Electronics Arts & Ubisoft Praises Sony Newest Playstation 3. August 21, 2009
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Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot and EA Games president Frank Gibeau have both praised Sony for cutting the price of the PlayStation 3, making the home console an attractive prospect for the mass market consumer.
“It’s exceptional news, actually. I think the machine is a great machine, with the Blu-ray,” commented Guillemot, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz. “I’m happy that they were able to move to that [price point], particularly in the UK.”
Sony has reduced the price of its console to EUR 299 in mainland Europe, and GBP 249 in the UK with immediate effect, ahead of the release of slimmer unit due in the first week of September.
“I think it’s awesome,” enthused Gibeau. “It’s an old line, but it still rings true for us: ‘We make the ammunition for the hardware wars’. So the lowest priced hardware possible is a good thing for us. We want to see as big and broad a base as possible, and the Sony hardware is a good piece of equipment.”
The redesign will help the PlayStation 3 shift more units in Europe, said Guillemot – a positive for Sony as well as the industry as a whole – as it now becomes a more attractive purchase to a mass market consumer.
“It’s also going to be a smaller machine, and I think this will help Sony and the whole industry – because everybody will react, and so we’ll be able to see it come to the mass market,” he said.
Gibeau agreed that the new price will allow publishers to reach more consumers. “Getting into that price point is just going to expand the market for us, especially in Europe. We have a lot of PS3 games, we’re a good supporter of Sony, we believe in the platform. We’ve got a lot of PSP games coming, and frankly we also support the PlayStation Network with direct-to-consumer releases.
“So we’re strong, committed partners of Sony and I’m extremely excited about the Slim – I think it looks great. And the price point will be hot.”
Lower prices will help the current console market sustain a longer lifecycle, said Gibeau, meaning publishers and developers can concentrate on existing hardware rather than invest in future technology.
Konami sees business boost in Germany from Sony’s Playstation 3 August 20, 2009
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By Christoph Steitz
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Japanese video game maker Konami Corp (9766.T) is expecting its business in Germany to benefit from the price cut for Sony Corp’s (6758.T) flagship PlayStation 3 game console, a company executive told Reuters.
“In any case, the price cut for Sony’s PlayStation 3 will help us sell more games (in Germany),” Martin Schneider, the company’s head of European marketing, said in an interview at the Gamescom trade show on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Sony said it will roll out a slimmer, cheaper version of the PS3 in the first week of September at $299 in the United States, 299 euros ($422.7) in Europe and 29,980 yen
($315.6) in Japan. It added that the price for the current model of the PS3 in Europe and the United States would be lowered as of Wednesday. [nLI152101]
“However, there could be a dampening effect due to the insolvency of Karstadt — one of our trading partners. At the moment, business there is running, but this could change before the end of the year,” Schneider said.
Karstadt department stores are part of Arcandor (AROG.DE), one of Germany’s biggest retailers, which filed for insolvency in June after its request for state help failed. [nL9454449]
Konami — which is most famous for the Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania game series — competes with Electronic Arts (ERTS.O) as well as Capcom (9697.T), famous for its Street Fighter games.
The company’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) directly rivals Electronic Arts’ renowned FIFA soccer brand, which has attracted a larger group of followers in Germany.
However, Schneider said that the latest version of PES was holding up well.
“In Germany, the gap (between PES and EA’s FIFA) is not getting bigger, but it’s also not getting smaller.”
In the fiscal year to March 2009, Konami generated net sales of 309.8 billion yen ($3.29 billion), while operating income amounted to 27.4 billion yen.
Sony Announces the Redesign Playstation 3 and New Firmware 3.00 August 18, 2009
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Priced at $299.00 Along with the new suprise firmware 3.00 my happiness went into overdrive . I’m currently playing MAG with the development team and media press from gamescon 2009.
Sony preparing to announce the Playstation 3 slim re-design. July 31, 2009
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Today I had an opportunity to discuss this August 18th Sony key note address at this years GDC event with a colleague of mine who works within Sony. Like everybody else I’m happy the direction Sony is taking with regards to their Home Services, IP’s Ratchet and Clank FTOD A crack in time. Uncharted 2…Mag and countless others – However I do find it important Sony works on expanding their install base so things like the new Metal Gear Solid Series not to mention Square Final Fantasy XIII stay on our beloved PlayStation Platform.
And work on bring backwards compatibility back to the Playstation 3.
Another area is expanding the PlayStation Portable Demographics and software catalog. With titles that would be appropriate for young and the old gamers alike.
Hideo Kojima: Working on new Metal Gear Solid Game for the Playstation 3. May 28, 2009
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Kojima Next Project has been revealed as a new Installment of the Metal Gear Series Now known as Metal Gear Solid 5. Completing the story behind Big Boss Character and Raiden’s past which leads to the MGS4. 
Next3D 3D Movie Player Coming to Playstation 3. April 21, 2009
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Next3D announced Monday that its 3D Movie player technology will be released for Macs and for Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console. The software will be free and will work in conjunction with Next3D’s content delivery service.
Next3D movies are encoded using technology that provides 1080P-resolution high-definition stereoscopic imagery, along with digital rights management, distribution and auditing mechanisms for content providers. The software made a splash at last month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco; a public beta is expected to be made available soon for the Xbox 360 version.
Next3D’s technology is based around a proposed specification for the H.264 video standard already in use; the proposed spec adds support for compression of multi-view-based content. When paired with a 3D-capable television (several models are already available from Mitsubishi and Samsung) along with LCD “shutter glasses” and an emitter that synchronizes the glasses to the television, it makes it possible to view content in 3D without any color shifting, as is common with old-fashioned red/blue anaglyph glasses.
New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer is released. January 28, 2009
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The new Final Fantasy XIII Trailer is released and its incredible, In game segments are being rendered via Playstation 3 Hardware.
Capcom: Onimusha 2009 Film Adaptation should be made into a Playstation 3 Exculsive. January 27, 2009
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One of my favorite Playstation 2 past times has always been the Onimusha Series Franchises, Takeshi Kaneshiro playing the lead role;
As Samanosuke Akechi in the new Adaptation of the film scheduled for a fall 2009 release into theaters no one realy knows that Health Ledger;
was cast to play Roberto, the Spaniard from Dawn of Dreams.
However the film has been put on hold until they name a replacement for Ledger. I hope Capcom can resurect this franchise from the past, I would love to see what they can do with the Playstation 3 hardware. A perfect middle ware would be Capcom RES 5+ Newly developed Engine.
More information about the film can be found here currently Paramount Studios is currentl working with Director Samuel Hadida on the film.
New Drakes Uncharted Among Thieves Look Incredible. January 23, 2009
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Almost a night to day difference with regards to the use of textures and in a recent internview its reported the team will be using the full capacity of the Playstation 3 given what I’ve seen and played with regards to Killzone 2 during the beta testing the future looks bright for beloved playstation 3.
A title I’ve been so excited I’ve been replaying Drakes Uncharted, unlocking new trophies…
Novell Opensuse Linux 11.1 is released for the Playstation 3 January 5, 2009
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OpenSUSE 11.1 includes some of the latest innovations from the open-source community and other projects in the openSUSE Project.
GNOME users now are able to accomplish more in a more powerful Nautilus file manager, which now features tabs to keep the desktop tidier. Managing and editing photos with F-Spot is now easier, with editing tools featured prominently with your photos. Keep in touch with your friends and colleagues with Pidgin, the IM client, and Ekiga, a new VoIP client which features great support for video chat. The Totem movie player is now able to watch YouTube videos, with support for searching built right in, or you can watch digital television with Totem & GNOME’s enhanced support for DVB.
KDE users can now experience the power and innovation of KDE 4.1 built right in to openSUSE 11.1. openSUSE features the latest features from the KDE desktop. On top of that openSUSE has added the most requested and missed features like cube desktop effects, auto-hiding panel and ability to run Folder View plasmoid as desktop. Users who prefer the legacy KDE 3.5 experience have the option to install that instead of 4.1 if they so choose.
Getting Work Done:
But when you need to put away those fun apps and get some work done, openSUSE 11.1 has you covered with OpenOffice 3.0 Novell Edition, the newest version of the popular office suite. Included are a word processor, presentation creator, spreadsheet creator, and more. Some of the new things in OpenOffice 3.0 includes spreadsheet collaboration, the ability to edit multiple pages in the word processor, and improved notes in the word processor. With openSUSE, OpenOffice is able to read and write all Microsoft Office files, including those made by Office 2007.
Another new app is Tasque. With Tasque, you can easily add and manage your to-do list, and look good while doing it. In addition, Tasque can synchronize with Remember the Milk, a popular online to-do manager, or Evolution’s task list, so no matter where you are or what you use, moving to and using Tasque is an easy procedure.
There are over 200 new features in openSUSE 11.1, and that’s only including features that are unique to us! For an overview what’s in and which version please check the
