E3 2011: Sony press conference roundup
Two down, one to go! Sony has just ended its E3 2011 press conference, leaving a handful of announcements in its wake. If you weren't glued to the live streams, here's what you missed...
Two down, one to go! Sony has just ended its E3 2011 press conference, leaving a handful of announcements in its wake. If you weren't glued to the live streams, here's what you missed:
- Sony revealed the PSP successor is named the PlayStation Vita surprising no one. The announcement that the handheld would retail for $249.99 (Wi-Fi only model) and $299.99 (3G/Wi-Fi model) is still shocking. The handheld is launching globally by the end of 2011.
- Ruin, an action-RPG for the NGP and PS3 was announced. Also announced was the ability to play the same save on either platform, similar to Kojima's "Transfarring" announcement last week.
- BioShock Infinite will include Move support. Irrational's Ken Levine also announced a new BioShock game will come to the PlayStation Vita.
- Developer CCP announced Dust 514 is a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
- Sly Cooper returns with Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, coming in 2012.
- Resistance 3 will get its own Sharpshooter Move bundle, like SOCOM 4 did before it.
- God of War Origins announced, collects the PSP games for the PS3. Both that collection and the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collection will arrive this September.
- Sony announced new hardware! No, it's not a system, silly... it's a 24-inch 3D monitor and Active Shutter glasses in a bundle that includes a copy of Resistance 3 and an HDMI cable for $499.99. The monitor also allows two players to play at once, showing each player a different view of the screen. It's magic or something.
- PlayStation 3 will receive new media from CinemaNow in America. CinemaNow is a provider offering a similar service as Netflix.
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Two down, one to go! Sony has just ended its E3 2011 press conference, leaving a handful of announcements in its wake. If you weren't glued to the live streams, here's what you missed...-
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Really? I thought Sony had a golden opportunity to destroy Microsofts press conference and I don't think it did. Was already looking forward to Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3, so that really leaves Sly Cooper and a couple of exclusive DLC for games like SSX, Need For Speed run and Battledfield 3.
The Playstation Vita looks awesome and I think I would rather have that than the 3DS, but I really do any handheld gaming as it is. In my opinion, the press conferences were about equal.
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I think MS and Sony both took the wrong lesson away from the Wii. They assumed that core gamers were just pissed about the graphics, when the reality is that they just don't care about motion controls. MS did a great job appealing to the casual market with Kinect but I think they're wasting their time trying to make it an accessory for hardcore games.
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