Finally VIDEO!!!!!!!

MystikONE

my PS3 died THIS MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 weeks after the year mark........THAAAAAAAAAAAANKKKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QAdam

Still beating the PS2 dead horse? Shouldn't they be focusing on improving the lackluster PS3 rather than releasing YET ANOTHER PS2?

And the fact that he could list only three great titles, the biggest one being non-exclusive is kind of... troubling. And I heard from a few sources that MGS4 might go to Xbox. And not to mention Final Fantasy 13, which pretty much the PS3 is going to get toasted.

Anticitizen

NETFLIX?

jipn

Wow ... what a non-event. I expected more from Sony than that.

sbrown23

Finally some Home news! Release it already! AHHHHHHH

valekeyes46

@Platypus Man: PS2 was 1999/2000 depending on if you factor in Japanese announcements and development. Could be an "almost 10 years ago" for the PS2.

PipeRifle

Finally! I've been looking forward to the release of Little Big Planet!

ddaq89

I don't care for downloadable movies...I download movies all the time onto my computer and just wirelessly stream all of them right to the PS3. I just need it to work with Full HD formats. Then it'll be perfect. That and we need to add chat options to the in game XMB

valekeyes46

Downloadable movies anyone??

lburgguy

@ackthbbft: yeah...gonna get that one!

valekeyes46

2008: The year the Big 3 took time off for a nap.

i_prefer_sasquatch

"Rachet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty" sounds more like a Leisure Suit Larry title.

ackthbbft

NEW R&C!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!!

ddaq89

Hold on, "It was 10 years ago that Sony introduced the PlayStation"? Umm, the PS1 was introduced in December of 1994. Hell, 10 years ago, Final Fantasy VII had already been out for more than a year! I hope that Giz is misquoting whatever was said, or else the Sony people don't even know their own history...

Platypus Man

Alright, so how come now that you are FINALLY in my area, you are not offering free beer? I see how it is...

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Somebody start a "same old shit" chant.

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

@Jimbuck: Don't get me wrong. I WANT to love Sony. They just make it so damn hard to.

EBone

Where's the Full Frame Alpha???? Or is this games only?

JChristopher

Wasn't Jack Palance always dead? I mean, even when he was alive he seemed dead to me.

i_prefer_sasquatch

@EBone: Oh relax. No reason to get hasty.

Jimbuck

Mocking dead Jack Palance? Nice way to kick off your event, Sony. Figures. Sony's marketing is like giving a Rubik's Cube to a chimp. He just looks at it funny, and then tries to eat it.

That's a beating.

EBone

FACE.

MastaFalse

Is it just me, or is Giz acting screwy again today?

Xavoc

I'm guessing it's going to something that already uses one of the letters in the products like a PSP Speak .. PSPS or a PS3 Speak .. PS3S

Wrocky

@i_prefer_sasquatch: Or new cartoon avatars to replace gamer pics and themes that people paid money for.

EBone

I want a PSP2 with two analogue sticks... like God intended!

Serolf Divad

All they'd have to do was show the God of War 3 logo for this to outshine Nintendo'$ presentation.

peteH

Playstation Home!

Phate

GOD DAMN THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGIE!!!!

Shub-Niggurath

Here's to hoping for something more interesting than virtual flute concertos.

i_prefer_sasquatch

@Kanti_V2: FF13 Nuff said

Ephemera

@Kanti_V2: I don't think M$ hit it out of the park at all. The fact that Sony used a non-traditional form of doing the slideshow (a la Little Big) was better than a M$ Powerpoint anyday.....except if it's David Byrne giving a presentation of Power Point on Power Point. :)

Jimbuck

@peteH: Biased much? What are you expecting? Both were pretty dull, except sony is starting up a whole new video service that is likely to trump Live's marketplace by a lot. What did MS do? Some lame Mii rip offs, an interface redesign, netflix (that you could do already on the 360 with Tversity), and what else? Did they announce any good games? No, so how did they hit it out of the park?

Kanti_V2

MAG: Massive Action Game is the (placeholder?) title. built on the success of the SOCOM series will immerse players in massive online battles, up to 256 players, teams will be broken down into 8 player squads

metalhaze

Very, very ghey.

peteH

Totally dull so far. Looks like only Microsoft knocked it out of the park - good for them.

peteH

80gb PS3 is $400 now, but no PS2 compatibility. Sorry Sony, I'm still not sold. And 40gb would've been fine, I just want the PS2 compatibility in a $400 unit.

videoCWK

God of war 3 just announced with brand new trailer!!!!!!!!

metalhaze

no pictures of one-armed-push-ups?

phryed

80gb PS3 for $400 but still no PS2 compatibility. This is like when dealing with bad tech support and they want to give you everything except the thing you actually want.

videoCWK

Pretty dull so far.

Slab

@Anticitizen:

Are you done venting fanboy? The PS2 is not a dead horse as long as it still occupies the position of most owned console on the planet - that is not a market you ignore, even though you silly fanboys see it as "beating a dead horse". I take it you flunked economics?

Which sources, exactly, did you hear from that MGS4 is coming to the xBox? Because Kojima verified a couple months before the release of the game that MGS4 will ONLY be on the PS3. That is straight from the horse's mouth. I'd love to know which source you have that is more definitive.

And if the PS3 is going to get "toasted", would you care to explain how it has so quickly closed the gap the 360 was allowed with a year-long head start?

So many questions, yet you will have no answers.

marm0lade

This is the start of the end to physical medium music and movie distribution. Finally, how many years later, they start to get it right.

DaveTyranham

"We're not interested in filling up our store with games nobody wants to play"

He's right -- NOBODY wants to play a Portal sequel.

KinneyX

If you can transfer them to PC and PSP, then whats stopping people from putting them up as torrents and putting them on a usb drive attached to the PS3?

i wonder if they link to your psn account, or PS3 serial number...

takoattack

Wheres the big announcements? Come on Sony. I haven't given up on you just yet!

Jimbuck

@QAdam: Wow! Hear that 360 fanboys! A PS3 died! So that makes the ratio 3.15 million XBOX 360's RROD'd to one PS3! You're well on your way M$! lol

valekeyes46

no gt5 = no care

thomusvoo

@porktree: I've been in the Beta Test of Home since the start. It sucks. Trust me.

EBone

Kind of a letdown after all of MS's huge announcements yesterday. Nothing we didn't already know. I was hoping for at least one or two biggies like MS had yesterday. SOMETHING that could mean my PS3 would finally be more than just a blu-ray player.

robinandtami

I want to see a screen for Resistance on PSP...is it an FPS game or is it going to be like Killzone Liberation and get top down action?

CutePuppyz

Man that was disappointing. No date on Home, a weak video download service, and a bunch of masturbatory congratulations. I wanted a lot more. What about a price drop on the 40gb ps3 - just to keep selling them until the 80gb comes out. MS at least had something to actually announce, ie Netflix and FFXIII - maybe Sony needed another week or two for preparation.

porktree

@peteH: Oh MY GOSH I'm so excited. One of my favorite games. <3 Kratos.

Karinabob

I'd rather watch WWDC again. :)

ryeguy_24

@videoCWK: Exactly. You have to have both systems if you want to play both types of games, or you have to have one of the original 60 GB systems with backward compatibility (like fortunately I do).

EBone

@Kanti_V2: Disclaimer: I own all three systems. I like the PS3's video interface, and lately have used it more than Xbox's fisher-price-ish Live interface. Oddly enough, PS3 plays better with windows media than the Xbox. I gave the Wii to my parents.

First, the Netflix thing can only be done if you have a Media Center PC. Most people don't, so that's rad.

The Mii-ish things do nothing for me, but whatever. The X-Miis actually look better and less childish than the original Miis. I don't give a rat's ass who came up with the idea - I'm all for the best implementation of an idea winning in the marketplace.

FF13 and a great game lineup. Exclusive content. MORE PORTAL. A real "price chop." A redesign of the excellent (from an architecture standpoint) Xbox Live dashboard. Not crazy about the new design, but assuming it is Zune-ish, it should be neat.

Nintendo and Sony's keynotes didn't have any "boom" moments. In comparison to MS's, they were singles - maybe MS didn't hit a home run, but it certainly hit a triple.

peteH

I appreciate the pictures here, but both Gizmodo and Kotaku are at the same conference? Doing separate reports? Two Gawker blogs? I think this is a tad redundant. By all means, though, I like the pictures. This was missing from Kotaku's liveblogging.

Oh, and in my book:
Microsoft>Sony>>Nintendo
at least for the E3 conference

In my heart:
Microsoft=Nintendo>>Sony

Ajax

Boooorrrring.

MastaFalse

@peteH: (I also own all three) What "boom moments" are you talking about? No one seems psyched on the new avatars, especially since they replace gamerpics that some people stupidly paid real money for, and the general consensus is that they're too childish and cutesy for all the halo fans whose masculinity is something of a sore point for them already. And I don't have media center XP, and I had netflix streaming to my 360 (until I dropped netflix, since the quality sucks).

And since FFXIII is something that MS had nothing to with, little more than a poached exclusive that won't do anywhere near as well on their system, what great games are you talking about? Keep in mind that nothing good is exclusive on the 360, all the good games come out on the PC, where they play and look even better, and for less money.

I'm pleased with the progress all of them are making, but with MS having no good game announcements, Nintendo having some questionable game announcements (seriously, MORE casual games? Some substance would be nice.), and Sony still failing to produce it's over hyped Home, they were all about equal. Good, but largely just watching them masturbate to pictures of themselves for an hour.

@EBone: And I'm a Home beta tester too, and it's not too bad, just empty, and half finished. I doubt it will be great, but for a free interface, it's fun to mess around with every once and a while.

Kanti_V2

What a dissapointing Sony keynote. For the exception of 'God Of War 3' Sony's dead in the water. They lost FFXIII and they got nothing new in their line-up that screams buy-me.

PR_GMR

Note: didn't mean to say FF13 was exclusive to the '360.

peteH

@Kanti_V2: Well, I didn't mean to imply Microsoft had many "boom" moments, but I think it's ridiculous to suggest that either Sony or Nintendo's press conferences came close in terms of meaningful content. I don't want to sit here recapping Microsoft's for you, but in terms of content, exclusive Fallout 3, FF13, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Portal: Still Alive, Lips, Halo Wars, Viva Pinata 2, You're in the Movies, and others sound pretty good (not all of them sound good to me, but I can see the appeal to various demographics for each). All of that content is exclusive to the '360 - not all were new announcements, but we got dates (on RE5, which my gut tells me will drop on the Xbox before the PS3) and details. What did Sony provide but some obscure factoids and some onanistic commentary?

And again, the Netflix thing is awesome for those who want a no-hassle, quicky way to watch content. Also, you can pull some Home-like tricks with "Live Party," but that's not that big a deal. It doesn't matter that you, or other savvy users were able to achieve this before - MS is bringing it to the masses.

As for the Mii-ish avatars, I'm with you - not particularly revolutionary or innovative. However, it's got promise, and might be nifty when animated/flowing. If MS knows one thing, it's software (not saying they're great at it, but it is their forte) - they've put this on the table and you can count on it being released in the Fall update, unlike the perennially-delayed Home (which Sony hardly said *anything* about today).

As for FF13 being a "poached exclusive," I don't think MS was hoping to outsell the PS3 in Japan and Europe simply because it's bringing FF13 to its console. I think they've got an overall plan to chip away at the video game establishment, which I'd argue they have done a great job of so far. If you're a big RPG guy, have held off on a console for a while, walk to the store and see an Xbox360-FF13 package at a significantly lower pricepoint than the PS3, you might lean Xbox. MS isn't trying to deal a deathblow, but they're working a multitude of angles to ensure that the 360 - despite its bad hardware and many other limitations - wins this generation (not counting the Wii here).

peteH

you know sony, if you started something original like i dunno, porn movies on psn... then maybe more people would buy a ps3.

hobo_lord

No Halo Blue? Bummer.

Paul_Ale

@Kanti_V2: The Final Fantasy announcement was pretty huge.

Paul_Ale

As a 360 owner, that MAG game would be something I'd be jealous of...sounds like an agreat concept...I wonder if they are going to announce anything bout' "The Agency".

Paul_Ale

PS3 is powerful. That is all i have heard since its launch, do something with all that power already.

I want to like my PS3, but every time I sit down to play, i always find myself going for the 360.

come on Sony...please give me a reason to pick up the PS3 controller rather than the 360 controller.

SKIT2020

@valekeyes46:

I bought my 360 in 2005 - It has a 3 year warranty as standard from MS.

I admit it has red ringed twice - but MS has collected it, repaired it and returned it, and I have not paid a penny.

So.

My 360 failed twice in 3 years - I paid £0.00 for repairs.
A PS3 fails - have to pay for repair/new PS3.

MS's XBOX 360 may have a few hardware issues that they are still resolving - but their customer service is unbelieveable.

SKIT2020

yeah I could go with MAG-Massive Action Game that would be a more realistic multiplayer game

wilkart

@marm0lade:

I own a 360, yes. I've also played a PS3 and Wii extensively.

The PS3, IMO, just doesn't have the games to make it a decent choice. Developers aren't releasing as many games for it because it costs quite a bit to utilize all the high tech in the PS3. The Xbox 360, not so much. The Wii, definitely not.

Yeah, we have God of War 3 coming to the PS3. But what sold the PS2 was the exclusives. GTA. Devil May Cry. You get it. The PS3 lost most of it's big name exclusives. Final Fantasy 13 will mean the Xbox 360 might get a chance of being accepted in Japan--the only market the 360 hasn't really caught on in yet.

Also--customer support makes the difference. Microsoft will replace your console, no questions asked, if your console RRoD's. The PS3, if it should break...will not be replaced so easily. Sony will likely pin the blame on the owner and turn around and charge them a lot of cash for repairs. I've been through that with my PS2. Plenty of times.

About the PS2 now: What I meant by beating the dead horse is this: Sure it's okay to continue supporting new content and accessories for the PS2...but a new PS2 CONSOLE? That's taking it a bit too far for a "previous generation" console.

And lastly, MGS4: I said I had heard it *might* be making it's way to Xbox. I never said "It is coming to Xbox." I said "It miiiiight be coming to Xbox". Operative word "might."
I heard it from some friends who worked for a local mom-and-pop game shop. Hence the "might".

Anticitizen

But does it have copy and paste?

smackswell

@smackswell: hope this will get the banhammer soon - just as the blender thingy.

krom

@SKIT2020: Dude... so off topic. It's about Sony E3 liveblog. Not about Microsoft and how much you love your xbox 360.

krom

@Serolf Divad: WTF does everyone complain about 1 analogue stick for? You never use the second one? The only people I could imagine having a problem is left-handed people...

@marm0lade: SquareEnix also said that FFXIII was ONLY PS3... Was even after the trailers, pisses the shite outta me but now it's on X360 as well.

@Kanti_V2: Wait so stealing FFXIII from PS3 is not like the biggest thing in all the press key-notes? The what the hell is?

@Anticitizen: Ummm.... God Of War 3 is a exclusive! Also it's a huge one at that, maybe even bigger than FFXIII in terms of reach. Also FFXIII is exclusive in Japan to the PS3. There is no reason they'd want to sell it on the X360, why would Japan buy the X360 when they have the choice of the PS3 which they've sided with continually from the begging, even Halo did nothing for X360 and it WAS A HUGE EXCLUSIVE! Also your source is hardly reliable in any way, maybe just a few notches above me saying it would or might be coming to X360, also if the PS2 continues to keep selling why wouldn't they make new consoles, the market isn't even close to be to saturated to not vouch for a new PS2 kit so why does it even bring a little bit of question in your mind that they want to make money?

DJTripleRRR

@krom: My first comment about my 360 Red Ringing twice was a response to another commenter.

And my second comment was on topic, I said that I wanted to see "Sony" give me a reason to play my PS3 instead of my 360.

That is not saying that I love my 360 - I just want to use all that PS3 power, I was expecting sooooooo much more when I went out and purchased my PS3, all I have got is a standard console.

I hope sony gets its act together soon.

SKIT2020

Did I get bannned yet?

smackswell

@VSorceress: I had a ps3 that broke and it was replaced within 3 weeks. no hassle, nothing. Customer service was excellent (english at least).

VSorceress

@Anticitizen: WRONG!

VSorceress

Jack Pallance? Dead? Oh right Billy the Kid shot him at the end of Young Guns, Reap the whirlwind, Murphy!!

VideoVampire