PS3 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

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180 PS3s Stolen in Japan

In broad daylight, no less.

Yesterday in Japan, a group of organised thieves managed to steal 180 PlayStation 3s from a luggage warehouse in Ibaraki prefecture. The machines, which come in boxes of two and are stacked in palettes of 30 boxes each, are worth about 9.5 million yen in total (some $82,600 at the current exchange rate). The boxes were noticed missing at 1:30pm after having been confirmed at 9:00am the same day. Local police are guessing, with the frequency of luggage movement at the warehouse, it's likely the machines were stealthily loaded onto the thieves' truck.

 

How anyone can manage to steal such a large number of PS3s in broad daylight is rather puzzling, but the machines shouldn't be too hard to track down, as long as the serial numbers were logged properly at some point during shipping.

[telegamesvg]

Μη με κοιτατε .....Δεν τα πηρα εγω ......!!!!! LOLOLOL

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Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection downloadable on PS3

 

 

Word out of Japan is a popular gaming magazine has indicated the next game from the Tekken franchise will be none other than Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on the PS3!? Early reports note that it will be based off the arcade version of the game.

 

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is said to be a downloadable game and the release date and pricing is yet to be determined. The news snippet also mentioned that the game will feature high definition graphics and a playable Jinpachi.

 

Modes confirmed are Arcade Mode, Ghost Battle, and Gallery Mode.

 

More information as it develops!

[Exoskeletor]

to oti eine downloadable tora na to paroume san kalo h kako...

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Resistance to be patched

 

 

 

Those of you playing Resistance: Fall of Man online in the UK (hi Rob) will be pleased to hear that Insomniac's working on a patch to spruce up a few things.

 

This from the developer's lead multiplayer programmer Eric Ellis, whose latest blog post (down at the moment?) offers some insight:

 

"I can't yet talk about all the things we've changed, but I really think that people will be very pleased to see how responsive this is to some concerns that have come out since we went live," he writes.

 

 

"We've addressed a few key balance issues and put a big focus on making it possible to more effectively use a variety of strategic and team-based tactics in the game. I'm very excited to see how people like the change when it releases. That should happen very soon, so stay tuned."

 

Resistance: Fall of Man is due out alongside the PlayStation 3 in Europe next March, although there's no word on whether that version will be patched up prior to release.

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NY Times: Compares all 3 consoles

 

Duking It Out for a Houseful of Smiles

 

PICKING out a home video game system should be easy this holiday season because for most consumers the decision ought to come down to only three choices — including one that is easily dismissed.

 

STANDING OUT For serious gamers, there is much to like about the Xbox 360.

 

If you or your loved ones are even halfway-serious gamers who want to experience world-class high-definition graphics and an online gaming service populated with millions of other players, go buy the top version of Microsoftʼs Xbox 360 ($399).

 

On the other hand, if you do not really care about the latest graphics and want instead a riotously fun experience that can be shared by the entire family, including the nongamers who usually flee from a joystick, try to get your hands on Nintendoʼs new Wii ($249).

 

It is really that simple. Though aimed at different markets, the 360 and the Wii provide excellent entertainment for the dollar and are each capable of filling your home with smiles for years to come.

 

But what about Sonyʼs new PlayStation 3?

 

By now, you have probably heard about folks who camped out for days to buy the PS3. You have heard about some of those people getting mugged while shivering in line a few weeks ago. You have heard about the four-figure prices the console has been fetching on eBay. And you may have heard, quite correctly, that it will be all but impossible for many consumers to buy one at retail for the rest of the year.

 

No problem. In fact, if you are anything other than a complete Sony fanboy (thatʼs Internet lingo for an obsessed, myopic groupie) go ahead and forget about the PlayStation 3 this year. Even if you find one, the overhyped PS3 does not deliver an entertainment experience commensurate with its cost ($599 for the top version, not including special cables to connect to a high-definition TV), and falls short of its main competition in important ways.

 

The big picture is that Microsoft and Sony are duking it out for dominance at the top end of the video game business while Nintendo has essentially carved out the less hard-core, more budget-sensitive swath of the market for itself. The Wii (pronounced “we”) is a mass-market entertainment device. The 360 and PS3, by contrast, are each trying to be the worldʼs best top-end video game system and also high-powered living room media hubs.

 

The big problem for Sony is that the 360 performs those functions better right now, and for less money, than the PS3. Sony may get the PS3ʼs act together in the future, but right now there is basically no rational reason to buy a PlayStation 3 instead of an Xbox 360.

 

Here are some reasons:

 

GAME SELECTION: 360 by a lot. There are more than 100 games currently available for the 360. The PS3 is scheduled to have fewer than two dozen games available by the end of the year, and most are available on the 360 anyway. With the notable exception of Resistance: Fall of Man, the PS3-exclusive games have been nothing to write home about.

 

ONLINE SERVICE: A slam-dunk for Microsoft, which is not surprising considering the two companiesʼ histories. Microsoftʼs Xbox Live offers easily downloadable games, TV shows and full movies, not to mention one of the worldʼs most fervent Internet gaming communities. The PlayStation Network is slow, clunky and makes it hard to keep track of your friends online.

 

OVERALL EASE OF USE: 360. Incredibly, perhaps, for a Microsoft product, the 360 is intuitive and relatively easy to navigate. Just as incredible, considering Sonyʼs past ergonomic mastery, the PS3 feels more like a specialized computer, so get ready to break out a separate U.S.B. keyboard.

 

GRAPHICS: An overall tie. The PS3 has more pure silicon horsepower under the hood than the 360, but some experts say it is actually more difficult to program the PS3 because of the systemʼs design. The bottom line is that the same games (like the Madden NFL series) look almost identical on the two systems, and the best-looking 360-only games, like the new Gears of War, look better than anything on the PS3 at the moment.

 

FILM PLAYBACK: A wash. The PlayStation 3 comes out of the box ready to play Blu-ray high-definition movie discs. The 360 can play HD-DVD high-definition discs only with an add-on ($199). The top version of the 360, however, includes a separate living room-style remote control for watching those movies, while watching films on the PS3 requires using a two-handed controller. (Sony says a separate PS3 movie remote will be available soon.)

 

There are all kinds of questions swirling around the industry about whether Sony will stage a comeback next year, but for now the 360 is the superior machine. Most telling, perhaps, Sony has lost many of its exclusive relationships with game publishers who were once willing to make their games work only on PlayStations. Two of next yearʼs most-anticipated games, Grand Theft Auto IV and Assassinʼs Creed, are scheduled to come out on both systems.

 

But what if carjackings and Crusade-era stabbings are just not your style? What if you do not want to hear about all the bells and whistles, do not want to spend as much as you would on a low-end PC and just want to have fun (with your children, possibly). In that case, the Wii is for you.

 

Its main innovation is a TV-remote-style controller that can merely be tilted and waved to produce in-game action, rather than having to master combinations of buttons and triggers.

 

The Wii comes with a collection of minigames called Wii Sports — baseball, bowling, boxing, golf and tennis — that demonstrate the appeal of the new controller masterly. (The Microsoft and Sony systems generally do not come with any games.) In Wii tennis, for example, users merely swing their arms as if holding rackets to make their characters swing on the screen. It is a system so intuitive that game-phobic adults often find themselves playing and laughing in minutes.

 

With two excellent systems on the market, consumers should not go wrong this holiday. Happy gaming.

[Daredevil]

to oti eine downloadable tora na to paroume san kalo h kako...

/;d lol koita emena proswpika maresei to digital distibution

[asmilon]

/;d lol koita emena proswpika maresei to digital distibution

Δεν ειπαμε οτι το μελλον ειναι το blu ray??

[kallair]

To εχω κ το PSP , αλλα μου αρεσει περισσοτερο το DS και ως αναφορα το PS2 εχει περασει πλεον στην ιστορια .....

 

 

To Wii number ειναι το αντοιστιχο Friend code του DS ...και οντως χρειαζεται για το online part....

 

tha diafoniso me auti sou tin apopsi. oso bgainoun kala paixnidia se mia konsola, toso auti zei. otan kikloforoun paixnidia tou velinekous final fantasy xii, tote auti i konsola den einai nekri. an ebgaze i nintendo ena mario gia to super nintendo kai itan kai gamo ta paixnidia, diladi mou les oti den tha to epaizes kai tha to euxaristiosoun epeidi to super nes exei perasei pleon stin istoria?

[telegamesvg]

tha diafoniso me auti sou tin apopsi. oso bgainoun kala paixnidia se mia konsola, toso auti zei. otan kikloforoun paixnidia tou velinekous final fantasy xii, tote auti i konsola den einai nekri. an ebgaze i nintendo ena mario gia to super nintendo kai itan kai gamo ta paixnidia, diladi mou les oti den tha to epaizes kai tha to euxaristiosoun epeidi to super nes exei perasei pleon stin istoria?

 

 

Δεν υποβαθμιζω καμια κονσολα και ειδικα το PS2 , αλλα επρεπε να πειραξω τον φιλο μου τον exoskeletor......και ουτε βεβαια ειπα αυτο που εσυ καταλαβες ...

H αληθεια ομως ειναι οτι πλεον με τοσα παιχνιδια που εχουν βγει τελευταια για το Xbox360 και τωρα με την ελευση και του Wii ,το ps2 εχει περασει σε δευτερη μοιρα ....

[kallair]

se auto tha simfoniso.. sorry gia ton apotomo tropo pou pithanws na apantisa alla simera me exei piasei to donti kai ksereis pws einai! :-P.

 

PS3 Firmware v1.30 released!

 

The PS3 Firmware Update v1.30 is now available via Network Update and it appears to include security enhancement, sound feature changes, a 1080i scaling issue fix, ability to register the Bluetooth BD Remote, and a back-up utility to preserve HDD data to other drives or MemoryCards and restore them as well.

[Strategos]

/;d lol koita emena proswpika maresei to digital distibution

 

kala auto to game einai ps2 giati na to katevazeis gia to ps3? gia na exeis kati na paizeis san demo? den vgazane ena apo to tekken6 demo na paizoune ti vazoun to palio?

[kallair]

vasika einai kati san tekken 5 HD. elpizo na min xreiazetai na agorazoume charaktires alla gran turismo HD :-P.

[Prof_Chaos]

το είδα χθές στο πλαίσιο με το need for speed carbon..σαν παιχνιδομηχανη ειναι στολίδι πραγματικά..πανέμορφο..Τα γραφικά στο need πάρα πολύ καλά αλλά όχι ενυπωσιακά μιας και ειναι απο τις πρώτες κυκλοφορίες..599 ευρουδάκια για την κομπλέ βέρζιον και 499 για την κομμένη..

[Exoskeletor]

/;d lol koita emena proswpika maresei to digital distibution

 

Fthnh lysh eine gia na glitosoun tous dianomhs ta koutakia, to eksofilo , to manual ktl.Les kai to katebazeis spaspmeno eine, an den exeis ena kouti,ena manual na blepeis pou pigan ta lefta sou