PS3 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

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Full Auto 2

 

 

http://www.playsyde.com/news_3304_en.html

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Fatal Inertia

 

 

http://www.playsyde.com/news_3290_en.html

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Final PS3 Dev Kit and Menu Video

A peek at what the PS3's dashboard may look like.

 

While visiting Sega of America for some hands-on time with Full Auto 2 on the PS3 today, we were given a chance to play around with a final PS3 development kit and captured it all on film. Particularly worthy of attention were the controller (which didn't have the tilt functionality in it yet, unfortunately) and the menu system, which, while still very early, shows the obvious design cues from the PSP's dashboard. The video's nothing monumental, but still worthy of a minute of your precious time. Here's the clip the GameVideos guys put together:

Quite soothing, eh? A bunch of these "final" PS3 dev kits were sent to developers in the last two or three weeks. PS3's getting closer!

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Analyst: PS3 to Win, Wii in Distant Third

We chat with the research firm to figure out their formula.

 

According to findings analyst group The Yankee Group released today, Sony's going to win the next-generation console battle. It's not going to by a knockout this round, though, but more of a "by decision" victory, with the firm's findings predicting PlayStation 3 capturing 44% of the market with 30 million units, 40% to Xbox 360 at 27 million units, and Wii trailing behind with 16% of the market, 11 million units sold. There's been plenty of great things said about the Wii in recent months, so why think Nintendo will end up in last again? "Casual gamers don't buy consoles," said Michael Goodman, Yankee Group Media and Entertainment Strategies Senior Analyst. "They're [Nintendo] looking at the same market they've always had. And they're not going to spend money to go out and get it."

While Goodman praises the Wii as a "phenomenal product," he states it's "too much work for the majority of the market" and Nintendo isn't doing enough to "change the market dynamics significantly." He does believes, however, that while Wii will gain only a small amount of ground in America, it can pick up marketshare in Japan thanks to Microsoft's fumblings with Xbox 360, and southern Europe, due to a price sensitive market.

Will the PS3's expensive pricepoint price the company out of the race with Microsoft? Goodman doesn't think so; Sony has a trump card: "Brand loyalty. You've got 100 million PlayStation loyalists. Microsoft will do well, but it's difficult to go from 22 million sold [Xbox] to 100 million sold. It's an auspicious goal," says Goodman.

 

Simultaneously, he doesn't expect Microsoft will take the situation laying down. "[Microsoft] learned things over the course of the of the past 4-5 years... putting Sony on the defensive. The bottom line, which I doubt they've admit to you, is they're being forced to react to Microsoft." He cites Grand Theft Auto as an example of this. "It's coming out on both platforms, but coming out a month earlier on the 360. That's going to be a big driver for it. That's going to drive a lot of unit sales. Publishers in particular -- their actions say they see this as an even marketplace. Sony is not getting the same treatment that they have previously received."

Who said anything about the next Grand Theft Auto appearing earlier on Xbox 360, though? Goodman has his facts messed up; as far as we've heard, it's only receiving exclusive online content via Xbox Live Marketplace, and who knows what will change between now and the game's release next fall.

 

Goodman also commented about de-facto next-generation exclusives, such as Madden NFL '07, and if that would help sell consoles. "Absolutely. Any time advantage on the 360 for multiplatform helps," he says.

Graphics tend to play heavily the consumer's decision (something Nintendo's obviously hoping to change with Wii), and Goodman sees this playing into Xbox 360's favor because many games "currently ... look better on the 360 because it's second-third gen software," and "it's more refined," whereas PS3 games will only be "first-gen graphics."

 

Another point of interest is a prediction that console sales will be down overall, mostly due to the higher price tags. "You'll find less multiple console homes for the first two years. You're not going to find people going out to buy a PS3 after a 360 if they both do almost the same thing," he says. Goodman compares scenario to the console wars of 1995, when Sony challenged Sega and Nintendo for control of the market. "This is the strongest challenge to Sony's dominance since then," he continues.

Even if you don't believe or agree with their findings, there's at least one thing to take away from this report: this next-gen console battle is going to be bloody.

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Blazing Angels Spins to PS3

Sky high battler finds a second home on PS3.

 

Ubisoft announced that Blazing Angels: Squadrons of World War II will ship for the PS3 and will be ready for the system's fall launch. Additionally, the revamped, retuned PS3 version of Blazing Angels will sport bonus features. Ubisoft promises the game will feature "innovative use" of the PS3's controller, 16-player multiplayer and new missions for PS3 gamers. Want a refresher course on Blazing Angels? Check our review of the game's Xbox 360 version.

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Mercenaries 2 Playstation 3 Interview

PS3Land spoke with some of the guys over at Pandemic Studios, the team working on Mercenaries 2 for the Playstation 3. Not really any breaking info is revealed, once again the developers talk about the new "fire" effects that will be implemented in Mercs 2. Boy, the way they keep talking about it, the effect better do just that -- light me on fire.

 

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"No final PS3 launch plans until mid-September" - Sony UK

 

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18968

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Armored Core 4

 

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Full Auto 2 - New Pics+Videos

 

 

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/5105

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/fullauto2/media.html

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F.E.A.R.

 

 

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=36353&mode=thread&order=0

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XBox 360 version

 

 

PS3 Version

 

 

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XBox 360 version

 

 

PS3 Version

 

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Tony Hawk Project

 

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Untold Legends

 

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No HDMI 1.3 in PS3?

 

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8233110&post8233110

 

Silicon Image won't ship their HDMI 1.3 Transmitter chips until October.