PS3 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

[privateer]

Gia deite ayth thn pic

Einai lene to ps3 kai mboreite na deite ton terastio anemisthra

 

 

"the piano black PS3 is semi transparent

it doesnt show in most pictures because most digital cameras lack the quality to show it of

I had to put the camera in manual mode and tinker with the settings to get it to show

what you see is a huge fan that circulates the air trough the unit so it blows out from the vents on the side

the unit also has liquid cooling pipes running trough it so it is assumed it will generate mucho heat"

[p3tran]

ti akrivos kanei auto?

βασικα συνδεεται στο διαδικτυο και χρησιμοποιει το pc σου για να υπολογιζει πρωτεϊνες και σχηματισμους.

 

http://folding.stanford.edu/

 

[privateer]

interview with David Reeves(CEO of SCEE)

 

- They research markets in the different eu countries to find the best 60GB/20GB ratio. GB will have the biggest proportion of 60GBs, then France and Germany with a slightly bigger amount of 60GBs. Southern countries like Italy, Spain and Greece will have more 20GB versions.

 

- Only 60Gb at launch (in germany at least). 20GB might be not available from day one, but it'll come out till Christmas for sure.

 

- The installed HDD is made by Seagate (he's not sure though). You'll be able to upgrade it with a standard HDD. Sony will not release its own HDDs.

 

- The motion sensing sw tools have been added to the devkit sw package about 2-3 weeks ago.

 

- The production hasn't started yet, but they have all the components necessary so they just wait for a go (in south of China and near Tokyo).

 

- Different colors (they ask about silver explicitly) will be launched later, supposedly Q1 07.

 

- Confronted with: "ps3 looks like cheap plastic". The ps3 will have a polyester coating. A special polishing liquid will be available to prevent scratches

 

- Confronted with: "but it's black so what about the problem with fingerprints -> psp".

"I haven't touched it yet. We use gloves. We are said to use gloves."

PR-Chef Nick Staples jumps in: the ps3 will not be caried around and overly touched normaly. They used gloves to show it around, hence no fingerprints, but therefore white fluff (from the glove).

 

- The ps3 will boost hdtv market penetration. All devisions of sony promote the ps3: Sony Pictures (Bluray), Sony Electronics (HDTVs) and we [sCE] make sure it all works out. There will be 'PlayStation Places' in capital cities all over the world where you can experience those 3 devision coming together (PS3, HD and Bluray).

 

- No plans for a HD-DVD drive addon (orly?!)

 

- Confronted with the weekly sales numbers of 360 (18.000) vs ps2 (100.000) in the eu and asked about how the ps2 will be positioned during the ps3 launch; "Supposedly the ps3 will appeal to the hardcore gamer and only later broaden its demographic?"

-> "Yes. The ppl who who will buy the ps3 have a ps2 or maybe even a 360, but in the course of 1-2 years the ps2 and ps3 markets will stay separated."

 

- 45% of their business is now outside the eu (e.g. russia, middle east).

 

- There is way more preorders compared to ps2. They take preorders in Fr, Ger and UK.

 

http://www.golem.de/0608/47437.html

[privateer]

Burnout 5 announced

 

Guildford, UK – August 29, 2006 – Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burnerʼs paradise. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Burnout™ 5 is in development for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360™ video game system from Microsoft®.

 

Burnout 5 gives players license to [n]wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground[/b], with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.

 

Of course, rules are made to be broken, and when gamers enter Paradise City, theyʼre assigned a Drivers License that quickly begins to amass a record of playerʼs most aggressive, reckless and destructive exploits behind the wheel. But itʼs not the law thatʼs eyeing playerʼs progress … when gamers push things too hard theyʼll be squaring off against the cityʼs most infamous burners, and these legends arenʼt interested in who crosses the finish line first.

 

“Burnout 5 is a complete reinvention of the series, built from the ground up for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360,” said Alex Ward, director of game design at Criterion Games. “To create truly next-generation gameplay, we needed to create a truly next-generation game, from top to bottom.”

 

Burnout 5 also delivers the next level of speed and destruction, with brand new next-generation technology allowing gamers to literally rip their cars in half, in the most explosive pile-ups in the seriesʼ history.

 

Burnout 5 will ship in 2007 under the EA™ brand and was developed by Criterion Games in Guildford, UK. For more information about the Burnout franchise, please visit http://www.electronicarts.co.uk or our press Web site at http://www.electronicarts.co.uk/press. For more information about Criterion Games, please visit http://www.criteriongames.com

[privateer]

CNet interview with Kaz Harai about PS3

 

http://news.com.com/Let+the+Sony+games+begin/2008-1043_3-6110352.html?tag=nefd.lede

[p3tran]

....συμφωνα λοιπον με τα "νεα" που μαθαμε για την μειωση της συχνοτητας των ρολογιων,

μια πρωτη εκτιμηση λεει οτι:

 

* τα 650mhz εναντι των 700mhz στην GDDR (μνημη), σημαινουν μειωση 7.7% στο local bandwidth και 2.5% στο συνολικο bandwidth του RSX,

 

* τα 500mhz εναντι των 550mhz στο RSX (gpu), σημαινουν μια επιπλεον μειωση κατα 9.1% στο συνολικο capacity του RSX.

 

[Exoskeletor]

ton logo pou ginete ayto ton kseroume?

[p3tran]

οι λογικες υποθεσεις που μπορει να κανει κανεις ειναι η θερμοκρασια, η σταθεροτητα, το βολταζ, η διαθεσιμοτητα, η τιμη.

 

αυτο που μου τη δινει πραγματικα στα νευρα, ειναι οτι ΟΛΟΙ οι ps3 devs το γνωριζουνε αυτο εδω και καιρο,

και σαχλαμαριζουνε στα διαφορα φορα λεγοντας το μακρυ τους και το κοντο τους,

και επι της ουσιας μηδεν.

μ@λ@κες!

[privateer]

PS3 Blu-ray Player Pics

 

 

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/728/728956p1.html

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/08/29/103,1156832346,59151,0,0.html

[Exoskeletor]

ti m@l@kies kanoune more..kati mou leei pos tha pesi poli modding sto ps3

[kallair]

gia na kano ton dikigoro tou diavolou tha kano ton allo logismo tote. afou oi devs to ikseran toso kairo, paei na pei oti ta paixnidia pou exoume dei mexri tora, exoun ftiaxtei me auta ta specs. ara, emena toulaxiston, posos me endiaferei an meiosane ta specs tou rsx i oxi an mporei na apodosei tetoia grafika to ps3 akoma k me ton downgraded ap oti lete rsx+cell.

[Exoskeletor]

kai ego ayto pisteyo, de mporei na htan ksafnikh kinhsh apelpisias. se 3 mhnes tha exoume to ps3 mas?

[levianthan]

2 paratiriseis : prwton to interface tou blu ray an einai etsi kai sto teliko ps3 einai aparadekto kai moiazei ftiniariko.Kamia sxesi me ta menu tou 360.Episis an telika isxiei i ipobathmisi tis gpu pleon xwris kamia amfibolia to 360 exei kai kaliteri gpu.Ara telika ti parapanw tha prosferei to ps3 ston teliko xristi?ektos apo oti tha tou kostisei 200 eyrw akribotera

[xrest]

Hirai suggests PS4 more than five years away

The president of SCEA addresses the life span of Sony's next console, the possibility (or lack thereof) of a Blu-ray-less PS3, and the dangers of people buying the system just to watch movies.

 

This holiday season, few consumer electronics categories are being watched more closely than that of video game consoles.

 

Both Sony and Nintendo plan to release their next- generation consoles, the PlayStation 3 and Wii, respectively. Yet, with prices as high as $600, the PS3 is clearly aiming for the high end, while the Wii is targeting more casual gamers with prices expected to be well below $300.

 

Meanwhile, both companies must contend with Microsoft and its Xbox 360, which has a yearlong head start and therefore a commanding lead in the next-generation race. Still, Sony has always maintained that its console cycles are 10 years, rather than the five considered the industry standard. That's why, even as the market readies for the PS3 launch, the PlayStation 2 is still selling like gangbusters. And it should continue to do so for some time, as Sony has committed to the PS2 for at least another four years.

 

In a few weeks, much of the video game industry will descend upon Tokyo for the annual Tokyo Game Show. But for the time being, the focus is on Germany, where the Leipzig Game Convention is being held. So, for companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, and publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision, there is no break in sight. Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Kaz Hirai talked with CNET News.com about the forthcoming PS3 launch (parts of this article refer to comments Hirai made earlier this month in an interview with GameSpot).

 

CNET: Can you provide an update on the PlayStation 3?

 

Hirai: The PlayStation 3 will launch in the North American market on November 17. Things are pretty much moving according to plan.

 

CNET: How does a scaled-down Electronic Entertainment Expo affect a company like yours? Was it a good thing to institute some changes in the format, or were you happy with the way it had been?

 

Hirai: E3 has about a 10-year, 11-year history, if I'm not mistaken. I think it's grown to a point where it became just such a massive show that we needed to take a look at what we were trying to accomplish with the show. We needed to see how effectively we can accomplish those goals. I think it was pretty much across the board in agreement that we should revise or relook at how E3 is structured.

 

CNET: Beyond the pricing and availability of the PlayStation 3, one of the big pieces of news from this year's E3 was more information about Nintendo's new console, the Wii. There were rumors that the Wii would be priced for less than $250. How did that affect the PlayStation 3?

 

Hirai: The pricing that we announced for the PlayStation 3 is a price that ultimately offers fantastic value to the consumers. I think that we are offering a very good value for the consumers. We look at our products having a 10-year life cycle, which we've proven with the PlayStation. Therefore, the PlayStation 3 is going to be a console that's going to be with you again for 10 years. We're not going to ask the consumers to suddenly buy another PlayStation console in five years' time and basically have their investment go by the wayside. So for all those reasons, I think at $599 we're offering a very good value to the consumers.

 

CNET: Are you saying that there won't be a PlayStation 4 within five years?

 

Hirai: Well, I think that if you look at the history of the way we've managed our console business, we always try to hit a 10-year life cycle. I can't speculate on when we might come out with a new console after PlayStation 3. But my message is that once you become a family in the PlayStation family of products, you become a family member. We make sure that we take care of you.

 

CNET: Going back to the question of the Nintendo console, it seems like its pricing is significantly lower than what the PlayStation 3, or the Xbox 360, will cost. Any concern that Nintendo's Wii pricing will undercut the market as people decide which console they want to buy?

 

Hirai: Some consumers will compare features or software offerings and decide that they may want to go with a different console. You also have to realize that we have a very strong, market-leading console called the PlayStation 2, which is at a very affordable price right now. Consumers will also understand that if you buy a PlayStation 2 right now, and you make some software investments, when you feel it's right to move onto PlayStation 3, those software titles aren't going to go by the wayside. Consumers will take that into consideration. I don't think price is the only determining factor when consumers make a choice in looking at their console purchase decisions.

 

CNET: Is there a danger that some consumers will buy PlayStation 3 just for the Blu-ray player and not the games?

 

Hirai: Consumers are going to look at the totality of what we offer in the PlayStation 3. Even if there was a consumer who decided to buy the PlayStation 3 perhaps as a Blu-ray player, I think that they will quickly realize the potential and the entertainment value of the fantastic content in true [high definition]. Any consumer would be hard pressed really not to try that functionality out.

 

CNET: Given the differences in pricing, which is fairly significant between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, are there any chances of a PlayStation 3 down the line that doesn't have Blu-ray built in?

 

Hirai: The PlayStation 3 uses the Blu-ray as its storage medium for both games and for movies as well. We wanted to take advantage of the storage capacity that Blu-ray offers in terms of motion pictures and other content, but most importantly, for games as well. Our decision to include the Blu-ray player from day one in all of our PlayStation 3s was the right decision and, quite honestly, the only decision we can make.

 

Look at the massive amounts of data that's required to provide a truly immersive gaming experience in true HD. If you only have a DVD ROM drive, which can only go up to about 9GB or so, you're going to end up with a game that's going to have two or possibly even three discs. And then you're going to have to ask consumers to swap discs out or cache all the game onto the hard drive, which I think is an inconvenience--not to mention the fact that you're going to fill up a 20GB hard drive very quickly with some of these games. So trying to go without a Blu-ray drive in the PlayStation 3 really is a nonstarter.

 

CNET: There's been talk recently about production of the PlayStation 3--why hasn't production begun already?

 

Hirai: We haven't officially announced production on the PlayStation 3 just yet. But we are on track to deliver 2 million units for the launch period on a worldwide basis that we announced at E3. We are going to make sure that those units get out into the market.

 

CNET: It looks like there could be some shortages, particularly for the holiday season, even with the 2 million by the launch date and 4 million by the end of the year. So what do you say to consumers who are not going to be able to get ahold of one if they do want one?

 

Hirai: We are going to make every effort possible to make sure that we get as many units out into the market in the major territories as well as some of the smaller territories that we're launching in.

 

CNET: Have there been any sort of business lessons about filling customer demands and production issues from the things that Microsoft has dealt with regarding the Xbox 360?

 

Hirai: We don't really look at what our competition did or didn't do. We've had shortages in the past, and there is no guarantee that we will never have a shortage again in the future. But I think that we've learned many lessons over the years that allow us to look at production schedules, look at parts procurement, look at ways of shortening the lead time from the point of manufacture to ultimately getting the product into the retailers' shelves and into the hands of consumers. We're doing everything we can to make sure that we have the most efficient way of getting the product into the market.

 

CNET: By the time the holiday season moves around, Microsoft will have a yearlong head start. Not only does it have the head start in the console race, but it also has a year's advantage on coming out with new accessories really bolstering its online offerings. What is Sony's take? How can Sony keep up with that?

 

Hirai: If you look back in history, I think everybody realizes that we've never been first to bring a console to the market. PlayStation was not first and PlayStation 2 was not first to market. As a matter of fact, PlayStation Portable was not first to market in the portable space and PlayStation 3, as you mentioned, is not the first to market either.

 

It comes down to several things. One is the kind of software experience that the consumers will expect out of a next-generation console. I think we're going to be delivering that, both in terms of the lineup of PlayStation 3s as well as the fact that we're offering true HD gaming. We're also launching a console that doesn't require upgrades as you go along. Right out of the box it will play Blu-ray movies in true HD as well as old games. As far as accessories go, that's really a function of what kind of accessories you need to play or enjoy a particular game.

 

CNET: How many titles will you have by launch and how many by year's end?

 

Hirai: That's hard to try to pin down at this point. Everybody is looking at their entire portfolio of software offerings, and I think that the lineup of titles really is something that won't be locked down most likely until three to four weeks before launch.

 

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[privateer]

PS3 Slogan Revealed: "This is Living"

 

The marketing slogan for PlayStation 3 has been revealed, yet nobody seems to have noticed! Therefore, Kikizo "reveals" the tagline with a fetching video to prove it.

 

The official slogan for PlayStation 3 in Europe: "This is Living".

 

The seductive, ludicrously shiny black casing of PS3, marked with the iconic lettering of the PS3 logo, disintegrates into a thousand pieces before re-forming into a bold, bubbly font spelling the words This is Living, a logo in itself which beats like a heart twice 'up-close' and then twice 'distant' (repeat)...

 

 

The sequence, which you can see in its entirety below, was revealed in Germany last week at the Leipzig Games Convention, in between a line-up of updated trailers (see them in HD here) at Sony's public booth. Yet, despite some 150,000 consumers and 2,000 journalists being present at the event, the first evidence of the slick branding seems to be on this very page.

 

 

A SCE European representative today confirmed to Kikizo that the slogan is the final European PS3 slogan to be used for launch marketing. This presumably includes the UK but SCE UK could not confirm this for sure at the time of press. The SCEE spokesperson added that he could not confirm whether North America and Japan would use their own slogans (which seems likely).

 

UPDATE: A SCE UK representative has indicated that more territory-specific details will be available soon.

 

Kikizo Staff

 

Link: http://games.kikizo.com/news/200608/143.asp