advanced vibration capability for the benefit of the PlayStation gaming community. We are happy to provide our technology in this regard and hope to make technical proposals very soon with respect to use of our technology in the PlayStation products."
"We look forward to exploring with Immersion exciting new ways to bring the largest and best range of gameplay experiences to our customers," said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group Chief Operating Officer, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "We are very excited about our new partnership with Immersion and the potential for new and innovative products incorporating their technologies."
"We are pleased to have put this litigation behind us," said Immersion CEO Victor Viegas. "Our new business agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment is specifically intended to enable advanced vibration capability for the benefit of the PlayStation gaming community. We are happy to provide our technology in this regard and hope to make technical proposals very soon with respect to use of our technology in the PlayStation products."
"We look forward to exploring with Immersion exciting new ways to bring the largest and best range of gameplay experiences to our customers," said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group Chief Operating Officer, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "We are very excited about our new partnership with Immersion and the potential for new and innovative products incorporating their technologies."
03-01-07 | 08:46 PM
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Pure speculation on my part, let's say that eventually Sony released a new controller that featured both motion sensing as well as rumble. My understanding is that most (all?) of the PS3 games so far don't even have rumble programmed into the game.
Does PS3 allow for games themselves to receive software updates in order to enable this feature?
Does PS3 allow for games themselves to receive software updates in order to enable this feature?
03-01-07 | 11:12 PM
#285
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With the small number of titles currently out, they probably would just leave them as is, not supporting rumble, similar to how the dualshock 1 didn't change the way you played old PS1 games. What it does do is screw all the people who bought the original PS3 controllers, though.
03-02-07 | 06:51 AM
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Or with something like Resistance that will have downloadable content, release a Game of the Year addition with that content and rumble.
Apparently yesterday was a big day for Sony. Can't wait to see them backpeddle on last gen features for the almighty dollar.
And what is with Sony Home? Mii's with Achievements(aka the return of the Entitlements)?
Is there a single creative person at Sony or do they just have a team of reverse engineers? I can see the spin now, "Home has been in the works for years, long before Nintendo Miis" "It was in development alongside the sixaxis as far back as 1998" 
All of it actually sounds like an idea Wombat from CAG suggested to a Nintendo rep back around the Wii launch. Instead of Achievements reward people for finishing games with attire for their Miis, like a Zelda sword, shield and cap. Sounded like a great idea at the time.
Sorry for the
but their whole platform is a cobbled together mess of what the competition has to offer(BluRay aside). Anyone that can't see that is turning a blind eye and a deaf ear. They say they don't care about their competitors and aren't even worried about them, but if that were true they wouldn't try and emulate every good idea from them. It's all a bunch of BS if you ask me. They've finally realized after 3 months of Wii sellouts and PS3s sitting on shelves how big a threat the one-two punch of the Wii60 is. Sad.
Flame on.
Apparently yesterday was a big day for Sony. Can't wait to see them backpeddle on last gen features for the almighty dollar.
And what is with Sony Home? Mii's with Achievements(aka the return of the Entitlements)?
Is there a single creative person at Sony or do they just have a team of reverse engineers? I can see the spin now, "Home has been in the works for years, long before Nintendo Miis" "It was in development alongside the sixaxis as far back as 1998" All of it actually sounds like an idea Wombat from CAG suggested to a Nintendo rep back around the Wii launch. Instead of Achievements reward people for finishing games with attire for their Miis, like a Zelda sword, shield and cap. Sounded like a great idea at the time.
Sorry for the
but their whole platform is a cobbled together mess of what the competition has to offer(BluRay aside). Anyone that can't see that is turning a blind eye and a deaf ear. They say they don't care about their competitors and aren't even worried about them, but if that were true they wouldn't try and emulate every good idea from them. It's all a bunch of BS if you ask me. They've finally realized after 3 months of Wii sellouts and PS3s sitting on shelves how big a threat the one-two punch of the Wii60 is. Sad.Flame on.
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03-02-07 | 07:35 AM
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So, isn't Tekken 5 basically a greatest hits now. I would rather pay $20 for a disc and cover art. They upgraded it a bit right? How big was the download also? Any demo of it? I hate that PSN does not offer demos of the downloaded games.
03-02-07 | 07:43 AM
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It's the Dark Hoo-Ha version of Tekken 5, with new characters, stages, etc. and it's in 1080p. If you've got a PS3 and wanted Tekken 5, it's probably the way to go over the PS2 version.
03-02-07 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by DJ_Longfellow
So, isn't Tekken 5 basically a greatest hits now. I would rather pay $20 for a disc and cover art. They upgraded it a bit right? How big was the download also? Any demo of it? I hate that PSN does not offer demos of the downloaded games.
noticing that it was up for download. Took about 30 minutes if that helps
The game is a lot smoother looking than Tekken 5 on the PS2, but plays practically
identical. They put back some of the characters that weren't playable in 5 (like
Armor King), as well as 2 new ones and a previously unplayable boss (Jinpachi).
I'm with you on paying $20 and not getting a disc, but after playing for 3 hours
I'd say we'll get our $$$ out of it
03-02-07 | 08:08 AM
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Well guys, I think I'm gonna dive in soon. I'm not as big of a gamer as I used to be (more into movies now), and high def content keeps calling my name. I'm thinking my first Blu-Ray movie is gonna have to be Casino Royale. The first DVD that I ever purchased back in 1998 was the first release of GoldenEye, so this just seems very fitting somehow...
03-02-07 | 08:45 AM
#294
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I'm not too shocked about the controller bit.. they updated the PS1 controller (which was a SNES controller with wings) once when the N64 controller came out (to add analog), and once again when the N64 rumble pack came out (to add rumble). Still, it IS a good thing that they're able to add it back in.. sucks for anyone that already bought an extra controller or two already.
Now, just give me a freaking adapter so I can use a PS3 controller on my PS2.. I'm sick of replacing the crappy Logitech wireless every six months.
Now, just give me a freaking adapter so I can use a PS3 controller on my PS2.. I'm sick of replacing the crappy Logitech wireless every six months.
03-02-07 | 12:55 PM
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I ordered a PS3 from Amazon and received it a couple of days ago. With all the recent news and rumors, I'm not having buyers remorse of any kind and I'm enjoying the hell out of the Bluray player and catching up on PS2 releases in the meantime.
03-02-07 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kurupt
I ordered a PS3 from Amazon and received it a couple of days ago. With all the recent news and rumors, I'm not having buyers remorse of any kind and I'm enjoying the hell out of the Bluray player and catching up on PS2 releases in the meantime.
Dude, welcome aboard, same feeling here
only that i paid $480 for my PS3 60gb (yeah, i know, i'm still bragging).
03-02-07 | 04:16 PM
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Got my PS3 today for $529 using my 10% and a $10 coupon at Target. So far I am pretty impressed with the hardware. Shocked to see it would play SACDs over HDMI even though the receiver is only HDMI 1.1.
Blu-ray playback is excellent and at some point I may even buy a game for it. Nice that they have lots of demos to try at the online store.
Blu-ray playback is excellent and at some point I may even buy a game for it. Nice that they have lots of demos to try at the online store.