Sony E3 press conference coming up!

Sony press conference was well done, they appologised for the psn outage but didn't make too much of it. Showed of some of their exclusives (uncharted3, infamous2 etc..) then moved on to ths PS vita, personal feeling they should have left it at NGP. They are very clever and priced it just right $250 wifi and $300 3G (but exclusive to AT & T was probably a very bad more) this puts the wifi verson at the same price as the 3DS. The games look good and the developers are making use of the novel control systems, the finger painting in drake was very cool. CCP and bioshock both mentioned they will be making games which is good to know.

BUT!!! where is SE so far there has been a weak teaser trailer for FFXIII-2 nothing of verses and XIV has not shown up at all, though i did see a poster in the background of one of the interviews which i was hoping would indicate that they would be announcing the PS3 date. Their other studios i.e Edios are doing well Tomb raider, deus Ex to name just 2 that are being shown off at E3, but what of SE nothing. Maybe tomorrow Yoshi P will give us some news because its starting to be over due for a new letter from the producer.

Vita looks impressive.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

PSVita = Game changing.

Nintendo.

Shots fired.

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It isn't game changing lol..

Touch & Accelerometer = Iphone/pad

Worst Feature PSVita has is the 2 hour battery life....

Superior graphics is just an evolution hardware though Sony & Microsoft both stay at the forefront but there systems suffer from over heating issues.

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Originally Posted by Loki_Jortunn

XIV has not shown up at all, though i did see a poster in the background of one of the interviews which i was hoping would indicate that they would be announcing the PS3 date

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XIV at e3 how embarrassing at this current point in time.

getting my Vita on day1 for sure

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Superior graphics is just an evolution hardware though Sony & Microsoft both stay at the forefront but there systems suffer from over heating issues.

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Over heating aside, I don't care about the gimmicks and I don't think its "game changing" I just think it brings the best of consoles into handhelds and considering I hate handhelds and it got my attention I'm happy. I think its lineup is the most important thing to me and Uncharted is a good way to take off. Hopefully some MGS and FF games and it'll be golden.

FFXIII-2 official E3 trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTc42NH5l0

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Originally Posted by Scherwiz

FFXIII-2 official E3 trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTc42NH5l0

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No Vanille. 0 out of 10...

I havent seen this many good games announced at once since 2008. Cant wait wait for that new Tomb Raider either....

anyone who complaing about sony show really? is all you guys do is complain matter if they show shit load of stuff? Xbox show noting but 2-4games and the rest like kids game.

Sony did great this year :) now to see the new wii.

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Originally Posted by Scherwiz

Game changing how?

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Assuming it gets the same attach rates as a console and third party support is dialed to 11, the entire gaming industry could see a shift to portable gaming as an adequate substitute for consoles. What this would mean is that game budgets could be smaller, being that the Vita would use a smaller resolution(art assets are apparently the most expensive aspect of development in HD consoles right now), and more risks could be taken being that budgets wouldn't be crazy sky high. This in turn would lead to more creative and ideally, fun and new IPs. Being that the Vita also has the potential for expandable memory thanks to high capacity flash and internal memory, game size might not be that huge an issue, and thanks to so many control options, traditional experiences won't have such a hard time making the transition to the portable.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

anyone who complaing about sony show really? is all you guys do is complain matter if they show shit load of stuff? Xbox show noting but 2-4games and the rest like kids game.

Sony did great this year :) now to see the new wii.

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its the nature of the beast

all announcements suck unless they are nintendo

tons of sequals and casual games, if its during sony or microsoft it sucks

if its during nintendos its revolutionary!

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

its the nature of the beast

all announcements suck unless they are nintendo

tons of sequals and casual games, if its during sony or microsoft it sucks

if its during nintendos its revolutionary!

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I honestly feel Ubisoft had the best show of the day. I mean Tomb Raider(SE) looks amazing, Ico and Shadows(SONY) in HD YES PLEASE, Bioshock infinite(2K) mmmmmmm....... and I honestly feel so far whats been shown of MW3(IW) demos are better than anything BF3(Dice) has shown because I dont play games for graphics but its just tastes I guess. But yeah Ubisoft had a nice round batch of titles, not all shooters and fairly good live demos of each game shown. CANT WAIT FOR Assassin's Creed again < <

Xbox 360 was all freaking Kinect and it was lame, that freaking sesame street game looked better than half of what they had. the only games I'm even pumped for recently are coming out cross console but I'm gonna be playing them on ps3 (ME3 and Dark Souls), seriously Microsoft was all Gears of War (i dont give a crap) and call of duty (same crap, new number after it). Ubisoft spotlight was a million times better than Microsoft alone, not even counting sony (meaning someone who doesn't make a console for sure outshined microsoft) Halo 4 who cares, I personally didn't care about halo after 2. Microsoft is the seat of mainstream shooters and that bugs me, I wanted some real rpgs period this E3 so I'm kinda disappointed all around. (that ubisoft make your own realm rpg looks more promising than a lot of crap)

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I honestly feel Ubisoft had the best show of the day. I mean Tomb Raider looks amazing, Ico and Shadows in HD YES PLEASE, Bioshock infinite mmmmmmm....... and I honestly feel so far whats been shown of MW3 demos are better than anything BF3 has shown because I dont play games for graphics but its just tastes I guess. But yeah Ubisoft had a nice round batch of titles, not all shooters and fairly good live demos of each game shown.

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i dont know, i really liked Microsfts show alot

It showed dance central 2(im really looking forward to it)
the disney game(my kids gonna love that)

and the kinect support for all the other games was done rather nicely(though i dont like rail games, but the others ones was cool)

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

i dont know, i really liked Microsfts show alot

It showed dance central 2(im really looking forward to it)
the disney game(my kids gonna love that)

and the kinect support for all the other games was done rather nicely(though i dont like rail games, but the others ones was cool)

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Absolutely, Im all about games for the kids. I have none but I was one myself once and I think the Kinect stuff they showed on the kids side looks great. Idk how I feel about the hardcore stuff though. What can I say, I love games.

Only thing I saw that was good was Tekken vs Street Fighter, but I'm gonna buy that on console fighting games on portable is a waste of time.

Also I can picture it now people playing in awkward positions when a game asks you to do impossible twister movements 3 fingers at the back pointer finger required on square, while using the d-pad but you need to touch something on the front screen as well and there at each end of the screen.

Warning playing this game may cause Hand strain.

Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, and waggling is what e3 this year has been so far. Only Reggie can save us now.


Edit: Did I mention there were a lot of shooters?

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Originally Posted by Adol

Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, and waggling is what e3 this year has been so far. Only Reggie can save us now.

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i was complainig about shooters too

its almost like there really isnt any other kind of game

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Originally Posted by Joeking

Only thing I saw that was good was Tekken vs Street Fighter, but I'm gonna buy that on console fighting games on portable is a waste of time.

Also I can picture it now people playing in awkward positions when a game asks you to do impossible twister movements 3 fingers at the back pointer finger required on square, while using the d-pad but you need to touch something on the front screen as well and there at each end of the screen.

Warning playing this game may cause Hand strain.

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Why do you automatically assume that they're going to create control schemes that literally make no sense?

We're not talking about Ubisoft, here.

That being said, I'm torn about having fighters on portables as well. On one hand, it's "hey, SF/BB/Tekken/whatever on the go!". On the other, it's "man, no fight stick."

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Originally Posted by Adol

Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, Shooters, and waggling is what e3 this year has been so far. Only Reggie can save us now.

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My body is ready.

Is yours?

For me personally, all Nintendo has to do is show Pikmin 3, and they win E3.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

Why do you automatically assume that they're going to create control schemes that literally make no sense?

We're not talking about Ubisoft, here.

That being said, I'm torn about having fighters on portables as well. On one hand, it's "hey, SF/BB/Tekken/whatever on the go!". On the other, it's "man, no fight stick."

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I was a skeptic of portable fightan' too until I got DoA:D for my 3DS. A really fun game and the controls feel awright.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

Why do you automatically assume that they're going to create control schemes that literally make no sense?

We're not talking about Ubisoft, here.

That being said, I'm torn about having fighters on portables as well. On one hand, it's "hey, SF/BB/Tekken/whatever on the go!". On the other, it's "man, no fight stick."

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The Claw

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

i was complainig about shooters too

its almost like there really isnt any other kind of game

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The world loves violence and guns. Everything has a laser scope and knife attachment, though they never seem to attach a scope or a knife to flares making them inefficient.

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Originally Posted by Adol

I was a skeptic of portable fightan' too until I got DoA:D for my 3DS. A really fun game and the controls feel awright.

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Button mashing that is all... Oh and grab spam... 720 rotation grab doesn't exist.

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Originally Posted by Joeking

The Claw



The world loves violence and guns. Everything has a laser scope and knife attachment, though they never seem to attach a scope or a knife to flares making them inefficient.

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The claw was due to the lack of a second analog stick. I.E. The claw is no more on the PSVita.

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

The claw was due to the lack of a second analog stick. I.E. The claw is no more on the PSVita.

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For monster Hunter the Claw will never disappear. it will probably just be on the other side now lol.

http://oi54.tinypic.com/2s7h0kz.jpg

Indeed Mr.Iwata... INDEED!

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Originally Posted by Joeking

My body is ready.

Is yours?

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My body is reggie

Frankly the ubisoft conference impressed me more then the Microsoft and Sony conferences combined.

While i don't really buy into the whole "Winning" e3 shtick, This year was almost served up to Nintendo on a silver platter.

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Originally Posted by Adol

My body is reggie

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So... something like this since this since his your body, just with reggie.

I enjoyed it, a lot of excited things for me personally. Even something such as TrackMania because I love its direction. (And QuestMania zomg)

What was bad though the prices...

$249.99 usd
$249.00 euro which converts to current exchange rates $363.50 usd....

So in Australia I'm expecting it to be $400...or more..

Considering at initial release the PS3 60Gb was $600 US, but here in Australia it was 1k....

Yeh prices piss me off, its £249 as well as $249 and the conversion difference is im paying $150/£90 more. Euros pay EVEN MORE! lol

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Yeh prices piss me off, its £249 as well as $249 and the conversion difference is im paying $150/£90 more. Euros pay EVEN MORE! lol

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That's what happens when your Pound is stronger than our Dollar.

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Originally Posted by Sonic_the_Hedgehog

That's what happens when your Pound is weaker than our Dollar.

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!?!?!

1.00 USD = 0.68 EUR

Profit of -32 cents.... even worse vs the pound

1.00 USD = 0.61 GBP

Profit -39 cents...

Note* Currency fluctuates and quoted exchanges are applicable to time of post.

Yea the Euro and pound are both stronger than the American Dollar. In fact I'm pretty sure the Canadian dollar is even stronger than the American dollar nowadays.

Sorry guys, I made a goof! I meant it the other way around.

order it from Amazon, problem solved!!

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Originally Posted by Joeking

!?!?!

1.00 USD = 0.68 EUR

Profit of -32 cents.... even worse vs the pound

1.00 USD = 0.61 GBP

Profit -39 cents...

Note* Currency fluctuates and quoted exchanges are applicable to time of post.

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Uhh... no. Just. No.

The US Dollar isn't as strong as the Euro or British Pound as you can see ONE ($1) US Dollar can only buy 0.68 Euro (that's 68th of 1 Euro) and only 0.61 Pound (61st of 1 British Pound).

When you convert it the other way:

1 EUR = 1.46 USD

1 GBP = 1.65 USD

As you can see here, the Euro and British Pound are worth more because ONE Euro (1 Euro) can buy $1.46 USD (One dollar and forty six cents American Dollars) and ONE GBP (1 British Pound) buys $1.65 USD (One dollar and sixty five cents American Dollars).

God... where did you learn math...

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Originally Posted by Benediction

Uhh... no. Just. No.

The US Dollar isn't as strong as the Euro or British Pound as you can see ONE ($1) US Dollar can only buy 0.68 Euro (that's 68th of 1 Euro) and only 0.61 Pound (61st of 1 British Pound).

When you convert it the other way:

1 EUR = 1.46 USD

1 GBP = 1.65 USD

As you can see here, the Euro and British Pound are worth more because ONE Euro (1 Euro) can buy $1.46 USD (One dollar and forty six cents American Dollars) and ONE GBP (1 British Pound) buys $1.65 USD (One dollar and sixty five cents American Dollars).

God... where did you learn math...

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Do you not see the negatives.. this "-" when put in front of numbers means its a negative balance....

God... where did you learn reading...

I got bored so I typed up the whole announcement of PSVita for some LS mates, I don't know if anyone here will find use in it but here ya go anyway. I can't wait for my PS Vita! :D

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So I am very proud to showcase for the first time in North America the successor to the PSP. What you’ve come to know as NGP, our next generation portable, is officially named PlayStation Vita. So what does Vita mean, Vita means life and we are confident that PS Vita will be the first product that truly blurs those lines between entertainment and your real life empowering you to play, interact and connect like never before. The features alone are cutting edge, two analog sticks that give you dual shock-like control of games. A stunning multi-touch 5 inch full lit screen, front and rear touch pads, 6 axis motion sensing technology and of course my favorite feature… front and rear cameras allowing for augmented reality never before seen completely blurring the lines between reality and interactive entertainment.

PS Vita will have both WiFi and 3G/WiFi models for ‘on the go’ entertainment. This will allow for everything from social networking to location based gaming that help you find and meet friends for brand new experiences. Now, of course, having such an impressive set of network features and ambitions requires the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network. And we’ll be partnering with AT&T as the exclusive carrier for PS Vita in the United States. Now customers with an AT&T Service plan will also have free access at more than 24,000 AT&T hotspots nationwide. Together we will deliver breakthrough entertainment experiences that bring you closer to your entertainment, and of course closer to others. More information including pricing and the carriers for the other territories will be announced soon.

PS Vita offers and truly unique social experience and there are a few key reasons why we say that. With a feature we are calling ‘Party’ users in the same game room on PS Vita can voice chat live over headsets or the built in microphone no matter where they are or what game they are playing. And it’s a perfect way to stay in touch with your friends and chat during game play from wherever you might be. Another critical step forward is a social connection tool for PS Vita that we’re calling ‘Near’. Near allows you to connect and play with others around you, recommend content to them, compare trophies, and a verity of other social connection tools for the Playstation network. Both Party and Near will power the connected experience for PS Vita and we’ll be unveiling more specifics on them in the very near future.

Social connecting and community elements are a critical component for the PS Vita. This is the best proof that with PS Vita our content experiences and networks the world is in play.

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Thank you Scott, that is some truly amazing content… and best of all virtually every publisher has signed up for making great content for PS Vita.

And I am pleased to announce this entire package of all of these incredible features will be available starting from the holiday season this year.

And as I mentioned there will be two models available at launch, a WiFi only model and a 3G/WiFi model.

And I am happy to announce that the Wifi Only Model will retail for $249.99, 249 Euro and 24,980 Yen.

And the 3G/WiFi model will retail for $299.99, 299 Euro, and 29,980 Yen.

PS Vita will revolutionize the portable entertainment experience. It takes the best technology from a gorgeous all lit screen to front and rear touch pads, and marry them with the Playstation network and the industries best games and services.

PS Vita gives you the most complete entertainment package in the palm of your hand’s, and the power to interact with the world around you. It is an experience that you really need to see and feel to believe. With PS Vita the whole world is really in play, so I encourage all of you to come down and experience PS Vita in the arcade a little later tonight as well as at our booth all this week. Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you very much for your time.

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