Sony’s E3 conference

Inspired by Prak’s thread, I thought I’d start one for those interested in Sony’s E3 conference. Here’s a list of things…

-LittleBigPlanet is expected for October ’08
-PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits coming to America for $30
Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night, Need For Speed: Carbon
-Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest For Booty
-Video Rental Coming To PS3 Tonight
-LocoRoco 2, Patapon 2, Resistance: Retribution, NBA 09: Inside, Super Stardust Portable, Buzz! Master Quiz, Valkyria Chronicles and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Remix Among New PSP Titles
-$400 80 GB PS3 Announced
-God of War III Announced for PS3
-PS3 "Massive Action Game" Announced; Promises Battles Up to 256 Players

Wow, now that’s a bad conference!

And J. Peterman knows bad conferences :p.

Also I’ve heard of MAG, but with Sony’s poor online stability, it’s gonna cost them quite some money, or it’s gonna play really choppy.

I was actually just about to make a thread on the topic, but really, there isn’t much to say about it. It was an even worse conference than Nintendo’s, so I’m quite glad that I didn’t have to bother with it.

I think it’s entirely safe to declare Microsoft this year’s winner.

I was actually just about to make a thread on the topic, but really, there isn’t much to say about it. It was an even worse conference than Nintendo’s, so I’m quite glad that I didn’t have to bother with it.

I think it’s entirely safe to declare Microsoft this year’s winner.

Not that Microsoft’s was that good. FFXIII coming to 360 was news but who really cares about FF anymore? Rock Band 2 got some good news as well, but everything else was just as shitty and boring as the other two IMO

Hands down, worst conference of the three. The lack of things I was expecting to see was kinda frustrating

I only heard a single release date for a PS3 single game.
GoW III trailer wasn’t a trailer, it was a fucking teaser :/
Would it have killed them to show some GT5 with cars that actually have damage models? Or at least a new trailer?

Also, come on! Release PS Home!

Pimp Daddy, I think we shouldn’t really pay attention to this Sony Company. We should save that money we planned on using to buy that Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 Bundle and use it on something much more productive – Asian hookers.

There isn’t much to say other than I’m looking forward to GOWIII

i won the bet with my neighbor.

i predicted the 400 dlls price tag for the 80 Gb version.

the only thing that glimpsed my eyes was the "massive action game".

That $400 80gb SKU makes me feel like I should have waited another year… Oh well.

My god, E3 sucks this year.

Has it been confirmed that the 80GB is going to have backwards compatibility or is it just an additional 40GB of space?

It was ok..E3 was lame as shit this year..well, at least the press conferences were..Nintendo’s was criminal, the shit that company gets away with is unbelievable..anyhow I’m going home to watch the 5-8 coverage I taped..I heard the Killzone 2 demo is amazing

The only good thing about the conference was GOWIII, and that’s pretty sad. Sony rolled the dice one too many times and crapped out. The only other game they have is Killzone 2, and while it may look great, something tells me the gameplay will be broken just like the first game.

there are a few gameplay vids. And I can say unbiasedly it doesn’t look that way. The physics and graphics are incredible, and not that I’ve felt the controls but they looked pretty steady in the vid.

t The physics and graphics are incredible, and not that I’ve felt the controls but they looked pretty steady in the vid.

basically lair, and we all know how that game turned out.

Did they mention when the $400 80gb PS3 would be coming?

basically lair, and we all know how that game turned out.

It was either you loved it or hated it. Sadly, and understandably, the majority hated it. I was one of the few who loved it. But by the time they came out with the analog patch for the game it was too late. But I doubt it will be anything like Lair.

Did they mention when the $400 80gb PS3 would be coming?

I believe September.

Lol @ them mislabeling Valkyria Chronicles as a PSP game.

I’m not really into E3. The types of games they want to show off aren’t the type I’m interested in. I only watched the Sony conference at the prospect for news on the new Team Ico game (which didn’t happen, despite them raising my hopes by showing a copy of Ico earlier at the beginning) and the first few minutes of Microsoft conference for Fallout 3 (which didn’t really impress me). I will say that Resistance 2 looked interesting, although I have a feeling that whole monster battle was heavily scripted.

i won the bet with my neighbor.

i predicted the 400 dlls price tag for the 80 Gb version.

the only thing that glimpsed my eyes was the "massive action game".

technically you didn’t win the bet, since the 80gb version we have now is (presumably) being discontinued.

The 40gb version is being upgraded to have 80gb and will stay the same price.

I make this distinction because it will have the same lack of backwards compatibility the 40gb has now. This also answers Garamond’s question lol

shh, dont tell that to my neighbor.

he doesnt care for consoles anymore because he turned to the dark side and became a pc gamer only.

but if what you say is true, then sony has ran out of ideas.
next year (or several months) sony will anounce a 120 GB for 600 dlls.
the current 80 gb version should drop in price then, if its getting discontinued.

technically you didn’t win the bet, since the 80gb version we have now is (presumably) being discontinued.

The 40gb version is being upgraded to have 80gb and will stay the same price.

I make this distinction because it will have the same lack of backwards compatibility the 40gb has now. This also answers Garamond’s question lol

The MGS4 bundle replaced the Motorstorm bundle. The 80gig sku is not discontinued.

basically lair, and we all know how that game turned out.

LOL, yeah that was a HUGE letdown. the thing with PS3 is their "epic games", scarcely approach epic. Many games that were supposed to bring them a huge profit were rushed (imo) and suffered for that.

I thought LAIR was pretty epic.

Those of you who are commenting on its "failure" have you even played it? Or are you just going by the reviews you read about it?

I thought LAIR was pretty epic.

Those of you who are commenting on its "failure" have you even played it? Or are you just going by the reviews you read about it?

played it a local shop.
controls sucked major ass, its the worst attempt to simulate the wiimote.
(yes, i realize reviews say this too, YOU KNOW WHY?)
yeah, pretty nice graphics (i could say the water was photo realistic.
and most importantly: DRAGONS! i love em.
but i cant cant control them, how the hell can i enjoy it?

I don’t see how it’s emulating the Wii mote. Newsflash the Wii was not the first motion capture gaming system. They’ve been in arcades for years. All Nintendo did was bring it into your house and make it affordable.

^
it TRIED to emulate, and fail.
the six axis is limited compared to the wiimote.

Don’t diss Nintendo, holmes.

^
it TRIED to emulate, and fail.
the six axis is limited compared to the wiimote.

Yes the sixaxis system is limited. Because the PS3 is not made to be a Motion capture system, it’s merely an added extension of the controls. Now I’m not saying that exempts them from having crappy controls.

What about Killzone 2 and Resistance 2? I saw some trailers those games. You can’t overlook them.

played it a local shop.
controls sucked major ass, its the worst attempt to simulate the wiimote.
(yes, i realize reviews say this too, YOU KNOW WHY?)
yeah, pretty nice graphics (i could say the water was photo realistic.
and most importantly: DRAGONS! i love em.
but i cant cant control them, how the hell can i enjoy it?

You’re joking right? The controls are simple as hell. Fucking mastered in 5 minutes for me, no joke.

The press conference was disappointing. Nothing really caught my attention. The only sony games I’m looking foward to are Little Big Planet and Socom.

I think sony needed a big 08. Their 08 line up seems to be really lacking. 360 and Wii are going to leave the ps3 in the dust this year.

The hell are you smoking? The PS3 has more exclusive big titles that both Wii and 360 this year. Just because YOU aren’t looking forward to them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

Hell, as far as I know, the only big 360 game is Gears of War 2. The Wii already had Brawl and Mario Kart. The PS3 still has LPB, Resistance 2 and SOCOM coming. I’d mention KZ2 but that’s in Feb of ’09.

Man I am really looking forward to Wii Music and Wii Sports Resort!

(i may not be but general public man wii sports i and sure man like will buys lots of they will)

($$$ for nintendo)

I am going to get Super Paper Mario next week, maybe.

And MGS4.

And a Dualshock 3 controller.

Maybe not all 3… need to check me funds!

Swami, please pull your head out of Sony’s ass. It’s really annoying watching you act like the stereotypical fanboy loon.

Meh, I was just saying things from my perspective. =/

I don’t know jack of what the 360 or Wii has in their exclusive line-up. Though I will say, Gears 2 looks fucking amazing.

Oh boy it does! Xbox360 has one of my favorite line ups. There are a bunch of great titles, exclusive or not!

The hell are you smoking? The PS3 has more exclusive big titles that both Wii and 360 this year. Just because YOU aren’t looking forward to them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

Hell, as far as I know, the only big 360 game is Gears of War 2. The Wii already had Brawl and Mario Kart. The PS3 still has LPB, Resistance 2 and SOCOM coming. I’d mention KZ2 but that’s in Feb of ’09.

360 has, just to name a few: Fable 2, GoW2, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, and maybe the new Banjo Kazooie, as well as Lost Odyssey and Ninja Gaiden 2 which were already released.

Wii has: Brawl and Mario Kart already, as well as Boom Blox, No More Heroes, and Blast Works, with Samba de Amigo, Castlevania Judgment, Animal Crossing, and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World coming this year. Plus The Conduit and MadWorld coming Q1 of next year…

PS3 has: MGS4, LBP, R2, SOCOM, Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea 3, and I guess Ratchet and Clank.

That’s being generous with every game I listed. The 360 and Wii both have way more exclusives than the PS3, but these were the ones that I understand will be decent from the list. Not sure what you mean by "Big title" though.

PS3 has: MGS4, LBP, R2, SOCOM, Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea 3, and I guess Ratchet and Clank.

MGS4=questionable. Valkyria Chronicles=Questionable. Disgaea 3=Questionable. The rest you mentioned are indeed PS3 exclusives, that likely won’t change.

And all the consoles have big title releases. Like someone said, nsb is posting like a fanboy.

MGS4=questionable. Valkyria Chronicles=Questionable. Disgaea 3=Questionable. The rest you mentioned are indeed PS3 exclusives, that likely won’t change.

And all the consoles have big title releases. Like someone said, nsb is posting like a fanboy.

Rumors are rumors. Anti-PS3 fanboyism is just as bad as pro-PS3 fanboyism.

Rumors are rumors. Anti-PS3 fanboyism is just as bad as pro-PS3 fanboyism.

Nothing anti about my post Wattson, and I’m far from a fanboy. Where’s Sherlock? He’s the smart one.

360 has, just to name a few: Fable 2, GoW2, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, and maybe the new Banjo Kazooie, as well as Lost Odyssey and Ninja Gaiden 2 which were already released.

Wii has: Brawl and Mario Kart already, as well as Boom Blox, No More Heroes, and Blast Works, with Samba de Amigo, Castlevania Judgment, Animal Crossing, and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World coming this year. Plus The Conduit and MadWorld coming Q1 of next year…

PS3 has: MGS4, LBP, R2, SOCOM, Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea 3, and I guess Ratchet and Clank.

That’s being generous with every game I listed. The 360 and Wii both have way more exclusives than the PS3, but these were the ones that I understand will be decent from the list. Not sure what you mean by "Big title" though.

Did you just post that to show off you superior knowledge of the gaming world or di you miss this:

Meh, I was just saying things from my perspective. =/

I don’t know jack of what the 360 or Wii has in their exclusive line-up. Though I will say, Gears 2 looks fucking amazing.

Wii Sports Resort will likely outsell every game scheduled to be released on every other console. Wii Music will likely do okay, but I’m not really sure what the market is for that to be honest. Nobody here probably cares about these games at all, but these will sell extremely well and continue to make Nintendo huge profits off of games that likely had much lower costs to make than something like Final Fantasy XIII or Metal Gear Solid 4.

It’s just people who play games like us don’t care about them while the casual crowd who only bought a Wii for Wii Sports and junk will continue to help Nintendo stay a money-printing factory. And I’m sure there are still people who want these games that haven’t been able to find a Wii (like my cousins)

I heard Nintendo intentionally not shipping as many Wiis to USA because of our weak dollar.

Man, Nintendo is too smart. That’s why they are on top again.

Man I bet Miyamoto has like 200 geishas to do his bidding at his house he is like super pimp he pays them in ds and wiis

man i hope so!

I heard Nintendo intentionally not shipping as many Wiis to USA because of our weak dollar.

he actually has 301.

Did you just post that to show off you superior knowledge of the gaming world or di you miss this:

You said "The hell are you smoking? The PS3 has more exclusive big titles that both Wii and 360 this year." and that you didn’t know what the 360/Wii had. I was telling you what they had for your sake. I figured since you didn’t know you wanted to see but I guess not. My bad.

All I did was use the wikipedia game list and see which ones were exclusive and in 2008 to post that, by the way. I sure as hell didn’t know what system had what for every game before hand and I wanted to find out myself anyways.

The new 80GB PS3 has backwards compatibility. I know, since I just got the 80GB/MGS4 pack.

Also, Fable 2 and GOW2 look great. Those are going to the 360 over here, of course. The multiplatform games are going on the PS3 as well as SOCOM, GT5, and Killzone 2, though. Mainly because I like the PS3 menus and because my ps3 has a bigger HDD than the 360 I’ve got.

A word about the first Killzone: If they’d waited about 6 more months, the game would’ve been great. They should’ve been patient with it and produced a better game. Mind you, I liked the game, but it definitely should’ve waited.

well since the PS3 is going fully backwards compatible… I gotta say goodbye to new PS2 games :(.

-$400 80 GB PS3 Announced

Man, I guess ill give my 40 gig PS3 and PS2 to my little brothers and buy me an 80 gig.

Uh guys, the new 400 80gb PS3 isn’t BC with PS2.

It’s just a 40 gig with double the HD space, which is really stupid since you can upgrade your harddrive anyway. Since the new video service, I’m thinking of upgrading mine to like 300gb.

Oh man, It isn’t oh wow thats a slap in the face well whatever. thanks for info Swami I didnt know

meh, ill still buy it.
i have a ps2 for playing ps2/psx games.
i dont want my favorite games glitching in the ps3.

YOUR FAVORITE GAMES MUST SUCK THEN

if the ps3 drops backwards compatibility i’m not getting it

b/c like man

YOUR FAVORITE GAMES MUST SUCK THEN

its a fact 70% of ps2 games have a problem with the ps3.
the most common is that no audio is heard.
i dotn want to play all 3 fatal frames with no audio.
or mgs2 not playing at all because its a double layer dvd

This whole backwards talk is silly to me. Like Catastrohpe said, I have a fully functioning PS2, so I don’t care about that. Also it won’t probably be until 2010 or 12 before I think about getting a PS3. That’s if the system is still around, and if it is, they might fix the BC issue.

you see i care about backwards compatibility because my monitor for my computer has no component but has hdmi/dvi/vga and i would basically use the ps3 to play my ps2 on my monitor through the hdmi

without that i don’t care much about getting the system

I would’ve cared if most of my games weren’t imports and backups. Unless Swap Magic works on the PS3 of course. But I’m going to agree with CATASTROPHE as well and am perfectly fine playing the PS2 from time to time.

since the ps3 is region free i would guess you could buy a japanese ps3 so that your american ps3 games would work and then you could play your japanese ps2/ps1 games off of that and then have your ps2 for your normal games.

of course i am just rambling

Uh guys, the new 400 80gb PS3 isn’t BC with PS2.

It’s just a 40 gig with double the HD space, which is really stupid since you can upgrade your harddrive anyway. Since the new video service, I’m thinking of upgrading mine to like 300gb.

Those without the PS3 right now can go and get the 80GB model like what came out with MGS4. That one’s BC all the way. I’d much rather do that than fight with MS and hope for a patch for my XBOX games.

A really good reason to get the PS2-BC model of the PS3 is so you folks with HDTVs can play your PS2 games and not have them look horribly out of resolution since the PS3 does a killer job of upscaling the resolution. Besides, the cost is worth it. My MGS4/80GB package cost about $630 after shipping, but it came with a $60 game and 2 DS3 controllers, so the extra controller puts the package at $110 worth on top of the system along with the console itself.

Also, I’ve had no problems with my PS2 games running on the PS3. I’ve got about 40 of them, and have had no problems thus far.

its a fact 70% of ps2 games have a problem with the ps3.
the most common is that no audio is heard.
i dotn want to play all 3 fatal frames with no audio.
or mgs2 not playing at all because its a double layer dvd

You’re fucking stupid for thinking old news still applies. All that audio shit has been fixed with firmware updates. And MGS2 plays fine. What does it being a dual-layer DVD have anything to do with it?

since the ps3 is region free i would guess you could buy a japanese ps3 so that your american ps3 games would work and then you could play your japanese ps2/ps1 games off of that and then have your ps2 for your normal games.

of course i am just rambling
I didn’t think of that… But would it be backwards compatible for the 80GB PS3?