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Keep all E3 related stuff in here, better to keep it in one thread done all over the place.
Off-topic replies will be removed!
Will make it a sticky when I notice that more people will post/reply about the E3
Whats E3?
it's where anyone who's anyone in gaming comes to show off their wares for the coming year or two. we will most likely see in the next week more of the xbox360, ps3 and revolution than the rest of the whole year put together
Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Sony’s PlayStation 3 launch
Posted May 16, 2005, 6:14 PM ET by Ryan Block
Related entries: Gaming, Home Entertainment, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
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Hey everyone, we’re at Sony’s press event in Culver City to cover their unveiling of the PlayStation 3 this afternoon. Things are just getting started, to stay tuned for our comprehensive live coverage on Engadget and Joystiq!
Update: the parking lot ordeal was harrowing — they almost didn’t let us in! It was a mob scene out there. Some journos were so desparate to get in that they went through all sorts of contortions for the gatekeepers. Check this lady out. That’s a pushup with one foot above her head.
PS3 Contortionist
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Ouch.
The presentation started with a little game history. “PlayStation 2 defined digital enterainment…. PlayStation Portable, the next revolution!” The chest thumping was accompanied by thumping speakers.
First up: Kaz Hirai. “Are you guys excited about E3?” The audience barely cheered, so he had to try again. C’mon, show us the goods, then we’ll be excited… maybe.
He does the numbers: 190 million units of hardware, 2 billion units of software. He does the backwards compatibility thing. These are the Sony strengths, so he reminds the audience that these are the goods that Microsoft can’t match.
Queue pointless interlude of flashy CGI graphics (not sure what that was for).
Ken Kutaragi introduced, and he proceeds to give the audience another lesson on the history of the PlayStation consoles. From “Real-time 3D-CG” to “Emotion Engine.” He confirms backwards compatibility of the PlayStation 3, eliciting the first audience applause since he took the stage.
Cut to a video of an IBM dude woodenly reading from a teleprompter (his eyes dart quickly left-to-right) about the cell processor system. “Even though at times it seemed like an impossible journey, the entire team overcame impossible challenges to meet the goals…. We are very excited to look forward to see all the entertainment this chip will help create.”
Highly technical performance overview given, including the following slides:
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ps3 floating point calculations
Sony’s let go of the final specs and shots of the PlayStation 3. Here you go!
- It will support Blu-ray (obviously), DVD±R/W, CD-R/RW
- Backwards compatible with the PlayStation 2 and original Playstation
- One 3.2GHz Cell processor—total system performance rated at 2.18 teraflops (uh, that’s actually about twice what Microsoft is claiming the Xbox 360 will do); it will have 256MB system RAM 3.2GHz, and 256MB GDDR VRAM at 700MHz
- The nVidia graphics will be called the RSX (”Reality Synthesizer”), and will trump the Xbox 360 with 1080p (yes, that’s a p) graphics support.
- Memory Stick Duo slot, and very surprisingly, an SD and CF slots
- Bluetooth support with up to seven wireless controllers
- Six USB system ports
PlayStation 3
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looks pretty there :D
What are teraflops?
"The nVidia graphics will be called the RSX (”Reality Synthesizer”), and will trump the Xbox 360 with 1080p (yes, that’s a p) graphics support."
and whats 1080p?
the resolution on HDTV (hi definition)
i think it's measured in hieght so it's something like 1400x1080 i think anyway :unsure
Thats not even the same thing, and has been proven fake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
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Originally Posted by yattaman from ps2nfo.com
Those pictures have been floating around for months. They are clearly amateurish, fan produced concepts. The supposed PS3 unit itself is based upon a Sony Blue-Ray concept recorder shown over a year ago at a Japanese electronics show.
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Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
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In computing, FLOPS is an abbreviation of floating point operations per second. This is used as a measure of a computer's performance, especially in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating point calculations. (Note: a hertz is a cycle (or operation) per second. Compare to MIPS -- million instructions per second)
Computing devices exhibit an enormous range of performance levels in floating-point applications, so it makes sense to introduce larger units than the FLOPS. The standard SI prefixes can be used for this purpose, resulting in such units as the megaFLOPS (MFLOPS, 106 FLOPS), the gigaFLOPS (GFLOPS, 109 FLOPS), the teraFLOPS (TFLOPS, 1012 FLOPS), and the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS, 1015 FLOPS).
Think of it as a way to measure how many operations it can run per second. Roughly.
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For scaler/processor manufacturers, it generally means that you can drive a display device at higher frequency than the typical HDTV display (which is generally not very demanding). A scaler that can upconvert to 1080p signal normally supports variety of other resolutions in between to match the native (or golden) resolution of the display used for optimal image quality.Digital displays come in all resolution flavors, the most commonly used are:
1280x720
1280x768
1366x768
1400x788
1280x1024
1400x1050
1600x1200
Number means the resolution and p for progressive, i for interlaced.
Wow, thats great news on the PS3, up till now I didn't read the "speculations" of what the PS3 will be capable of, but this blew me away. Definitely interesting, once again Microsoft gets owned (unless they've been lying the whole time).
Ok, and now this:
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Prince Of Persia 3
Ubisoft has been working steadily to mature its reinvention of the Prince of Persia series into a solid franchise ever since the first Prince of Persia debuted in 2003. The third-person platformer offered a fresh take on the old 2D rotoscoped adventure game that challenged you to navigate all manner of hazards on your way to rescue a fair maiden. The latest 3D update of the classic series has sprung from Ubisoft's Montreal studio, which has reenvisioned the prince as a swashbuckling action hero with mystic-fueled time powers. To date, there have been two entries starring this new prince--The Sands of Time and Warrior Within--that have made strides to establish and evolve the budding action hero. While The Sands of Time was universally embraced, Warrior Within actually polarized fans, who either loved or hated the new game's direction. For the prince's third outing, tentatively called Prince of Persia 3, Ubisoft is aiming to blend elements from both games into a new adventure (set to release this fall) that continues the tale of the agile hero. We got an early look at the game at a pre-E3 press event, wherein Ubisoft walked us through a work-in-progress version of the upcoming platformer.
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Like its predecessors, Prince of Persia 3 continues the narrative that began in The Sands of Time by once again messing with your head through the employment of time travel. It seems our boy still isn't out of the woods yet, even after having altered time and space to set things right. The game opens up shortly after the finale of Warrior Within, where it finds the prince returning home abuzz from his victory. For about half a second, it appears as if Prince of Persia 3 may end up focusing on the prince's happy home life with his main squeeze Kaileena. However, upon arriving home to the magnificent city of Babylon, the prince finds all-new trouble. The once grand kingdom is ravaged by war, and for some odd reason, all his people have turned against him. With the prince captured, Kaileena does the only thing she can do to help: She unleashes the sands of time to save the prince by sacrificing herself. (D'oh!) The good news is that Kaileena's sacrifice does the trick, and the prince escapes his captors. The bad news is that the prince discovers he has a dark twin who's been created because of all his mucking about with time. Unsurprisingly, the pair doesn't get along. But like any good buddy movie starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, the two have no choice but to work together to stay alive.
The rich story helps set up the new gameplay mechanics in Prince of Persia 3 that let you play as the prince (whom we all know and love) and his grumpier twin. Though the core elements that have made the series popular are all here (you'll still solve puzzles, control time, perform all manner of athletic feats, and battle many foes), they're being given a new twist courtesy of the two playable characters. Each incarnation of the prince will now have his own specialty gameplay you'll have to use to make it through the game alive. The prince we all know handles almost exactly as he previously has, although his balance has been changed up. In Prince of Persia 3, you'll rely on him more for his acrobatics than for his combat skills, although he can still hold his own in a fight. The dark prince, on the other hand, is your go-to guy for murdering, especially when performing the stealthy kind. The shadowy avatar comes packing a wicked hook blade, called a "daggertail," that offers some stealth options that are key to getting around Babylon.
However, don't think Ubi has stapled Splinter Cell gameplay onto the standard Prince of Persia formula. The dark prince still has an action feel to him. You'll still have to slow down a bit when lining up a kill, such as when you're balanced on a chain directly above your prey and are about to drop on him. However, combat still has a good feel to it that improves on the direction Warrior Within started heading in. Your time powers have been tweaked some--allowing for some new surprises that Ubi will reveal later on--which will also complement the new gameplay mechanics. As far as structure goes, Prince of Persia 3 will feature more of a free-roaming mechanic than the previous games in the series. You'll be able to explore the streets of Babylon or run across rooftops, depending on the situation and who you're playing as. From the sounds of it, the normal prince is tailor-made for roof hopping, while the dark prince is the guy you want on the streets. To switch between the two, you'll have to walk in fire to get your dark side on, and you'll have to take a dip in some life-restoring water to lighten up.
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The game's presentation, while still being pieced together, is coming along well. The visuals are sticking to the ambitious precedent set by the previous entries in the series, presenting the keen eye for scale that has always been a high point of the franchise. We were only able to see a bit of the war-ravaged Babylon, but, as a once-epic kingdom that was brought down by war, it was looking good. The rooftops let you see far off into the distance, where fires and smoke are visible. The streets were in ruin, but they were the perfect places to sneak around for killing. The audio in the work in progress was still coming together, but Ubi reps on hand noted that in keeping with the goal of melding the best aspects of the previous games, Prince of Persia 3 will attempt to walk the delicate line between Warrior Within's Hoobastank-fueled rock and The Sands of Time's more ethereal soundtrack.
Based on our early look, Prince of Persia 3 seems to be aiming for a middle ground that should appeal to fans of both games. The new gameplay options open to both princes, as well as their unique feels, should provide good amounts of depth to mine while playing. The story is, once again, a powerful draw that will no doubt suck you in as you try to unravel what the heck went wrong this time. The visuals that are currently being cooked up to frame both the narrative and varied action are looking epic, thus wrapping the whole package up nicely. Prince of Persia 3 is slated to ship this fall for the GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox , so look for more on the game from the E3 show floor and in the coming months.
here's another pic of the PS3 upclose:
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I love the whole "different" drives thing, backwards compatibility never looked sweeter.
Prince Of Persia 2 was a big dissapointment, Ubi promises that it will go back to its roots like in Sands of Time. I saw some futage, nothing look real good. I did like the chariot races, and some of the new moves. It all depends on game play tho, will see.
Kinda looks ugly on its side :( That looks like concept art again, not the real thing.Quote:
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Xbox360 Some Backward Compatibility and Square-Enix Brings FFXI to Xbox>> From Forbes.com:
Final Fantasy on the XBOX 360, wierd. :blink:Quote:
One of the best-selling video games of all time, Final Fantasy, will be available for the first time on Microsoft's Xbox. The company also confirmed that some of the top-selling current Xbox games will work with the forthcoming Xbox 360, due out later this year. Typically, customers are forced to spend an average of $50 on new video games every time a new hardware console comes out.
apparently you'll be able to see everything with incredible detail, something pretty extroadinary for RTS and strategy games:
COMPANY OF HEROES:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...w_6124417.html
i wont post the writeup+pics, takes up too much bandwidth just follow the link.
Those interested can check out the FULL PS3 SPECS
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hmm, backwards comp. on xbox360? but i thought they said it wasn't going to be capable..... maybe they were keeping it a secret till E3.
No it wasn't possible when they were going to go for a new format, but now that there going to use DVD format they can.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpt_azad
I really dont like RTS that look that good, gets to complicated :P Looks like COD but differnt views and an RTS.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpt_azad
ah, that makes sense. was it sony or microsoft (or both) that were contemplating UMD technology?
at any rate:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/614/614427p1.html
Quake 4 confirmed for the 360, also, those pics of unreal 3.0 engines that we all saw a couple months back, turns out it was a 360 title called Gears of War using the unreal technology, but the pics were from ingame campaign. will post pic in a few min.
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The Controller is so fucking UGLY, i hate it.
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And the Sexy Pic
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That would be Sony, but that was a rumor cuase of the PSP.Quote:
Originally Posted by cpt_azad
first off, those pics are freakin awesome, and secondly heres the pic i was talking about from my last post about Gears of War:
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ill edit this post when i come across more pics
Nothings there ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by cpt_azad
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Look at the size.
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sadly the ps3 will only have a 2.5inch hard drive slot instead of a 3.5 inch harddrive slot :(
Means it will be slower too :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Formula1
The whole PS3 setup according to the pics posted look like shit. That controller is ugly as fuck.
yea i fill the same way, looks like a lame knock off of the ps2 controller.
E3 2005: GTA Next for PS3 Launch
The next Grand Theft Auto will release alongside PlayStation 3.
by Ivan Sulic
May 16, 2005 - We don't know much, but Sony promises that "Grand Theft Auto Next" will be a PS3 launch title. This information comes from some people at the Sony E3 2005 press conference currently in progress, but we've yet to confirm the report with our own editors.
We're hoping to high heaven that we'll get to see snippets of the game in the coming days.
If you're interested in this game, be sure to add it to your wishlist. You can keep notes, rank games, get updates by email, and more.
Something i am looking forware to Path of Neo.
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Looks dam sexy, with all the bloom, but they charactures look stiff.
looks cool
Shit, look what cell shading should look like
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Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event
Posted May 16, 2005, 10:03 PM ET by Ryan Block
Related entries: Gaming, Home Entertainment, Xbox, Xbox 360
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Xbox 360 @ E3 live coverage
xbox 360 left of stage
Hey everyone, we up in the Shrine Auditorium to give you complete live coverage of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event. We know they formally announced the device last week on MTV, but hopefully we’ll all get some of these burning questions answered this evening. Stay tuned: we’re live!
While we’re waiting to get this show on the road, here’s a quick recap of what’s gone down. Today’s Sony PS3 unveiling has opened up a world of questions regarding how Microsoft expects to maintain a competitive edge against a system that will supposedly have more than double the raw processing power, a next-gen media drive (Blu-ray, in this case), two-generation backwards compatibility, and even support for 1080p hi-def. We also still don’t know how much the Xbox 360 is going to cost, an exact release date, what kinds of configurations it will have, and, of course the big question: will it have backwards compatibility?
Ok, we’re getting started. Let’s roll!
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Kim’s here to “start us on a journey”. Man, Microsoft, hyping this at all?
They’re showing what appears to be a commercial for the device. A commercial eh? Feels a bit like that’s what this whole event happens to be.
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We’ve got three execs up on stage, including Xbox posterboy J. Allard. They’re calling this the “most powerful entertainment system in the world”. Ok, we’ll let them prove it to us then, yeah? They’re talking up their successes with the original Xbox—”over 20m customers”, and a $125 million in sales in one day with Halo 2. Yes, yes, we know. Now they’re chatting up new Xbox 2005 titles. Can we hit the 360 yet, s.v.p.?
s.v.p.?
Two words: backwards compatability! That’s right, everyone. It’ll play Xbox games!
They still aren’t giving up any specific date, but we can apparently expect the Xbox 360 to hit stores this year. The interesting part? It’ll be a simultaneous launch for the US, Europe, and Asia—something we’ve never really seen anyone attempt (successfully) before.
They’re showing off a rather long, elaborate demo of Dead or Alive 4 for the 360. Showing off cutscenes and video shots this way makes it hard to tell how much is prerendered—so we’re assuming it all is. But if most of it isn’t, well, we’re more than a little impressed by these visuals.
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J. Allard’s back up. He’s claiming that we can expect between 25 and 40 game titles for the 360 this year, and there are more than a hundred additional titles yet in development. He’s talking up “the HD-era”, and how they’re going to “reach one billion people with our medium.”
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J’s showing off the new dashboard system, and talking up Xbox Live Silver, their free level of out-of-box service. This will include the bread n’ butter online gaming, as well as video messages, player matching, tourneys, music and photo sharing, the gamercard and gamer achievements, the Live marketplace, and more.
He’s talking about Xbox Live Arcade, targeted at “non-gamers”, which is a simplified “old school/retro” gaming experience. It appears to be free to Xbox 360 owners. Hmm, hardware margin.
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They confirmed it! iPod and PSP integration! How much? We dunno, but we’re definitely going to find out for you exactly what we can expect.
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Uh, they’re showing a total nonsequitur video of Gates and Ballmer hanging out in line in the Star Wars line to try and understand their demographic. Ballmer says, “HD! HD! HD!” Man, no one else here found that funny. But Allard got it right: “Billionaire software moguls attempting to be funny.” Um, yeah.
Peter Moore comes on to yammer on about the zen of running. He wants to deliver “the Zen of gaming”, and he’s introduced a demo vid of Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s latest masterpiece. Looks totally hot, very classic Japanese RPG drama. They’re also showing off in-game vids of Ghost Recon 3, which looks unbelievably hot. They are also showing off NBA 2K6 and Kameo. Their Call of Duty 2 demo was a little choppy, which is a little unexpected. Oblivion—the sequel to Morrowind—is being narrated by none other than Patric Stewart. Patric freaking Stewart, dude. Now Gears of War, which will apparently “literally make you afraid to lift up th controller.”
E3 2005: PlayStation 3 vs. Xbox 360
Let's take a cursory look at the two heavyweight next-gen systems and how they stack up against one another.
May 16, 2005 - So the next-generation of console gaming is going to be damn impressive. We've seen PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in action and we are enormously impressed. We've seen games, we've seen specs and we've shared our thoughts. But which titan will win the day?
All we really want to know is which platform will be the biggest beast? For tech junkies, there's really nothing better than wolfing down long lists of numbers. That's because right now there is honestly no way for anyone to decide which system is the best, so all the number munching lets people with nothing better to do argue a bunch. Since we never have anything better to do we can post some of these numbers and speculate! So here's a little table that'll give you a good idea of what to expect from both systems.
[Ed's note: The Nintendo Revolution has not been revealed as of press time. We will, however, return during the course of this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and include Nintendo's next system in the comparison if and when concrete information on it becomes available.]
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New screens
Getaway 3 - MUST SEE!!!!
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam World
I-8 - HAVE TO SEE THE TRAILER
Killing Day - Again, have to see the trailer, physics are great.
Vision Gran Turismo
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Don Mattrick, Pres of EA studios worldwide came onstage. He looks a lot like a (very) poor man’s Tom Cruise—let’s say Risky Business era—and he also brought with him Oakland Raider Robert Gallery, who’s only about 800 times larger than both of them put together. He’s claiming this is the largest EA dev commitment in their history with 25 titles in development. At least 6 will be out this year, including Need For Speed: Most Wanted, The Godfather, Fifa 06, NBA Live 06, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, and, of course, Madden 06.
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Microsoft brought out Yoichi Wada, President of Square Enix, to announce their partnership and in developing for the Xbox 360, specifically Final Fantasy XI with Xbox Live integration.
Well, that’s it! They’re wrapping up here, so be sure to get up early (if you’re on the left coast, anyay) for our live coverage of what Nintendo’s got up their sleeves. We out!
FYI indie rock nerds: they’re outroing with the Kaiser Chiefs. FYI everyone else who was soo excited last week about the Killers playing music in promotion of the new Xbox 360. They’re playing live here tonight, and yeah, we’re gonna heckle them like bigs. “Play Worked Up So Sexual!” Ok, maybe not.