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Shared on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 15:0811:36 : Sony sees themselves as an innovator, pimping HOME
11:39 : Reconfirming 80gb model and price drop on 60gb model
11:40 : PS2 continues to evolve entertainment 7 years into it's lifecycle. 118 million install base, 26 billion in sales. 10 million still planned on shipping this year global. God of War is a 200 Million dollar franchise and it will help grow PS2 and PSP.
11:41 : 142 games coming for PS2 this fiscal year
11:42 : $169 for PSP, retail response have gone up 90% since price drop. UMD sales up 35% this year. Sony wants to ship 9 million PSPs this year. 140 games will come this year for PSP.
11:43 : PSP game trailers: Socom, WhipeOut Pulse, Syphon Filter Logans Shadow, NBA 08, God of War chains of Olympus, Silent Hill Origins, Patapon, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Sonic Rivals 2, Sims2 Castaway, S.W.A.T. target liberty, Final Fantasy Tactics, Castalvania Dracula X chronicles
11:48 : Home being demoed, presenters apartment being shown. Has a KAZ in his apartment, they're voice chatting, hand gestures, good scenery.
11:49 : Kaz on stage
11:50 : New PSP version available in September. Looks pretty similar to 'older' model. It's 33% lighter though and 19% slimmer. Battery is more efficient, loads faster and it has Video Out.
11:51 : Kaz demo's video out cable, playing trailer on PSP , presses display button and the image goes up to the flat screen. On screen controls are controlled by PSP and show up on the flat screen. Very cool. It works for all content on your PSP not just movies.
11:54 : new colors for PSP coming to north america, Ice Silver will be bundled in an Entertain Pack which comes with Daxter, 1GB memstik and UMD Family Guy for $199.99 in September
11:56 : Chewbacca coming on stage to introduce yet another new PSP color, The star wars PSP Battlefront white PSP includes white PSP with vader image on back and Battlefront PSP game. Available for $199.99 at retail in october.
11:57 : Playstation Network being talked about. PSN has 2 million users world wide so far, 950,000 in North America. 20 Million downloads on the service so far.
12:00 Phil Harrison on stage to talk about PSN. Downloadable games are what seperates PS3 and PSN from competition, no size restrictions on electronic distribution games.
12:01 : 80 games in development for release by end of march 08 for PSN.
12:01 : Echochrome announced, puzzle game for PSN and PS3. Black and white wire frame graphics and stick figure guy. Need to work him through this 3d puzzle maze. Despite looking like crap, it actually seems like it'll be quite entertaining.
12:06 : Demoing PSN games in the works like Warhawk, Socom that will be downloadable on PSN.
12:08 : Playstation Home on track for launching this fall. New additions to the service include the Home a presence client for mobile phones. New starting point is an open 'square' rather than a lounge so it can grow bigger over time. New spaces including a ski lodge. Avatar features becoming more advanced for customization. SingStar being showing on a TV in the Ski Lodge.
12:12 : Singstar is a competitive singing game with an online shop where you can download songs to sing to. EyeToy lets you make your own music video to upload and show your stuff off over PSN.
12:18 : HOME will let you launch any game you have from within the service and return you to HOME when you're done. Will also be focused on community sharing for sharing photo's videos etc.
12:18 : PS3 80gb modem for the online gaming enthusiast. $599 available in north american in August. Current PS3 is going down to the $499 price point. 60GB model has doubled since the announcement.
12:19 : Sony wants to have 11 million install base globally by the end of the year
12:20 : PS3 contributing for 2 to 1 sales of BluRay discs over HD-DVD.
12:21 : Over 200 bluray based games world wide by end of the year, 120 for North America with 15 exclusives from first party studio.
12:22 : NCSoft will be bringing Lineage and other games to PS3 on BluRay and PSN.
12:23 : UBISoft's new title HAZE coming only to PS3 this holiday season. Haze pretty good. CGI looks unreal but gameplay also looks good.
12:26 : Epic optimizing Unreal Engine 3 to take full advantage of PS3 technology to help bring games to PS3. Unreal Tournament III is a Playstation 3 exclusive for 2007. Will support mods bring brought in from the PC version to the PS3 version over PSN
12:27 : UT3 trailer being shown on screen.
12:29 : Other PS3 games coming this year (trailers being shown) : Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed, Kane & Lynch, Resident Evil 5, Burnout Paradise, Madden 08, Harry Potter, Simpsons, Guitar Hero III, Medal of Honor Airborne, Rock Band (reads very much like the 360 lineup).
12:35 : Metal Gear Solid 4 announced as a PS3 exclusive.
12:36 : MGS celebrating it's 20th anniversary as of July. This MGS will be the final game to the series. The story of Snake will end and the game creator is retiring from making MGS games.
12:37 : MGS will be a stealth type game taking place on a battlefield. MGS4 trailer being shown, they're saying it's in-game footage not CGI
12:39 : wow, if that's in-game footage for real it's outstanding. The way guys move is so fluid and realistic, excellent micro texturing. This looks like cut scene footage though, not player controlled footage.
12:42 : MGS footage just turned into some fighting game footage without any segway into it. Looks like a pretty bad ass fighting game whatever it is. It's a Konami title. Maybe this is part of MGS4? That's all they're talking about but it doesn't seem to fit what MGS4 is. More will be shown at Tokyo Game Show
12:46 : back to Phil Harrison in HOME in some crazy avatar outfit. Now talking about 1st party games
12:47 : Ratchet trailer, claim this level of detail could only be done on PS3
12:48 : Folklore RPG trailer shown. Mix of action, fantasy and rpg. Deep story, great artwork and gameplay.
12:50 : Heavenly Sword will have hundreds of enemies on screen at once each with their own independant AI. Action adventure game. Tough 1 on 1 fights, group fights and 1 against many fights. So animation heavy this game not possible on DVD9.
12:52 : NBA 08 in 1080p 60fps with weekly content updates from NBA. Will also have online capabilities . Your player improves over his career and you can play your charater online.
12:53 : LittleBigPlanet is a Play , Create, Share type game. You customizel ittle characters in your world. You create the world for your characters and additional stuff will come later over PSN to evolve your city. You will be able to show off your created planet to friends over PSN
12:55 : Uncharted Drake's Fortune announced. Characters highly detailed with 3000 animations. Naughty Dogs says this is the game they've ever made
12:57 : Sucker Punch, Infamous game trailer being shown. You walk the line between good and evil in this emerging sandbox game. Main character has special powers to use for good or evil. Looks pretty sweet, a little like Crckdown and Darkness.
12:59 : Grand Tarismo 5 will have full online functionality. Showing off some of the cars in different cities, some shots look as good as watching a race on TV.
1:01 : Closing game trailer .... looks amazing. KillZone 2 FPS, unrreal sky effects, good lighting effects too, mass chaos going on all around on the battlefield. Looks like a great game.
1:07 : Jack on stage to wrap up. Sony dedicated to bringing the very best entertainment possible to gamers.
END
11:39 : Reconfirming 80gb model and price drop on 60gb model
11:40 : PS2 continues to evolve entertainment 7 years into it's lifecycle. 118 million install base, 26 billion in sales. 10 million still planned on shipping this year global. God of War is a 200 Million dollar franchise and it will help grow PS2 and PSP.
11:41 : 142 games coming for PS2 this fiscal year
11:42 : $169 for PSP, retail response have gone up 90% since price drop. UMD sales up 35% this year. Sony wants to ship 9 million PSPs this year. 140 games will come this year for PSP.
11:43 : PSP game trailers: Socom, WhipeOut Pulse, Syphon Filter Logans Shadow, NBA 08, God of War chains of Olympus, Silent Hill Origins, Patapon, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Sonic Rivals 2, Sims2 Castaway, S.W.A.T. target liberty, Final Fantasy Tactics, Castalvania Dracula X chronicles
11:48 : Home being demoed, presenters apartment being shown. Has a KAZ in his apartment, they're voice chatting, hand gestures, good scenery.
11:49 : Kaz on stage
11:50 : New PSP version available in September. Looks pretty similar to 'older' model. It's 33% lighter though and 19% slimmer. Battery is more efficient, loads faster and it has Video Out.
11:51 : Kaz demo's video out cable, playing trailer on PSP , presses display button and the image goes up to the flat screen. On screen controls are controlled by PSP and show up on the flat screen. Very cool. It works for all content on your PSP not just movies.
11:54 : new colors for PSP coming to north america, Ice Silver will be bundled in an Entertain Pack which comes with Daxter, 1GB memstik and UMD Family Guy for $199.99 in September
11:56 : Chewbacca coming on stage to introduce yet another new PSP color, The star wars PSP Battlefront white PSP includes white PSP with vader image on back and Battlefront PSP game. Available for $199.99 at retail in october.
11:57 : Playstation Network being talked about. PSN has 2 million users world wide so far, 950,000 in North America. 20 Million downloads on the service so far.
12:00 Phil Harrison on stage to talk about PSN. Downloadable games are what seperates PS3 and PSN from competition, no size restrictions on electronic distribution games.
12:01 : 80 games in development for release by end of march 08 for PSN.
12:01 : Echochrome announced, puzzle game for PSN and PS3. Black and white wire frame graphics and stick figure guy. Need to work him through this 3d puzzle maze. Despite looking like crap, it actually seems like it'll be quite entertaining.
12:06 : Demoing PSN games in the works like Warhawk, Socom that will be downloadable on PSN.
12:08 : Playstation Home on track for launching this fall. New additions to the service include the Home a presence client for mobile phones. New starting point is an open 'square' rather than a lounge so it can grow bigger over time. New spaces including a ski lodge. Avatar features becoming more advanced for customization. SingStar being showing on a TV in the Ski Lodge.
12:12 : Singstar is a competitive singing game with an online shop where you can download songs to sing to. EyeToy lets you make your own music video to upload and show your stuff off over PSN.
12:18 : HOME will let you launch any game you have from within the service and return you to HOME when you're done. Will also be focused on community sharing for sharing photo's videos etc.
12:18 : PS3 80gb modem for the online gaming enthusiast. $599 available in north american in August. Current PS3 is going down to the $499 price point. 60GB model has doubled since the announcement.
12:19 : Sony wants to have 11 million install base globally by the end of the year
12:20 : PS3 contributing for 2 to 1 sales of BluRay discs over HD-DVD.
12:21 : Over 200 bluray based games world wide by end of the year, 120 for North America with 15 exclusives from first party studio.
12:22 : NCSoft will be bringing Lineage and other games to PS3 on BluRay and PSN.
12:23 : UBISoft's new title HAZE coming only to PS3 this holiday season. Haze pretty good. CGI looks unreal but gameplay also looks good.
12:26 : Epic optimizing Unreal Engine 3 to take full advantage of PS3 technology to help bring games to PS3. Unreal Tournament III is a Playstation 3 exclusive for 2007. Will support mods bring brought in from the PC version to the PS3 version over PSN
12:27 : UT3 trailer being shown on screen.
12:29 : Other PS3 games coming this year (trailers being shown) : Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed, Kane & Lynch, Resident Evil 5, Burnout Paradise, Madden 08, Harry Potter, Simpsons, Guitar Hero III, Medal of Honor Airborne, Rock Band (reads very much like the 360 lineup).
12:35 : Metal Gear Solid 4 announced as a PS3 exclusive.
12:36 : MGS celebrating it's 20th anniversary as of July. This MGS will be the final game to the series. The story of Snake will end and the game creator is retiring from making MGS games.
12:37 : MGS will be a stealth type game taking place on a battlefield. MGS4 trailer being shown, they're saying it's in-game footage not CGI
12:39 : wow, if that's in-game footage for real it's outstanding. The way guys move is so fluid and realistic, excellent micro texturing. This looks like cut scene footage though, not player controlled footage.
12:42 : MGS footage just turned into some fighting game footage without any segway into it. Looks like a pretty bad ass fighting game whatever it is. It's a Konami title. Maybe this is part of MGS4? That's all they're talking about but it doesn't seem to fit what MGS4 is. More will be shown at Tokyo Game Show
12:46 : back to Phil Harrison in HOME in some crazy avatar outfit. Now talking about 1st party games
12:47 : Ratchet trailer, claim this level of detail could only be done on PS3
12:48 : Folklore RPG trailer shown. Mix of action, fantasy and rpg. Deep story, great artwork and gameplay.
12:50 : Heavenly Sword will have hundreds of enemies on screen at once each with their own independant AI. Action adventure game. Tough 1 on 1 fights, group fights and 1 against many fights. So animation heavy this game not possible on DVD9.
12:52 : NBA 08 in 1080p 60fps with weekly content updates from NBA. Will also have online capabilities . Your player improves over his career and you can play your charater online.
12:53 : LittleBigPlanet is a Play , Create, Share type game. You customizel ittle characters in your world. You create the world for your characters and additional stuff will come later over PSN to evolve your city. You will be able to show off your created planet to friends over PSN
12:55 : Uncharted Drake's Fortune announced. Characters highly detailed with 3000 animations. Naughty Dogs says this is the game they've ever made
12:57 : Sucker Punch, Infamous game trailer being shown. You walk the line between good and evil in this emerging sandbox game. Main character has special powers to use for good or evil. Looks pretty sweet, a little like Crckdown and Darkness.
12:59 : Grand Tarismo 5 will have full online functionality. Showing off some of the cars in different cities, some shots look as good as watching a race on TV.
1:01 : Closing game trailer .... looks amazing. KillZone 2 FPS, unrreal sky effects, good lighting effects too, mass chaos going on all around on the battlefield. Looks like a great game.
1:07 : Jack on stage to wrap up. Sony dedicated to bringing the very best entertainment possible to gamers.
END
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