Playstation 3 News(Articles, Accessories, and Everything else)

[HBK619]

Well before the mod gets a hold of my other one I thought I would jump the gun and create part 2 before he does.

This is a thread for all the news about the Playstation 3, upcoming items, events, information regarding the Playstation 3, accessories and everything else, instead of starting a thread for every piece of news deemed worthy, this will be a place to discuss it and keep the whole board in an orderly fashion.

Anyone who has stories, information or whatever about the Playstation 3, feel free to put it up here.

And lastly, RIP The Original Playstation 3 News(Articles, Accessories, and everything else) Thread, the memories will stay fresh forever.

 

[HBK619]

First bit of news in the new thread is about the release of the Bioshock PS3 DLC.

Source: http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=13038&sid=d51d81dc2e7710ba53d3eeec24ec24a8

BIOSHOCK PS3 DLC RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED
Today 2K Games has come out and announced a release date for the previously reported PlayStation 3 exclusive downloadable content.

2K confirms that the Challenge Room DLC will be available via the PlayStation Network from November 20th, although at this stage no price point has been revealed.

The Challenge Rooms are set to change player's approach to Rapture as the emphasis on shooting will shift onto using plasmids to solve puzzles to complete the challenge in the allotted time.

 

[HBK619]

A reward system for PS3 trophies is apparently being looked at by Sony, unsure though is the details as to the type of rewards.

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=199736

SONY "MULLING OVER" TROPHY REWARD SYSTEM
Get all the trophies in a PS3 game and you earn yourself a coveted Platinum Trophy that sparkles on your XMB. But Sony could have more in store for trophy hoarders, according to the US Official PlayStation Magazine.

"We've heard that SCEA is mulling over some sort of Trophy reward system," it says in the latest issue of OPM.

"We doubt it'll be cash (or the equivalent), but we suspect it might be exclusive access to early betas and the like," the magazine speculates.

Sony UK declined to comment on the rumour, but we'd say access to exclusive wallpapers or themes via the PS Store could also be possible, or early access to demos. Would be nice.

 

[Kerrby]

Who deleted all the other posts?

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Who deleted all the other posts?

Me, they were rubbish.

 

[Kerrby]

Me, they were rubbish.

Okay Mr. Moderator.

 

[Kerrby]

Prince of Persia Classic coming to PSN

Today, Ubisoft announced that Prince of Persia Classic will be releasing on the PlayStationNetwork on October 23, 2008. Developed by Ubisoft Bulgaria, this remake of the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed 1989 game features the original’s expansive level design, deadly swordplay, puzzle solving and storyline.

Designed with Next-Gen consoles in mind, Prince of Persia Classic features revamped character designs and animations as well as impressive visual and lighting effects in order to give the game a 3D look. Even long-time fans of the original are sure to be in for a surprise when they come across newly added traps, puzzles and enemies.

Sweet.

Something like Bionic Commando?

 

[davey_magik]

Resistance 2 is meant to have 60 player multiplayer, can I ask any PSN users out there how you plan to play that with Australian net connections?

Wouldn't you just lag out of it? I mean who the hell has a host for 60 players???

 

[Kerrby]

Resistance 2 is meant to have 60 player multiplayer, can I ask any PSN users out there how you plan to play that with Australian net connections?

Wouldn't you just lag out of it? I mean who the hell has a host for 60 players???

Resistance 1 seemed to be fine with 40 players on one map with no lag. Why not add 20 more?

 

[davey_magik]

Resistance 1 seemed to be fine with 40 players on one map with no lag. Why not add 20 more?

These games are run on servers yes?

Still though if anyone here actually has the connection to run 60 players on one map, well you must be paying a heck of a lot of money for that.

 

[caMoGFC]

These games are run on servers yes?

Still though if anyone here actually has the connection to run 60 players on one map, well you must be paying a heck of a lot of money for that.

i'm not 100% certain but i reckon adsl2+ could probably do it

but yes we are jibbed in aus...it's flipping shit

 

[HBK619]

GTA IV trophies to be released this coming Monday(Or Tuesday for AU), they won't be retroactive, but I am definitely going to go through again to get as many as possible.

Source: http://www.gamersplatform.com/2008/10/23/gta-iv-trophies-to-be-released-monday-1027/

GTA IV TROPHIES TO BE RELEASED MONDAY 27/10/08
If you are on Rockstar Games’ mailing list, you should’ve received the information that the much awaited trophies for Grand Theft Auto IV are coming out on Monday, October 27. The trophies won’t be retroactive though, meaning it won’t just unlock the trophies by loading your save file. Well have fun starting over!

Will you start over just for the sake of trophies?

 

[HBK619]

Sony is gearing up for a massive year for the PS3 in 2009, many a story and rumour is being spread, here are a few.

Sony is looking towards getting more 3rd Party Support for 2009 and sales are supporting this.

It looks like it will be guaranteed that Trophies will be mandatory on 2009 releases, no start time for the mandatory date though, and the Trophy reward system is very close to being a done deal.

Also it is almost 100% assured that Mass Effect 2 will be coming to the PS3 as a multiplatform simultaneous release.

Probably the biggest rumour of all, and although it might not be a 2009 release, but GTA V game is looking like being a PS3 exclusive, reasons are: R* want to have every previous map in GTA V and also have an MMO component to the online, and they believe the PS3 is the only console capable of this, if they just focus on the one console.

 

[HBK619]

GTA IV trophies to be released this coming Monday(Or Tuesday for AU), they won't be retroactive, but I am definitely going to go through again to get as many as possible.

Source: http://www.gamersplatform.com/2008/10/23/gta-iv-trophies-to-be-released-monday-1027/

The trophy patch was released today, it is about a 20MB download.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Sony is gearing up for a massive year for the PS3 in 2009, many a story and rumour is being spread, here are a few.

I thought 2008 was the year of the PS3?

 

[HBK619]

I thought 2008 was the year of the PS3?

If you look around the traps you will see Sony are really building towards 2009, that being said the PS3 has had plenty of fantastic releases and upgrades this year, In-Game XMB, Trophies, HOME, MGS4, LBP, Resistance 2, GT5 etc. etc.

But 2009 is looking to be even bigger, time will tell though.

 

[HBK619]

The PS3 has outsold the XBOX 360 in Q2 of Worldwide sales.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=272074

PS3 OUTSELLS XBOX 360 IN Q2 WORLDWIDE

A comparison of Sony's corporate unit sales data and comments made by an investor relations spokesperson for Microsoft suggest that PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360 worldwide for the three months ending 30th September.

The PS3 shifted 2.43 million consoles throughout the period, according to freshly-published Q2 FY 2008 figures - nearly double that for the same stretch last year.

This puts Sony ahead of Microsoft, which recently told AFP the 360 shifted 2.2 million units for the same period.

We're not entirely sure where all the PS3 sales have come from. The Xbox 360, after all, experienced a price cut in early September, prompting all sorts of sales-boasts from the platform holder, particularly in the US, and it's well known that the Microsoft console has been doing well in Japan and in the UK for a while.

Whatever the reason, this promising pre-Christmas surge puts the PS3 at a worldwide total of 16.84 million units. The Xbox 360, if you remember, stands at around 24 million, although Microsoft hasn't posted exact figures. Nintendo has sold 5 billion squillion Wiis.

Sony's games division also cut losses from JPY 96.7 billion (GBP 624 million) to JPY 39.5 billion (GBP 255 million) for the three-month period. Perhaps it found some more blind Venetian monks to carve blue diodes out of the irises of virgin panthers.

PSP sales rose slightly to 3.18 million units to help achieve this, while the PS2 dipped to 2.5 million units - further pushing PS3 finally to the forefront of the Sony operation.

 

[Conan Troutman]

were just comparing trophies for BioShock with somone else, and noticed the trophy list has more trophies there. You can't see them when just looking at your own trophies.

I'm guessing they are for the downloadable challenge rooms coming out?? If so, looks like there's at least 3 challenge rooms named "The 'I' In Team", "A Shocking Turn of Events", and "Worlds of Hurt", with 4 trophies for each one.

Weird that they only show when comparing trophies.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

The PS3 has outsold the XBOX 360 in Q2 of Worldwide sales.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=272074

Cool, at this rate the PS3 may sell more than the 360 in about 50 years

 

[HBK619]

Cool, at this rate the PS3 may sell more than the 360 in about 50 years

LOL, you don't understand it, the PS3 is still selling more than the 360, even though you say it "Has no games" and not only that the PS3 is almost DOUBLE the price of the 360, it will be tough for the PS3 to ever outsell the 360 anyway, considering the year head start it got.

But god forbid the PS3 has a price drop and gets some games, like R2, LBP, Killzone 2, Heavy Rain etc.

 

[HBK619]

More screenshots and concept art pics of the new PS3 exclusive Quantum Theory.

Quantum Theory Screenshots and Concept Art

 

[caMoGFC]

amazing lookin scenery...character models could use some work and touch up but that boss guy looked flipping incredible

hopefully this can be close to the standard gears has set...if not better...??

we won't know til we see some gameplay footage/play it ourselves i guess

 

[scooterb]

Have you heard any word on the update for GT5 which includes car damage?
It was meant to be out this year and was announced about 8 months ago.

 

[HBK619]

amazing lookin scenery...character models could use some work and touch up but that boss guy looked flipping incredible

hopefully this can be close to the standard gears has set...if not better...??

we won't know til we see some gameplay footage/play it ourselves i guess

Certainly looks to have Gears Of War written all over it, the game is looking really good at the moment, I'm guessing it will be a while before some gameplay footage, but the original trailer was pretty good.

 

[HBK619]

Have you heard any word on the update for GT5 which includes car damage?
It was meant to be out this year and was announced about 8 months ago.

Have heard bits and bobs on it, it will come, but I am not sure whether it will be left until GT5 or whether it will be out with GT5, but some good news was from a dev a week or so ago which was that GT5 is alot closer to coming out than many are predicting.