August 29th, 2007 m0dus
No wonder MS passed up on this AAA title – they knew that with Ninja Theory’s next gen vision there is no way that 360′s limited 7.2GB DVD capacity could keep up.Good choice by MS PR – bad choice for 360 gamers.
Chief designer says Heavenly Sword has completely filled Sony’s 25GB disc
It was Sony’s decision to include its high-capacity Blu-Ray disc format in PS3 that has been attributed with driving up the price of the machine – so Sony will be delighted that yet another industry voice has spoken out in praise of the format.
Nina Kristensen, chief designer at Heavenly sword developer Ninja Theory, has said that the studio’s upcoming PS3 title has completely filled Sony’s 25GB disc – with the audio alone taking up more room than the total storage capacity on Microsoft’s dual-layer DVD.
CVG quotes Kristensen as claiming: “We have jam-packed the Blu-Ray disc absolutely full.
We used compression all over the place. We had to be really judicious at the end with what was going on the disc and what wasn’t.
“I think it’s one of those things – if you give us the space we’re going to fill it with stuff. It means the audio can be of a higher quality and stuff like that. It all adds to the quality of the package.â€
The claims come not long after Bizarre Creations intimated that it has had to be frugal with its content for upcoming racer Project Gotham Racing 4 on 360 as a result of DVD’s limited storage capacity – though these statements were later retracted.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28160/Ninja-Theory-leaps-into-Blu-Ray-debate
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August 29th, 2007 BennyB
The SDF forums are your place to talk about all the great things in the Playstation gaming universe.Excited about the best looking FPS of all time Killzone 2? Then let us know!Fed up of DVD limiting the size of next gen games or think paying $50 a year for a peer to peer online service is daylight robbery – then we want to hear from you.
So go sign up and let the world know how much you love Sony and Playstation at the following link:
Sony Defense Force Forum – Forums Closed
Yours truly will be posting there so hope to see you there soon!
Update:Â Forums closed until further notice.
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August 29th, 2007 BennyB
The Sony Ericsson gaming boss, Peter Ahnegard, said that a PlayStation-branded gaming phone would be coming by Christmas. He also added that it might not be this Christmas, which probably pissed whoever he was talking to off to no end. Sony Ericsson, who’ve already branded their W-line of phones the Walkman line, the K-line of phones the Cyber-shot line, and some random Japanese line the Bravia line, can easily brand another line (G, maybe, since P is taken) the PlayStation line. It doesn’t even need games other than the mobile ones that already exist for their cellphones, which run just fine on SE’s higher-end hardware.
Source:Â Gizmodo
Looks like Sony is aiming to win on both the console and handheld front this Christmas.
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August 28th, 2007 BennyB
Yahoo! UK
“It feels good, it feels right. It’s as close to a massively multiplayer virtual warzone as we’ve ever seen on console and you can’t help but be impressed by the scale of what’s going on around you.”
PSM3
“It’s a masterpiece of balance, of design, and the Jewel in Sony’s online crown. If you’re looking for a multi-player game to justify PS3′s online potential – or just crave honest fun – look no further.”
1up
“[Warhawk] provides dozens — perhaps even hundreds — of hours of frantic, addictive, online-shooter fun. That’s more than a lot of games offer.”
Dedicated servers, friends lists, clan support, HDD support, non-proprietary headset support, the only real online shooter this Christmas with infinite replay value… Looks like yet another killer app for the Playstation 3.
Posted in Playstation 3, Playstation Network | 12 Comments »
August 27th, 2007 BennyB
Praise is coming in across the board for the Sony exclusive Heavenly Sword with the latest coming from EGM. The scores are 8.0, 8.0, 9.o. Most of the negatives come from the fact that it’s single player only and the game is on the shorter side (think God of War). Sounds like potential game of the year material right here.
The other PS3 exclusive game reviewed in EGM was Warhawk which came in with a 8.5, 7.0, 8.5. The scores were obviously docked points for being online multiplayer only so if you take away the bias you are left with yet another PS3 exclusive coming in with 8s and 9s. Warhawk releases tomorrow on PSN and retail stores.
Looks like the PS3 domination begins this Fall.
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August 27th, 2007 BennyB
PSU: What is the primary advantage with the technologies for next-gen? Are there differences between the 360 and PS3 that you found aided you in the game?
Valve: We defintiely feel next-gen technology aided truly in our development process. You know—you have complexer AI, you have more characters to work with, an enhanced ability to work with the animations on a higher scale–all that stuff. The only difference between the 360 and PS3–which both as a collective helped us develop The Orange Box is definitely there. For the 360 version of the game, we can probably say we are using around 93-94% of the console’s power given our current optimization. With the PS3, we can’t exactly say what power cap we reached, since no developer really knows where the boundary is for the PS3. We can tell you that in terms of the whole game together on the PS3, we are not even using the SPU’s and it is purely built on the graphics card and Cell. We’re still optimizing for PS3 more because we can, which can explain the slight delay to you. But no worries, everything is going smoothly to put down any rumors.
Source: http://www.psu.com/PSU-Interview–Half-Life-2-and-Team-Fortress-2–a1108-p0.php
So the aging Source engine is maxing out 360 while PS3 isn’t anywhere near the power cap. Very interesting…
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August 23rd, 2007 BennyB
The Sony Family showed very strong July sales with a total of 595,000 pieces of hardware sold. In comparison only 170,000 Xbox 360s were sold and the Sony platform even managed to outsell the much hyped Nintendo Wii which only reached a total of 425,000 sold. Here is the complete breakdown of U.S. game sales in July:
PlayStation Platforms 595k
Wii 425 k
Nintendo DS 405 k
Xbox 360 170k
Game Boy Advance 87k
Looks like the gaming world still belongs to Sony.
Posted in Industry News, Other Systems, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable | 33 Comments »
