E3: Sony Presentation - The Past. The Future - Little Presence
Jack Tretton is a man alone.
Kratos on PS3.
Okay, so there were some high points but, boy, was it long. Sony's presentation began with a history lesson that went back to pre-PSOne days and appeared only to be there to justify PlayStation's existence as a long-standing tradition in the face of the Wii and Xbox upstarts. It ended with some delicious looking game images coming sometime in the future.
The whole thing was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment America's president, Jack Tretton. A man who appeared to want to be anywhere else but on the stage of the Shrine Auditorium. In fact, at one point he even asked Media Molecule's Alex Evans if Sack Boy - who had been presenting Sony's figures in a LittleBigPlanet level - might like to finish the gig on his behalf. That was less than half an hour into what turned out to be an hour and three quarters of presentation.
We found ourselves missing Phil Harrison like we never thought possible. Where on earth Kaz Hirai actually was - obviously not in the country - is a question only he (and his advisors) can answer.
In terms of the big announcements - frankly, we still don't know when Home is coming. Jack did promise, however, that "It will be well worth your patience". Aside from a new 80Gb PlayStation 3, "with the same functionality" as the 40Gb console coming in September - it'll cost $400, some $100 less than the current version, there were certainly no hardware announcements of much merit. If you exclude a new PS2 (LEGO Batman bundle) and a PSP pack also aimed kidwards with Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.
This was quite definitely a presentation that didn't really want to happen. You could almost feel the SCEA crew wishing they were doing some real work.
We'll bring a full analysis to you tomorrow. For now, the high points are:
Sack Boy from LittleBigPlanet presenting the always riveting figures.
God of War 3 coming to PlayStation 3 and looking great.
DC Universe - the first SOE cross-over into Sony Computer Entertainment.
Resistance 2 (PS3) and Resistance Retribution on PSP - both of which look teasingly spectacular.
Single Sign-In for PlayStation network.
Movie and TV downloads to begin, well, right now.
A new game called MAG (Massive Action Gaming) which also looked superb but which we won't see until at least next year.
The big round-up continues once we've gathered all the relevant detail.
The whole thing was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment America's president, Jack Tretton. A man who appeared to want to be anywhere else but on the stage of the Shrine Auditorium. In fact, at one point he even asked Media Molecule's Alex Evans if Sack Boy - who had been presenting Sony's figures in a LittleBigPlanet level - might like to finish the gig on his behalf. That was less than half an hour into what turned out to be an hour and three quarters of presentation.
We found ourselves missing Phil Harrison like we never thought possible. Where on earth Kaz Hirai actually was - obviously not in the country - is a question only he (and his advisors) can answer.
In terms of the big announcements - frankly, we still don't know when Home is coming. Jack did promise, however, that "It will be well worth your patience". Aside from a new 80Gb PlayStation 3, "with the same functionality" as the 40Gb console coming in September - it'll cost $400, some $100 less than the current version, there were certainly no hardware announcements of much merit. If you exclude a new PS2 (LEGO Batman bundle) and a PSP pack also aimed kidwards with Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.
This was quite definitely a presentation that didn't really want to happen. You could almost feel the SCEA crew wishing they were doing some real work.
We'll bring a full analysis to you tomorrow. For now, the high points are:
Sack Boy from LittleBigPlanet presenting the always riveting figures.
God of War 3 coming to PlayStation 3 and looking great.
DC Universe - the first SOE cross-over into Sony Computer Entertainment.
Resistance 2 (PS3) and Resistance Retribution on PSP - both of which look teasingly spectacular.
Single Sign-In for PlayStation network.
Movie and TV downloads to begin, well, right now.
A new game called MAG (Massive Action Gaming) which also looked superb but which we won't see until at least next year.
The big round-up continues once we've gathered all the relevant detail.
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Comments
deleted 16 Jul 2008 13:39
1/2
Highly disapponting E3 overall,
MS basically confirmed what we knew, made us sad with no motion controllers and the only surprise (big one tho) was FFXIII.
Nintendo might of well as just said yeah we are still here and making money and to continue playing you need this new attachment, oh and yes mario and zelda teams are still in work.
and Sony just did nothing worth anything but tell us about upcoming stuff that we knew was coming anyhoo.
where was,
1. MS Motion Controller?
2. DS Lite-er?
3. PS3 Slim & Lite?
4. Halo 4 or Peter Jacksons Halo?
5. New Mazza or Zelda?
6. GTA4 Exclusive Content?
all i can say is next year we better get
MS:
XBOX 720 Announcement, XBOX 180 portable.
Sony:
PS4 Major Redesign, PSP2/PSP Phone
Nintendo:
NDS Successor, Wii Successor,
and all consoles at sub £150 price points.
i dont like boring Conventions, there is usually a couple of great annoucements. but this year was pants!
MS basically confirmed what we knew, made us sad with no motion controllers and the only surprise (big one tho) was FFXIII.
Nintendo might of well as just said yeah we are still here and making money and to continue playing you need this new attachment, oh and yes mario and zelda teams are still in work.
and Sony just did nothing worth anything but tell us about upcoming stuff that we knew was coming anyhoo.
where was,
1. MS Motion Controller?
2. DS Lite-er?
3. PS3 Slim & Lite?
4. Halo 4 or Peter Jacksons Halo?
5. New Mazza or Zelda?
6. GTA4 Exclusive Content?
all i can say is next year we better get
MS:
XBOX 720 Announcement, XBOX 180 portable.
Sony:
PS4 Major Redesign, PSP2/PSP Phone
Nintendo:
NDS Successor, Wii Successor,
and all consoles at sub £150 price points.
i dont like boring Conventions, there is usually a couple of great annoucements. but this year was pants!
schnide 16 Jul 2008 14:32
2/2
haritori wrote:
all i can say is next year we better get..
I would also like the moon on a stick.