Sony Toky Game Show conference on now.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 11:16 am

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67794" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Eurogamer have a live update article running again. We'll see if anything interesting happens/

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 22 Sep 2006 11:31 am

Riiiiiiidge Racerrrr!!!1

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 22 Sep 2006 11:34 am

Ridge Racer?

First up - Ridge Racer 7. Super hi-def - very varied environments compared to previous games in the series, with lots of jungle and countryside environs as well as cities and other urban environments. All looks quite static, still, but definitely the best looking game in the series to date. Launch title.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 11:35 am

He's going on about Distributed Computing I believe....

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 22 Sep 2006 11:36 am

This seems to link into an earlier comment about how game developers (good lord! A comment about games? You mean the PS3 plays those as well?) can use network available maps to create realistic environments.

Err we already have a game that does that, its called Test Drive unlimited. the whole island is built on GPS real world data. It's accurate representation of the island up to 3m apparently.

Arthas · Post by **Arthas** » 22 Sep 2006 11:43 am

Yeh don't think they're saying they invented it more saying that it's a great tool and they hope more developer's adopt it or can adopt it.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » 22 Sep 2006 11:46 am

To be honest, i'm a little sick of Ridge Racer now. Graphics really don't make or break that series of games, cause i thought there wasn't much difference between the 360/PSP version (aside from graphics), but it's just too "samey" now. The PSP version broke the mould slightly, the 360 copied it with a few refinements, and now it seems the PS3 version will do the same... Boring.

mech · Post by **mech** » 22 Sep 2006 12:05 pm

God this is boring.

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 22 Sep 2006 12:09 pm

Sooo boring.

Peppermint Lounge · Post by **Peppermint Lounge** » 22 Sep 2006 12:12 pm

And that's it - it's all over. Barely a game in sight, which is an extraordinarily poor show. There were some useful nuggets buried in the nonsense about networks, but overall this has been a hugely disappointing and vague showing from a company with a lot to prove before their console launches in a few weeks. Let's hope the show floor is better, eh readers?

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 12:16 pm

So looks like theyve gone down the XBox style microtransactions and Nintendo style VC/emulation with the patent Sony style yawn conference technology.

Talez · Post by **Talez** » 22 Sep 2006 12:21 pm

Even I'm not going to attempt to spin this one

Texas · Post by **Texas** » 22 Sep 2006 12:29 pm

Arrogance - 'We think it's so good that we wont even show anything on it.'
So typicaly SCE.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 22 Sep 2006 12:39 pm

I can't believe they actually could do a worse presentation than what they did at E3.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 12:46 pm

Home button - check
Online gaming service - check
Friend's list - check
Consumables - check
Hard drive - check
Motion sensing controller - check
Achievements - check
Downloadable retro games - check
Downloadable emulators - check
Online connectivity with mobile devices - check
Connectivity with portable games machine - check

Two ways to spin this:

1.PS3 does everything Wii and 360 do, for $50 cheaper (minus two free games and rumble, but plus HD movie capability out of the box)

2. Sony are ripoffs of everything anyone else ever comes up with.

That's enough ammo for the day.

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 22 Sep 2006 12:56 pm

The lies usually stop just before launch. The Hype has already been built now it's time to keep their mouths shut and hope the mainstream dont notice.

Muzza · Post by **Muzza** » 22 Sep 2006 12:57 pm

What word does Sony use for their achievements again?

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 22 Sep 2006 12:58 pm

It's so stupid I can't even think of it..

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 12:58 pm

Muzza wrote:What word does Sony use for their achievements again?

Entitlements.

Doesnt even make sense.

mech · Post by **mech** » 22 Sep 2006 01:08 pm

Pat wrote:Home button - check
Online gaming service - check
Friend's list - check
Consumables - check
Hard drive - check
Motion sensing controller - check
Achievements - check
Downloadable retro games - check
Downloadable emulators - check
Online connectivity with mobile devices - check
Connectivity with portable games machine - check

Two ways to spin this:

1.PS3 does everything Wii and 360 do, for $50 cheaper (minus two free games and rumble, but plus HD movie capability out of the box)

2. Sony are ripoffs of everything anyone else ever comes up with.

That's enough ammo for the day.

I suppose the Xbox 360 was a totally innovative console that didn't rip off anything before it as well? Same with the Xbox?

Sheesh Pat. Your anti-Sony crusade is reaching ridiculous proportions. A lot of the stuff on that list is so fucking obvious you can't even rag out Sony for doing it.

I also find it amusing that MS is the only company without a motion sensing controller this gen despite being the first (major?) company to come out with such a product. Just quietly (:D), perhaps there's a good reason that it never caught on.

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 22 Sep 2006 01:12 pm

Sheesh mech, 99% of that post was editorial free. I simply provided facts and 2 possible ways to spin those facts. If youre a Sony fan, pick 1. If not, pick 2.

lestat · Post by **lestat** » 22 Sep 2006 01:13 pm

Impression from the show floor thanks to blimblim

Blimblim from GAF:

I've just walked around the booths for about 40 minutes, looking for most of the big PS3 games. I've still have to see a few, and of course these are just impressions of what I saw other people playing and it will have to be confirmed while playing with a pad. The first videos should be online in about one hour or a bit more.

Devil May Cry 4: No surprise here, this is some typical Capcom goodness. Fans of the series won't be disappointed as the gameplay and the camera system looks a lot like what we had in DMC3, but of course the graphics took a severe upgrade. Very smooth moving too.
MGS4: The trailer is running on a loop at Konami's booth. It looks as hot as ever, obviously, but I was a tad badly surprised by the framerate from time to time.
Lair: The gameplay sequences in flight in the mountains look really good, but once you get close to the castles and the humans on the ground it looks a bit weird. I you do not like HDR effects you will hate that game with a passion as they are almost overdone. The framerate is also very jerky.
Motorstorm: I had never seen this game running in real life before, and what I saw was quite disappointing. The physics are excellent, but the framerate is all over the place, and worst of all the speed sensation was totally lacking. This is one game I really want to go back and check out again as I simply couldn't believe my eyes. I hope it was only that the 4 people playing at that time didn't know what they were doing...
Gran Turismo HD: Now this is something I never think I'd saw, ever. Imagine a Gran Turismo games being shown with slowdowns? Well, this is happening right now on the moutain track at least. Something must be wrong with the demo units.
Virtua Fighter 5: A perfect arcade port, already running at a perfect 60 fps on a lot of demo stations. Very good looking.
Virtua Tennis 3: Another perfect port, running on 1080p screens and looking very very sharp. Replays and closeups are running at 30 fps though.
Ridge Racer 7: Honestly if I had been told it was a "track pack" for Ridge Racer 6 I'd have believed it. It still looks good, it's very smooth, but there is now "wow awesome" moment either. The boost effect looked a bit weird.

That's it for now. I'm very surprised by the number of games really lacking in the framerate department. The devs still have a few weeks to optimize their games for launch though, so hopefully everything will be fine in the end.

For the moment I'm mostly covering the PS3, 360 will have to wait until some issues have been resolved with Microsoft.

Seraph · Post by **Seraph** » 22 Sep 2006 01:15 pm

So VT3 is 1080p and 60fps then.