Sony E3 Conference Finished
It's all over! Sony wins the E3 prize for managing to break our web servers, incidentally - apologies if you experienced any difficulties accessing images. Tons of announcements though! Here's a full rundown followed by Ellie's chronological live text coverage of the two-hour Sony conference:
- PlayStation Move priced and dated
- Portal 2 coming to PlayStation 3
- Gran Turismo 5 out in November
- Twisted Metal for PS3 in 2011
- Sony unveils subscription PSN option
- Sony announces 3D line-up
- Killzone 3 due out in February 2011
- Heavy Rain receiving Move controls
- Single-unit surround system for PS3
- Sony ties up DLC/pack-in exclusives for MOH, Dead Space 2, Brotherhood, more
Original introduction: Sony's E3 conference last year may have lasted for 17 hours, but you could understand why if you were a fan of exceptional-looking games, with the likes of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - later a Game of the Year candidate for virtually everyone - each receiving a deserved and lengthy runout.
This year's "slate" is full of known quantities by now, so we can probably expect similar demos from games like inFamous 2, Killzone 3, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Gran Turismo 5 and LittleBigPlanet 2.
PlayStation Move should be out this year too, so a date and some confirmed software seems likely after its GDC showing. It'll be interesting to see how close it ends up to Microsoft's Kinect (or won't be interesting, depending on your hardcore gamer rage threshold).
There should be some surprises as well. Last year we had news of Final Fantasy XIV and Rockstar North's Agent. Granted, FFXIV turned out to be on PC as well, and Agent is about as tangible as an invisible cloud in another dimension, but keep your chin up.
Look out for Sony's conference to start at 12pm PST / 8pm BST, and for Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson to provide commentary.
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Right then.. The last platform holder conference of E3 2010 is about to kick off and we're ready and waiting, sitting in a big old auditorium full of big screens and blue lights.
On the screens are images of falling PS3s, PSPs, 3D glasses, DualShocks, first-party games and Move controllers. It's raining technology!
The lights are going down. People are clapping.
Who will it be? Jack? Kaz? That giant enemy crab man? Ah, how we miss him.
A montage! Iron man, bowling, Move Party, cars, PS3 slim, DualShocks, games, all that sort of nonsense.
Please welcome Jack Tretton! Welcome back Jack.
"Wow. Check out this stage, I feel like I'm at a U2 concert."
He's warning us that we're going to get a lot of action and great product. Product. No need for ponchos though. Haha.
Jack reckons Sony has momentum on its side and is starting to hit its stride.
10 years ago, Sony wanted to build a home entertainment device that was futureproof and constantly evolving. "Less than four years into this lifecycle, we're living that vision."
Jack reckons it's the only console with something for all the family - Blu-ray, gaming, rumble. Lest we forget.
Jack's introducing Kaz Hirai. Kaz is smiling broadly, probably because he's now president of almost everything at Sony.
First PlayStation is about innovation and second about content, says Kaz, and it's going to take both to the next level this year.
He's talking about 3D - everyone in the audience has 3D glasses. He wants PlayStation to do for 3D what it did for Blu-ray.
Having an installed base of more than 35 million PS3s that are 3D ready will be helpful, reckons Kaz. Doubt they have 35 million 3D TVs to be fair.
20 titles created natively in 3D by the end of March 2011.
"There is nowhere where 3D is more defined than with PlayStation 3." Now we're getting a 3D demo of Killzone 3 from Hermen Hulst from Guerrilla Games.
On screen is a Helghast with all blood coming out of him. Nice.
"Players will have access to dynamic new weapons" and face "tougher and scarier enemies than ever before".
Plus you'll be able to play in 3D. Time to put on our 3D glasses!
We're fighting some flying sods in the bowls of a tanker which is open to the icy elements. Apparently we're in the north of Helghan. Blood splatters the screen, muzzle flare lights everything up kaleidoscopically. Yep, it's Killzone.
This is mental, it has to be said. It does feel as though you're looking into the screen. Particularly impressive to look up and see a smoke trail as if it's going right over your head.
It seems as though everything is a little out of focus to me, but I might just be a bit tired.
Now we are wielding two weapons and apparently using some kind of jetpack to hover around an icy environment. The water's surging around the ice floe. Very cool.
Moving inside again and past flapping tarpaulin and through snow floating on the wind. You can see the individual flakes at different distances in 3D.
More blasting now. The front of the screen is spattered with blood as we take hits, reminding us we're looking through a screen, which is a bit odd.
It's quite disorienting with all the running, jumping and blasting. Time to prep some sort of bomb while being shot from behind. Boom! Stuff blows up. Fade to black Applause. Time for the second demo.
We're riding one of the dropships with a big old gun mounted on the front. Blasting away at some metal structures which collapse and explode accordingly.
Dogfighting now. But only for a few seconds - and the demo's over.
Killzone 3 will be available worldwide this February.
It's exclusive to PS3, says the man, as if this is exciting news.
It will have Move functionality at launch. An American in the audience just yelled "THANK YOU".
Bye bye, Dutchman! Hello, Kaz! "How about that?" How indeed, Kaz! And we've had our first Sony mention of the word "experience". That's the 893282th time we've heard the word in two days.
The Sly Collection - "Remastered in high definition."
Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, Shaun White Skateboarding, Ghost Recon, Tron, NBA 2K11 - all in 3D. What no Hannah Montana?
Experience count: 2.
Make that 3. "it's the closest thing you will ever experience to being in the game itself." Unless you take loads of drugs and play the Mario Kart Rainbow Road track.
3D demo again now: telly. Football, whale sharks, bears. Not making it up.
Images of the Move and DualShock now. Soundtrack nicked right off BattleStar Galactica. Actually come to think of it the PS3 looks like it was made by Cylons.
Montaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage! EyePet. Cars. EyePet again. Now you can see the weird catmonkey in 3D!=
Baseball. The Fight. Killzone 3. What no Just Dance 2?
Tumble. Looking not unlike Boom Blox.
Mortal Kombat. Someon just got sliced vertically in half. Marvellous,
Gran Turismo, Sly.
The audience is whoooing and cheering. Jack's back. He looks a bit like he might be sick.
It's not about life cycles any more, says Jack - it's about "how many ways you can be relevant in people's lives".
Continued growth and expansion blah blah. Come on Jack, graphs out for the lads.
"Since last year we've had a huge influx of consumers" diddly diddly dee.
"Consumers are appreciating all the ways it connects to their lives." Kinects? Perhaps not.
"The difference comes down to one word: realism." Move can replicate every subtlety biddly biddly bing bong.
Peter Dille is on stage now. He's going to tell us more about Move. His hair is the same colour as his suit.
"PS3 is defining and introducing leading edge technology."
It's about "a new level of precision". Experience count: 4.
Precision and Experience are Peter's favourite words. He probably called his children after them.
Whether you're casual or hardcore, you'll go batsh** crazy for the Move, says Dille. (Paraphrasing.)
A video. Developers talking about Kaz's magical wang while waving one around.
It's all about precision and one-to-oneness. And firing imaginary bow and arrows, looks like.
The comedy suit guy is having a bit of a dig. "It's got buttons, which is great for people who enjoy shooters or platformers or anything which doesn't involve catching a big red ball."
That nice man who invented the EyePet is on-screen now. He's so nice and French. I hope he doesn't know how much his weird catmonkey frightens me.
The video's over. Dille is going on about the buttons on the Move now. And the casual hardcore thing again.
"When you combine motion control with a new level of precision" OH SHUT UP ABOUT THE PRECISION
Sorry Peter it's been a long day.
In summary: Blu-ray + Move + 3D = MAX FUN whether you're a hardcore gamer or a little girl, says Dille. (Paraphrasing.)
"We're not here to show the same games over again." Ooh burn.
But thank goodness, obviously.
A Sorcery logo is on the screen. It's a first-person action adventure game for Move.
You play a sorcerer's apprentice who must save the world from darkness.
The producer is on stage. He's going on about total sense of immersion etc.
"Enough talking, let's see Sorcery." Sexy.
On-screen is a magic gate, out of which steps a boy in a cloak. We're in a castle. All looks a bit Fable.
There's a cage hanging from the ceiling with a squawking monster in it.
The producer man waves his arm around and the character waves his wand. He flicks it and a shower of sparks fly out.
A frog starts leaping towards it but he splatters it with the wand.
Now he's freezing frogs, then flicking the wand again to make them shatter.
Into the next room, where there's a polymorph potion on a table. This turns our hero into a rat so he can reach new areas.
The ball changes colour to let you know when the potion is ready to drink.
Oh, they're not frogs, sorry, they're goblins. Easy mistake to make.
He casts a whirlwind spell to sweep all the goblins up, then sets fire to them.
You can also create walls of flame to keep enemies at bay.
Could do with one of those for the comments threads.
He charges up another spell and takes out a huge group of enemies bounding towards him at once.
Now Harry sorry The Main Character walks into the next room. A huge gobline bursts out of the grand and lurches towards him. Sorcery is coming in spring 2011.
Dille is back. He's welcoming Andrew Wilson from EA Sports on stage.
He's talking about Tiger Woods and Move. One to one precision blah blah.
Andrew has gone for the well-ironed shirt, smart jeans, shiny shoes look. Bet this is what he wears on Casual Fridays.
Andrew is showing how you get feedback on your movements. You can see how you're doing via an arrow on-screen as you line-up your shots.
Andrew needs to pay more attention to the feedback on his movements. He just failed to hit the ball.
A palpable hit! Not a very good one though. Let's try that again.
The ball goes soaring into the sky... And the bunker.
"It's about feel," says Andrew. That's what Tiger said.
Why isn't Andrew doing any Tiger Woods As Sex Maniac jokes? Missed opportunity.
"Again, it's all about feel." What about hitting the ball well?
"It's all about feel." This is like Caddyshack. Be the ball, Andrew. BE the ball.
Putt Preview - when you've got enough Focus, you can take a closer look at the shot you're lining up. Andrew lines up another shot. Cinderella story.
It's in the hole! Well done Andrew. All the best for the future.
"Have a great show and happy golfing."
Dille is back now. He managed five whole words without saying "precision" this time.
"Key franchises play a big role in the plan for PlayStation Move."
Heroes on the Move is being revealed. Sly, Ratchet, Jak and their sidekicks all on screen.
"When great heroes assemeble, there unfolds a brilliant pageant of style and grace... But not with these heroes."
Footage of all six characters in platform environments - some futuristic sci-fi, some rural, some rustic.
"Coming soon." Heroes OTM is a working title. Looks top.
More than 130m packages are going to highlight Move and PS3.
Packages of coke, that is.
Packages of cocaine, that is not.
"This is going to be one of the biggest brand partnerships we've ever had." Coming this autumn.
PlayStation Suit Guy is on the stage!
"Hey Peter, you look like you could use a coke." Or some.
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet," says suit guy.
"Pew pew pew," he adds.
"So am I crazy or did I see a hundred French acrobats prancing round an arena the other night? I hear there was a sale on ponchos."
"I say it's time we focus on what really matters." The situation in the gulf? "The games."
"I love headshots, I love drifting the corners at a hundred miles an hour... Gaming is having a ridiculously huge TV in a tiny one-room apartment."
"Staying up till 3am to earn a trophy that isn't real... But is."
"And it's girls who know that the way to a man's heart is through a melee attack." What's a melee attack?
"Millions of people are pretending to work while they watch this at their desk."
"PS Move, your Mom can make your Mom jokes after she takes you to school in table tennis."
"We can box using game characters which have important features like arms and necks." OOOH buerururururn!
Swelling music. Image of suit guy with virtual bow and arrow on screen. "Every gamer is a true gamer."
"We all serve one master, one team, and his name is GAMING. FOREVER MAY HE REIGN."
"Butler for president," shouts a man behind me.
Oh. Peter's back.
Shame. That was brilliant.
Not that we don't like you, Peter. It's just that if you say precision one more time I'll be unable to type anything but a series of 1s.
Move launch details: Sept 15 in Europe, NA on 19, Japan on October 21st.
Move Controller will cost $49.99 as standalone. Nunchuk: $29.99. [That's the "Navigation Controller" -Ed]
Move + Sports Champions + camera = $99.99.
PS3 + Move + camera + Sports Champions = $399.99.
15 to 20 titles on day one, with more than 40 during the holiday season.
SOCOM 4, Time Crisis, NBA, Ruse, Killzone 3, SingStar Dance, Echochrome II, EyePet - all to have Move functionality.
Plus: Toy Story, Resi, Heavy Rain - will all get Move updates.
Time for another video. A man holding a Move swings a wireframe golf club.
He's playing TIger Woods, obviously. Just like Tiger played his wi- never mind.
A woman launches a virtual volleyball in Sports Champions. Later on she's going to watch the Sex and the City movie again and maybe order a pizza.
A little girl waves a wireframe paintbrush. Move Party now called Start the Party. Ain't no party like a magical wang party.
EyePet, TV Superstars.
Soundtrack is now I Like to Move It Move It. Had to happen.
Time Crisis Razing Storm, Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
Aragorn's Quest. Lord of the 7/10.
Tron, Sorcery. Excitable child.
Jack Tretton is back on stage. He's not sweating much this year. Maybe he had his glands removed.
"The living room is no longer an actual space, it's a concept." No it isn't.
It's PSP time. "PSP allows any serious gamer to step up your game." This is turning into The Apprentice.
We're getting a sneak peek at Sony's new PSP advertising campaign. Well worth flying half way around the world for.
It's that cute kid out of that film. You know the one. No, not Annie. The rude kid.
"I consume a healthy amount of suckers online every day," says the kid. He's awesome.
Marcuspsp.com if you want to see more.
Jack: "The core gaming on PSP starts with the industry's best content." Yes yes Metal Gear Solid very nice. Next
Invizimals now. At least we got all those frequent flyer miles.
God of War: Ghosts of Sparta teaser trailer. Rain falls on stony ground. Kratos reflected by lightning in the puddles.
Turns out he's standing on a cliff, looking towards a big citadel. A red flame leaps out from a castle. Kratos draws his sword and the teaser ends.
"There will be mroe than 70 new titles coming to PSP by December." MONNNNNTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
God of War. Ace Combat. MGS. Battle Raper II. Maybe not the last one.
Gravity Crash. Then one of those Japanese games where the kids with spikey hair kick seven shades out of each other.
Invizimals. Is Invizimals the new Hannah Montana?
Fat Princess. Some old Tetris rip-off. EyePet. Kingdom Hearts.
Jack is standing in front of the screen, watching the montage avidly, as if he's never seen it before.
Montage end. Jack again.
More than 50m registered PSN accounts. "PS3 is the most connected console on the market."
Casting call for The Tester Season 2 begins today.
He's showing off about all the telly you can get on PS3 now. IF YOU LIVE IN AMERICA.
Home now. "We have replicated our booth completely in Home," so you can visit it if you're not at E3. At least the films on the flight were good.
"From hardcore to family friendly types," badadadadadadddaaa
ModNation Racers now. Yes thank you Jack we are familiar with your work.
"Here to show us LittleBigPlanet 2, please welcome Alex Evans."
"In LBP2 we're staying true to the play create share ethos, but we're also massively expanding all these areas," says Alex.
New community and share features, etc. But it comes down to making fun games, says Alex.
Puzzlers, shooters, driving games... You can make the lot.
We're seeing a simple game now where you just press the circle and x buttons to make shapes fall through a tube. Looks simple, indeed, but fun.
"Each player gets their own score which can be set by the creator." At the end of the game you see how everyone did on a map.
Game called CrashyCrash now - sackboys trying to bump each other off a platform. Top-down view. Bit Fuzion Frenzy.
Lastly - multiplayer competitive action. Characters floating round with jetpacks, firing projectiles at each other, using rocket hats. ROCKET HATS!
Never mind the Move, where's my Sony Rocket Hat?
They invited some top game creators to the MM offices and gave them 24 hours to run wild with the LBP tools. We're seeing footage of what they created. Top-down shooters, sumo-type game.
Top-down racers, real-time strategy title with multiple units, a psychedelic 3D shooter. None of these look like your typical LBP platformer.
That's it from Alex. Jack's back on stage.
He's going on about how PSN is free, not $50. OOh burn. "That will remain the case."
PlayStation Plus - PSN users get options to new features and content. It's a subscription service.
You will get early demos, party invitations, beta invites, discounts on products in the PS Store. "It's a full product offering." HOW MUCH, JACK.
One year sub - $49.99, three months - $17.99. Starts later this month.
Trial for InFamous, two PSP Minis, plus other DLC including map packs and avatars up for grabs when you buy a sub.
Also you'll get Qore. Core.
"It's a great choice to help elevate your PlayStation gaming experience."
More Electronic Arts stuff now. They're supporting all PS initiatives, including network, 3D and Move.
John Schappert is on stage now. Alright, Schappers.
"15 years ago, EA and Sony locked horns over the launch of PSone." Is this going to be like at a wedding when the drunk uncle does a speech about how they're all over that funny business Mary had with the milkman?
Medal of Honor. Exec producer Greg Goodwin is here. "This year MOH is moving out of WWII and placing gamers in the boots of today's soldier in Afghanistan," says Greg.
They've been working with the US military to create a truly authentic modern war experience. Haven't the US military got better things to do?
Video. Soldiers jumping out of helicopters, running across deserts.
Quad bikes and jeeps racing through mountains.
A series of videos will be unveiled on 28 June, in which the operatives who worked on the game will share their experiences.
DICE has been working hard to create a rich multiplayer experience and personalised weapons.
You also get unlockable beards. UNLOCKABLE BEARDS. AND ROCKET HATS. TAKE THAT RIVALS!
More footage. Machine guns blast the business out of an army camp and everyone in it.
Play the beta 21st June.
Not quite enough time to grow an actual beard then.
Limited edition to include high-def remake version of Medal of Honor: Frontline.
Next up: Dead Space 2. Live demo from exec producer Steve Papoutsis.
It's business as usual - space, monsters, running through corridors.
Blam blam biddly bong let's all go to space and have a fight.
Schapperrrs! Dead Space 2 limited edition pack - you get 2 and Extraction, now with PS Move support. Exclusive to PS3. Well, yes.
3D Crysis yes we know, Madden, FIFA, NHL, NFS all coming to PS3, yes Schappers, also can you tell us what colour the sky is.
He's gone off to find out. It's Jack Tretters again!
Conference interrupted by an Aperture Sciences announcement. Yes, it's Portal 2.
Gabe Newell is on stage.
"I've been pretty outspoken in my comments about next gen consoles, so I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality and not repeatedly punching me in the face."
"It's not just about rendering pixels, it's about giving gamers a complete social experience." Oh, not you as WELL, Gabe.
Portal 2 will be coming to PS3.
It will have Steam features. "That will make the PS3 version of Portal 2 the best version on any console." OOOOOH BURRRN BURRRRRN HELP EVERYONE IS ON FIRE
Trailer. "It's been a long time. How have you been?"
Says GLaDOS.
"We can leave our differences behind us for science, you monster."
Super-fast clips of portals and robots and that.
Tretters: Squenix have been working on FFIV. Yes fine good. Oh look a trailer.
Little wizards, Robin hood types, spiky hair, eye patches, soaring strings, dragons, syringes. Maybe not the last one.
Tretters talking Mafia II now. Exclusive day one content for PS3. "Loads of new missions and hours of additional arcade gameplay."
"Oobisoft" now. Ass Creed Brotherhood - exclusive pack of missions only available on PS3.
Multiplayer beta will only be on PS3.
World premiere look at the multiplayer now. I.e. a video.
A man chases another man along a rooftop. One leaps to another, the other follows.
Another character comes out of the shadows and knifes him.
Basically it looks like you can stalk people and murder them. Brilliant.
November 16th 2010 innit.
Tretters: "Exclusive has become my new favourite word." And we thought it was experience.
Imagine the board meetings between Tretters and Dille: "Precision." "Experience." "Precision." "Experience." "Precision." "Experience."
Time for the nine thousandth montage of the conference.
All the shooters we've seen today. American Football. Basketball. Tiger. MotionWiiSportsKinectChampions or whatever it's called. Catmonkey.
Echochrome. Ratchet. Sly. Clank. Gran Turismo. ModNation. Hard to tell the difference. If you're me.
True Crime. Street Fighter - looks like Ryu fighting Wolverine?
Castlevania. Sorcery. Again.
DC Online. Sly. Final Fantasy XIJIVICXIVJUIZIXIXV, LEGO, Spider-Man. Ow my eyes.
Jack has another announcement for us... GT5...
Video first. Shiny shiny shiny cars. Cars so shiny they look like they've been made fo mirrors and drizzled with olive oil.
Rally cars. Sports cars. Red cars. Black cars. Roads. Top Gear: The Test Track on show. The Stig driving a car. It is shiny.
Brrrrrrooooooooooooooooooom.
Sebastian Vettel recording things in a studio. Adrian Newey and Kazunori nodding. November 2 2010.
That's North and Latin America. Will be playable in 3D then too.
"Raise the bar" tick.
InFamous now. Or rather the sequel, obviously. Video of a man running along a rooftop. Again.
Creeping along ledges, hanging off telephone wires.
A bloke called Bertrand is giving a speech. Looks like an evil dictator of some kind.
Montage of our hero running round, hitting things, avoiding explosions. He appears to be able to make ice come out of the ground. Great for barbecues.
Giant horned boss just seen in the distance. 2011.
It's the home stretch, says Tretters. One last surprise.
Live action video. NYC taxi drivers having a chat about some great game with speed, strategy and skill.
Car combat games, they're talking about. Is it...
Taxi man throws his cigar on the ground and drives off. Camera pans around cigar. Feet walk up to it. Gloved hand picks it up. Spotty trousers.
Yep... He sets fire to the hair on top of his clown mask. Behind him, dozens of similarly coiffeured chaps are standing. Twisted Metal then.
A truck dirven by the clown just drove on the stage. It's probably Tretters under that mask. David Jaffe gets out of the van.
Twisted Metal is the longest-running series in PS history. Didn't know that.
Titled Twisted Metal, coming in 2011. Online team deathmatch mode being demoed today.
Looks like you can drive helicopters, motorbikes, jetpacks?
16 players online, 2 to 4 players online split-screen.
Looks like you can even drive an Ecto-1.
On-screen we can see a gritty, dirty old city, burnt orange skies and gunfire everywhere.
New mode: Nuke.
Another dilapidated city, but this one's all grey and rainy.
You can fight your way up huge skyscrapers.
It's all about fighting factions. The Sweettooth faction and the Dolls, inspired by Dollface. More will be revealed this year.
Giant statues carried around by helicopters. You must destroy your rivals' statues before they destroy yours.
Now we see Sweettooth and Dollface manning fixed gun turrets.
Looks like a variation on capture the flag.
You can drag people behind your car and watch them flip about.
You can charge up vehicles to launch missiles, and human sacrifices.
Sniper rifles look handy for taking out enemies. So do the motorbikes, which you can drive while wielding chainsaws.
That's it for Twisted Metal.
Sweettooth and his van are still on the stage now, looking sinister while Tretton bangs on about the future of entertainment. Odd.
"We look forward to writing a whole new chapter together. Thank you very much." Fin.
Well, that's it. The E3 2010 conferences are over. So who won? Who lost? And what happened to Women's Murder Club 2?
See you next year. Byeeee!
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There was absolutely no contest with the handhelds. The 3DS erupted like a colossus covered in honey carrying free money and beer. I can't imagine anyone with even the most diaphanous interest in games not wanting one.
Poor old PSP, stuttering on like the neglected child who's been given a torch and a whistle for his birthday. I'll stay with you to the end wee fella. Look, there are some crumbs left. Tuck in.
From all that only Sorcery was kinda fun to watch...but nothing that couldn't be done on a Wii TBH (well except for the graphics). Portal was a good catch... but then again L4D would have been much better. No RPGs? Uninspired shooters. GT5 ofc is good for them... but when is it coming? 3D? lol. Twisted Metal... maybe... bit early to tell.
Bunch of stuff that we have seen already,one heavy rumored game and Gabe.
Oh and Sorcery...lulz
Halo Reach, a game that has been played before many times, Fable 3, which we don't know enough about, and Gears of War 3 which looks excellent but is 10 months away. Everything else was piss poor and depressing. The twin sisters who demo'd Kinect chat talked like they were going to get into a lesbian orgy any second. It was disturbing. MS really lost the plot this year. Very disappointed with what they had to offer. For me, Nintendo and Sony both won E3 as both had some awesome shit to announce. Microsoft were so far behind they were out of sight
Claim the win all you want you secret weapons you, compared to last years effort that was shiiiit....and you know it.
they did very well... some great games coming to Wii and 3DS is something very exciting indeed.
Right better get some Mario Galaxy 2 done before bed
Looking forward to all the new stuff announced today.... Very disappointed in MS :-/ ah well... next year perhaps... they really have seemed to have lost focus :-/
PS: sorry for my English but it is not my native language.
PS2: greetings from the sunny (and bankrupt) Greece.
Nintendo dumped on sony and microsoft from a great height this year, that's for sure.
I was asking myself if they were still taking themselves seriously or not when he mentioned that. At least it's optional. You really can't argue that (especially in the US) Live Gold offers tremendous value for your money but if you just want to play online what good does that do.
Not sold on the PSN subscription though but as long as it's just optional I guess it should be fine for everyone.
Move looks like a much better solution than Kinect, although less innovative.
Nintendo also had a bloody good show.... poor old MS just had a load of smoke and mirrors and a bunch of games Sony had anyway... apart from Fable, Halo and Gears of course.
If the press think MS had anything other than an underwhelming show they need to just go home and polish their shiny free XBox-Quiet bribe... desperate move IMO.
Sounds like a strong suite of PS3 titles.
I don't have a 3D television, so that's out.
Move sounds like a nice improvement over the Wii wagglers. Might grab a set.
PSP still holds no interest for me.
Found the dig on XBL Gold @ $50 to be disingenous when they announced PSN Gold in the next breath (for $49.99).
I'm putting this on my CV!
Uh.. Microsoft were there, right..? :/
I suspect Twisted metal might just inch it because it was a launch title in the US, whereas Wipeout was only a launch title in the EU, where it launched later. Although that's kind of assuming they aren't making a new Ridge Racer, which was a launch title in Japan which was even earlier.
Biggest surprise of E3 overall so far is that Nintendo's conference was more interesting than the other two. I'm a huge Nintendo fan but during the last years they have clearly shown they are able to completely miss the point of E3.
Really? would have said Wipeout myself, given that it was a PS1 launch game an' all.
Still, properly pleased with Portal2.
"I've been pretty outspoken in my comments about next gen consoles, so I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality and not repeatedly punching me in the face."
Priceless.
But hardly amazing.
So either we just accept DLC or extra contents exclusivity to platform as part and parcel of the present gen platforms, on top of full title exclusivity but this is featuring far less than previous gens.
Twisted metal, Valve and the Move stuff were fine but the rest has seemed like fluff.
Were previous games any good?
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Ah, Dead Space.....my old friend. Another Gothic Cathedral hanging in the void....haunted by a mewling, a slithering, a chattering of things that once breathed, and felt, and reasoned as men do....an Evil ancient beyond human understanding, encapsulated in an artifact, and a symbol, that reaches out slowly, insidiously, poisoning and influencing all minds that behold it. What trinkets, what toys can I possibly wield to bring this Behemoth to bear?
....And this is Ellie's attitude:-
It's business as usual - space, monsters, running through corridors. Blam blam biddly bong let's all go to space and have a fight
Well. Ah.
Well.
/lost for words
Anyone played Twisted Metal? Never played it before but it seems to have got the audience frothing.
Trenton is terrible...
It's also like they read the A-Z of doing press conferences. So many cliche buzzwords and terms
Couldn't care less about portal 2 though.
Valve on PS3. Should calm down the NeoGaf fanboys.
Valve on PS3. Should calm down the NeoGaf fanboys.
Ooooh.. protal!
Valve on PS3. Should calm down the NeoGaf fanboys.
Ooooh.. protal!
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Couldn't agree more. It's cool to see these multi platform games alright but since they've been announced and shown like 100 times already in other conferences they could always concentrate on something exclusive and interesting.
I'll take 1 of them.
Yeah, I am asking the same question. Is it because they will have some PS3 exclusive content. If so, I probably would not consider that enough to show and waste time at your event.
yeah - that struck me too...
This'll be like xbla gold members getting demos first, etc. Hate that - was one of the reasons i was considering moving back to sony
A subscription for getting "exclusive demos" early and old minis and ps1 "classics"?
Thank god at least they're not restricting online multiplayer to subscribers!
Playstation plus - psn you pay for? Like xbox gold? SCREW THAT!
No we don't, we want head tracking in games, minority report playback controls, and that's it.
The odd bit of free dlc would be nice.
And no ?5 t shirts.
WTF? Underpants... need to change underpants.
GAAAAAAH!!!!!
*sulk*
but..
"Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time" remake confirmed for the 3DS. Screens are out.
Because it has a better iPlayer than the Wii.
Jack said PS3 the most connected so that what he meant?
Sorry - but the promo videos they showed made it look even more like a penis. I hope it's comfy.
Nope.. i'm still laughing at how upset 360 owners get when you respond to their trolling..
"oh look zelda looks like it plays the exact same!"
"like the new halo you mean?"
"SMELLYS A TROLL!"
and repeat...
So no psp2... shame! I wanted to choose between psp2 and ds3d...
I missed it!
At least it has games which are different to those on the wii... Unlike yesterday...
Well converting dollars.. just half it.. $!00 = appx 50 quid.
HOWEVER that's not how it actually works.. because uk includes tax, yadda yadda.. so $100 more like 90 quid
Thought he was quite good !
Havent been sold on 3d and move before but now sign me up
I got an Eye with my PS3 last year off eBay, so that's a damn low entry price considering I hate twin stick shooters on the consoles.
If they support this in something I'm after playing, then I'll be VERY tempted.
Thought he was quite good !
Havent been sold on 3d and move before but now sign me up
That'll be cool.
+ $30 for the nav con.
/crowd goes silent
Now *that* was funny
$399 all in.. might wait and get ps3 with this bundle.
booo...
you can't blame them for being a bit bitter
Now you can enjoy your playstation move with coca cola. *fake plastic smile and thumbs up*
uh?
How DARE i say this seems to be working better than natal/wii?
Spot the 360 owners on here!
Okay - some lag - but nowhere near as bad as the 360 one!
you not watching the golf demo?
I expect it would work well but i'd rather chop my nuts off than play golf.
Not really... you need to be able to track the whole body or your arms might do rather weird things.
Coincidence??
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought of that! What's next, Feud?
(and im apparently a wii fanboy!)
Glad to see that moving in 3D is alright, only one stick at a time isn't it?
Move has proper games.
However, what's more interesting is the fact that this could actually make Star Wars games to allow 1:1 light sabre motion instead of canned animations that rely on a fixed motion.
a sex toy for women with small, dark vaginas
/coat
So why are both sony and microsoft going out of their way to duplicate the wii? Microsoft werent even trying to cover up the fact "kinect sports? Seriously?
And .. here's sony starting their wii stuff...
Hardly surprising was it?
This is mental, it has to be said. It does feel as though you're looking into the screen. Particularly impressive to look up and see a smoke trail as if it's going right over your head.
Yesterday at Microsoft she seemed bored, at Nintendo whimsical, cheeky even and now there's a note of jaded cynicism.
Don't give up!
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.. nintendo would like a word about that...
He should have went to the Nintendo conference...
'Uh.. I don't think so'
at least they're doing it first
/yawn
edit: Youtube feed seems fine
PSP2? I don't think it will happen. Not right after the 3DS reveal.
I want one of those right and the other wrong.
you're a tad early mate.. never mind..
>I like to Move it, Move it
They should use that song for opening of their conference...
Handheld seems Nintendo's, but what can we hopes to see?!
you want to be made to want something? would you like to be sold a timeshare? alternatively let me talk to you about a sure-fire pyramid scheme i know of
Demos of Motorstorm, inFamous. Plus confirmations of HD collection for Ico and SotC are all that I need.
PS I love LBP but it wouldn't demo well on stage.
Geoff Keighley also tweeted "Sony have some killer surprises". I don't usually listen to him,but i'm pretty psyched.
edit: the Korean player was crying during the national anthem...no pressure then
Oh and maybe Move's release date too.
1) GT5 is not complete
2) PS2, anything to do with it.
3) PS3 superslim or any other SKU
Aside from that? Maybe FFXIII Vs, The Last Guardian, PSP2/PSPhone, and dare I say it... Uncharted 3?
I hope they don't spend too much time on Move...
http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/
much love
Sony seem to be learning from their mistakes nowadays so hopefully theres no chance
If I hear that a slew of other existing games, third and maybe first person - will be patched for Move, even if it costs us - I'll go weak at the knees. Lost Planet 2, Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, even the Resistance games...ah, to finally see an alternative to twin-sticking a reticule....
That said, hoping plenty stuff for core gamers plus few surprises please?!
I too tired of stats that they typically force-feeds us, mark it brisk and interesting rather than look we are the 'biggest and best', when still in third place! Let your products and games do more talking and the better Sony ll do!
Hasn't GT5 got to be out before October due to license fees or something?
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Sadly last month's letter from Sega doesn't give us much hope
Plus some of the better classic PSone and remastered PS2 titles on PSN? Thanks.
Oh, and if you can possibly get your arses out of neutral regarding the PSP2 then that would be nice too.
It's your E3 conference to lose now. I'm not even going to mention PSPgo Ridge Racer... Oh balls.