[PS3] PlayStation 3 Discussion Thread

Crackdown was 49.99USD, or at least it should have been seeing how it was 59.99CAD.

On the other side, I don't really care if Bioshock comes to PS3 or not for the game doesn't interest. I might rent it for my 360, but other then that it looks too coring and without multiplayer probably won't have much of a replay value. Look at prey which was their last game. Great first time through, then it was an immediate trade-in.

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Ha ha ha. This is a major rumor I read in GAF, but I just had to share it here.

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RUMOR RUMOR RUMOR

It is from a banned site so take this with a BIG grain of salt.

Citing an anonymous source, K*taku says that Sony is set to unveil Playstation HOME. The site also mentions some choice quotes from recent interviews that back up the potential of this new feature.

My understanding/speculation:
From what it sounds like, there is a virtual room in your PS3 (kind of like Animal Crossing) where you keep "trophies or entitlements" (like XBOX Live) which will be a new "requirement" for all PS3 games. You will be able create your own avatar (Mii) to inhabit the room and other people will be able to check it out.

Sounds like they are taking the best parts of Xbox Live and the Nintendo Wii and making them into a cohesive whole in one system. Ripping off or not, putting all of the best features from all services into one system is a pretty ****ing smart move. Sounds very interesting. I'll believe it when I see it.

EDIT: I put rumor ALL OVER this OP. I'm definitely not misleading anybody into thinking this is fact, but we have prediction threads for NPD threads and hype threads for all sorts of games/systems/features and I think in that context, this thread is completely legit.

A lot of people are going to cry foul if this is true, but at the same time it sounds seriously awesome. Having entitlements is one thing, but being able to display them as the form of trophies in a virtual room with a Mii-type character sounds awesome. Something Nintendo should've considered. It would be especially cool if some of the entitlements manifested as clothes or apparel.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

If it was something like how Rainbow Six allowed you to put your face with a camera over, that would be pretty fucking awesome.

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That would be a pretty cool feature, though not all that surprising to me.

Don't know if people remember but back when they first announced the PS3, before Wii and after 360 that the PS3 would have a "homepage" that you could customize like a webpage, but it was only viewable on a PS3, and this was essentually a person's interactive profile that people could surf.

That was something that they seemed to have lost since the system went into development. Glad to hear that they didn't totally forget about it.

The entitlement is something that people are screaming for on the PS3 with the success of the 360's achievement points. Something that I don't care about but many do.

And the character like Mii thing sounds too much like speculation/rumour to be true. That's a big feature to not announce ahead of time.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Uh oh, and look at what Sony trademarked.



This feels legit.

Also, the putting your face on a character thing is pretty much a given, since a future update is allowing compatibility with USB cameras. It's all coming together.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8756/homefc1.jpg

Trademark by Sony a few days ago.

Rumor Confirmed?

EDIT: Beaten, you bastard.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Beat you by just a second.

Keep in mind that I don't consider this a groundbreaking feature, but between this, resolution upgrades for BC games, and downloading while playing, this would be a very sweet March update.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Still, the features are totally up in the air.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

File this one also under rumor. Phil's keynote speech for next week.

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*Phil Harrisons GDC Keynote details inside**

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.

But holy shit if even half of this is true.

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This is the type of thing Sony usually does after their console launch. Like when the PS2 launched and the lack of games, as well as all the current ones sucked, Sony came out and announced a lot of stuff then too. Ex. Online features, ton of heavy hitter titles, etc. While this will be a hell of a gun to aim at the competition if it ends up being true, if more announcements like this follow through the year, it may actually make a dent in the 360's hull. Fingures crossed.

P.S.
Anyone know what this PlayStation card is? Is it like a pre-paid card for the PSN or something?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

That's exactly what it is.

Also, to keep the good news rolling, Sony and Immersion shook hands, kissed and made up.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. and FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immersion Corporation, (Nasdaq: IMMR - News), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced the companies have agreed to conclude their patent litigation at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and have entered into a new business agreement to explore the inclusion of Immersion technology in PlayStation® format products.

"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."

Immersion will receive the amount of the judgment entered by the District Court, which includes damages, pre-judgment interest, costs, and interest, in addition to retaining compulsory license fees ordered by the District Court which were already paid. Terms of the business agreement between the parties provide SCE with certain new rights with respect to Immersion's patent portfolio. Additional financial terms are not being disclosed. The conclusion of this litigation and the agreement will have no material impact on Sony's consolidated earnings forecast announced on January 30, 2007.

"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."

So yeah, new controller with rumble feature on the way, most likely. Kind of sucks, but it's not like anyone will be surprised when Nintendo makes their second Wii controller.

Oh, and Playstation HOME is now pretty much a given, as Sony just made their angry face at the leaked news.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/sony-bl...aku-240860.php

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Crackdown was 49.99USD, or at least it should have been seeing how it was 59.99CAD.

On the other side, I don't really care if Bioshock comes to PS3 or not for the game doesn't interest. I might rent it for my 360, but other then that it looks too coring and without multiplayer probably won't have much of a replay value. Look at prey which was their last game. Great first time through, then it was an immediate trade-in.

Crackdown went to retail at 59.99, i know i bought the game on launch. most likely the reason you saw it at 59.99 CAD is because the store clerks got confused like most canadians and marked it cheaper then it should have been.

I personally don't care if Bioshock is exclusive or not, as i own all 3 systems. I just loathe any form of idle speculation espically when it comes from fanboys like SOLDIER.

If the SIXAXIS comes out with rumble features, it will be the best controller on the market. The SIXAXIS already is the only redeeming quality i've found abouyt the PS3 since owning my PS3.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Uh, posting a source saying that Bioshock might hit the PS3 isn't speculating.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Uh, posting a source saying that Bioshock might hit the PS3 isn't speculating.

Yep, let's review your original post.

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Oh, and OPM UK confirmed that Bioshock is coming for the PS3. It was always hinted, but never actually confirmed, so this is certainly good news. I've been very interested in this game since the IGN trailer.

No link or anything. I would call this speculation at it's finest. Hell, their isn't even a such thing as OPM UK in the first place. It was also never hinted by 2k that Bioshock would be on the PS3, it was just a rumour thrown around and eventually some people took it as fact.

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The source was GAF. There wasn't a link available because it was from the magazine. I admit it was presumptious to say "confirmed" as I'm not familiar with that magazine's reliability, but whatever. Stop whining about it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

The source was GAF. There wasn't a link available because it was from the magazine. I admit it was presumptious to say "confirmed" as I'm not familiar with that magazine's reliability, but whatever. Stop whining about it.

If it was from a magazine, their would be scans. The scans that were eventually shown, were proved to be false in all accounts. I'm generally easy going when it comes to games and rumours, but i don't like seeing rumours thrown around as truth espically from some fanboy like you.

I'm sure if i went around spouting that FFXIII will be on the 360 because of some shady flippant magazine article, you'd get all defensive and scream foul. Before you post shit, check the sources to make sure they check out in the future, mmkay?

This will save you from being called out in the future for being a dumbass.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

For the record, GAF doesn't allow magazine scans, therefore the lack of any.

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Here's what he's reffering to.

http://xs100.xs.to/xs100/06204/Bioshock1-1.jpg

http://xs100.xs.to/xs100/06204/bioshock2-1.jpg

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Sucks for you Americans cause Crackdown was 59.99 here from WalMart to Futureshop.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Nah, I photoshopped those. That's the kind of fanboy that I am.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Slayer X

Here's what he's reffering to.

http://xs100.xs.to/xs100/06204/Bioshock1-1.jpg

http://xs100.xs.to/xs100/06204/bioshock2-1.jpg

P.S.
Sucks for you Americans cause Crackdown was 59.99 here from WalMart to Futureshop.

I know and those were proven to be doctored scans. If he took the time to verify his sources and doublecheck, he would have known that. I'm not in america, i'm currently living in japan and get my 360 games from the import shop. The retail price according to the distributor of crackdown is 59.99. You, canadians probably just mistook the $ symbol for the CAD symbol and underpriced the games, great for you the consumer, sucks for the retailer.

I'm just awaiting the fallacious rumours that Gears of war is PS3 bound.

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Nah, I photoshopped those. That's the kind of fanboy that I am.

I wouldn't doubt it espically with your latest journal entrys were you contiounsly try to say ports to the PS3 are far superior then the 360 versions, when you haven't even played the games yet.

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Ports in general suck 80% of the time, I don't care what system they're for/on.

You're always going to hear rumours that X game is coming to Y system because people don't want to buy the system it's for whether it be for $ or fanboy reasons. So to dwell on something like this beyond saying that a port is unconfirmed at this time is pointless and a waste of time.

For something a little more productive, is Tekken DR up yet?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Oh goddamnit. Sony's gonna remove the EE chip from PS3s now? I'll be getting a new PS3 after that and once the new controller is unveiled. Still, I'm glad to hear Sony and Immersion are getting along now.

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Tekken 5 is Go.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by SouthJag

Oh goddamnit. Sony's gonna remove the EE chip from PS3s now? I'll be getting a new PS3 after that and once the new controller is unveiled. Still, I'm glad to hear Sony and Immersion are getting along now.

Yeah, makes it almost sound like having a PS2 to play PS2 games would be better huh?

But Kudos to getting the Rumble thing taken care of. I still ain't gonna get one until its much cheaper though, if I even decide to get one. I still haven't gotten the Wii yet -_-

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Go fucking figure, the server got borked just as I was downloading. Not fast enough.

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