[PS3 Centraal] Deel 16 - Waar Roy vertrouwen heeft

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Op zaterdag 14 januari 2006 17:50 schreef P-Style het volgende:

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Kerel... het gaat bij iéder bedrijf om de harde cash!

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Op zaterdag 14 januari 2006 18:07 schreef peristilius het volgende:
Nou ja, de kwaliteit van Sony producten is niet kut.

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Op zaterdag 14 januari 2006 18:08 schreef piet_pelle het volgende:

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De online service wel, maar zolang ze bovenaan de verkooplijsten blijven staan gaan ze dat echt niet veranderen.

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Op zaterdag 14 januari 2006 18:04 schreef piet_pelle het volgende:
Bedankt voor deze wijze les P-Style.
Zo bedoelde ik het niet, je kan ook geld verdienen d.m.v. de gamer de beste kwaliteit proberen te bieden. En puur denken in een zin van "ach mocht de kwaliteit kut zijn dan pompen we wel wat meer geld in de marketing" vind ik niet een aantrekkelijk idee.

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PSM UK: GTA4 a PS3 Exclusive

The UK edition of PSM has run an article that claims the next Grand Theft Auto game will be a PlayStation 3 exclusive, to be unveiled at E3 2006.

Rockstar, the creators of the popular GTA series that first debuted in 3D on PlayStation 2, release a new Grand Theft Auto game every two years. San Andreas was released in 2004, and so this year we should see the arrival of a brand new GTA.

The US edition of PSM recently asked Sam Houser, Rockstar President, about an online iteration of GTA. Houser referenced Everquest, a popular RPG for PC. It seems Rockstar wants to do more than just deathmatches:

"With PS3, it looks as if it might be time for interactive entertainment to become the world's dominant artistic medium."

Apparently, GTA4 will be set in Europe, or in a "world" with six cities, and will be available as a UK launch title for PS3 in 2006.

However, whilst all of this information is exciting, it is questionable. Rockstar recently announced that Liberty City Stories, which was released for PSP in October last year, will be making its way to PlayStation 2 this year. This could account for the "one game every two years" theory.

Hopefully Rockstar will reveal official details in the coming months.

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 09:24 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:
GTA4 online & PS3-exclusive?
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Als deze man met gedachten speelt van een online GTA, lijkt me dat een UITSTEKENDE reden voor Sony om de netwerkdiensten te verbeteren

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 09:36 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:
aangezien de man Everquest aanhaalt, lijkt het mij dat hij zit te denken in de richting van een MMO-game.

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 09:37 schreef kepler het volgende:

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maar co-op lijkt me ook fantastisch

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 09:36 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:
aangezien de man Everquest aanhaalt, lijkt het mij dat hij zit te denken in de richting van een MMO-game.

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 09:40 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:

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co-op in een MMO? It's been done before man!

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Apparently, GTA4 will be set in Europe, or in a "world" with six cities, and will be available as a UK launch title for PS3 in 2006.

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 11:41 schreef H.Flick het volgende:
GTA moet gewoon single player blijven... .

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 11:57 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:

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Een MMOGTA lijkt me wel vet, mits goed uitgewerkt. Ik zie al helemaal voor me dat je allerlei gangs krijgt (ipv guilds), en complete drive-by's organiseert om punten te scoren.


Good times

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 11:57 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:

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Een MMOGTA lijkt me wel vet, mits goed uitgewerkt. Ik zie al helemaal voor me dat je allerlei gangs krijgt (ipv guilds), en complete drive-by's organiseert om punten te scoren.


Good times

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 12:27 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Mweh ik heb het liever niet zoals jij zegt SD, het moet meer echt georganiseerde misdaad worden. Een beetje met straatbendes online vechten vind ik ook niks, ik wil vetes tussen misdaadfamilies

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 12:27 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Mweh ik heb het liever niet zoals jij zegt SD, het moet meer echt georganiseerde misdaad worden. Een beetje met straatbendes online vechten vind ik ook niks, ik wil vetes tussen misdaadfamilies

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Op maandag 16 januari 2006 12:44 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
True, maar ik doelde met straatbendes meer op de crack-gebruikende overwegend zwarte/hispanic bendes zoals ze aanwezig waren in GTA:SA. Dan heb ik liever gewoon de Mafia, Yakuza, Triades etc.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) - What Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer didn't say at the recent Consumer Electronics Show about Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console spoke volumes about the key product's timetable, analysts said.

Giving a keynote speech at the Las Vegas trade show earlier this month, Stringer provided no updates about the product's US launch.

Although Sony had a prominent location on the showroom floor at the annual convention, the company showcased televisions and portable music players, while the PlayStation 3 was tucked behind glass in the back of its booth. Sony offered only non-playable, demonstration versions of a limited number of games.

Analysts now expect the product's US launch in the second half of 2006, although Sony may get a Japanese version out during the "Spring 2006" launch window that the technology giant first predicted last year.

Any delays could make it much harder for Sony next holiday season as it races to put out its own new product to take on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 in the market for video game players.

Sony , which has sold more than 90 mln PlayStation 2 game players since 2000, faces increased competition from Microsoft , which sold more than 24 mln units of its first Xbox version. Microsoft said it is on track to sell between 4.5 mln and 5 mln units of its new Xbox 360 by June.

And Sony faces a manufacturing challenge related to its switch to more-powerful computer chips, just as Microsoft did. Even the most optimistic analysts say Sony will wait and miss its predicted launch window to ensure it maximizes the ratio of usable chips per silicon wafer, better known as a chip's yield, before Sony begins mass production.

After touring the Sony booth at CES, analyst William Drewry of Credit Suisse First Boston wrote that "the decision as to whether to delay the PS3 launch has yet to be made and is dependent on (improving its chip yield)."

Sony has said the computing power of the PlayStation 3 will be superior to that of the Xbox 360 thanks to a new microprocessor - dubbed the "Cell" processor - jointly developed by Sony, International Business Machines and Toshiba Corp.

"We view any potential delay as being one to two months rather than six months duration," wrote Drewry. (Ook niet eens zo heel lang dus..Mooi, .)

Another analyst, Evan Wilson of Pacific Crest Securities, said "the most likely scenario" is that PS3 will be released in Japan this summer with about 1 million units and in the US in November with 1 million units, followed by a European launch in March 2007. ( !!!!! )

Even if Sony follows a staggered launch schedule, as it did with it PlayStation Portable (PSP) device - it will likely have a smaller slate of new software titles than Microsoft during the critical 2006 holiday sales season.

The chatter about PlayStation 3 delays heated up after Sony downplayed the product at its booth and Stringer, in his high-profile speech to the US electronics industry, did the same.

Stringer elected to showcase the firm's less-expensive PlayStation Portable and its ability to let consumers access television programs and other video content on the go. Portable devices generated all the growth in video game hardware and software last year.

The theme of mobile digital content delivered over the Internet was a major one at the huge consumer show this year, with everyone from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to top executives from Google Inc, Yahoo Inc. and Intel Corp forging mobile-related partnerships.

While the PlayStation Portable is a fast-selling new product, its revenue contribution is just a fraction of the PlayStation console.

For his part, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Kaz Hirai in his keynote dubbed the PS3: "a key pillar of Sony growth in 2006."

But the box will have an uphill challenge if the slate of published software gaming titles isn't up to snuff by the key 2006 holiday sales season, which is looking likely.

Hirai said that Sony had shipped 4,000 development kits for PlayStation 3 games. At the biggest game-industry conference in May 2005, developers had their hands on developmental kits for only few months.

With the latest generation of video games now taking as long as 18 months to develop and bring to market, it's likely that Sony will have fewer new software titles at the PlayStation 3 launch than the 19 games Microsoft had for the Xbox 360 launch in the U.S.

During Take-Two Interactive Software's recent fourth-quarter earnings conference call, chief financial officer Karl Winter said he believes the introduction of the PS3 will "occur near the end of our fiscal year." Take-Two's fiscal year ends Oct. 31.

Wilson, the analyst from Pacific Crest Securities, expect Sony's launch line-up in the U.S. to be similar to that of the Xbox 360, but "clearly weaker then the Xbox 360 holiday 2006 line-up."

If video game developers encounter production hiccups and would-be launch titles are pushed out, then Sony could be better suited to launch in Japan with fewer titles, another analyst said.

"You don't need to come out with 20 games for a Japan launch, whereas in the US you need about 15 to 20 games, plus a few that really stand out," said analyst Schelley Olhava of IDC.

Sony launched the PlayStation Portable in Japan in December 2004 and the US in March 2005. It wasn't until September 2005 when Europeans saw it on their shelves.

Wilson notes that industry analysts are starting to make predictions about hardware and software market share for Sony out as far as 2009, yet the company still has yet to unveil a functioning version of the hardware.

"All we've seen are (demonstration games) running on a box supposed to be the equivalent of the PS3," said Wilson. "We really have no idea."

Among issues potentially clouding the PS3 release, none looms larger than the noise surrounding next-generation DVD formats. There are two competing standards for next-generation of DVD players: HD-DVD, backed by Microsoft and Intel, among others, and Blu-Ray, backed by Sony.

While most Hollywood film studios have aligned themselves behind the new, competing formats, it's unlikely that consumers will see a tremendous amount of playable film content in 2006, says Olhava.

Sony's Stringer has maintained that the PS3 would contain a Blu-Ray player. Yet at CES, electronics powerhouses Samsung and Pioneer announced Blu-Ray players that would cost 1,000 and 1,800 usd, respectively.

Those costs won't fly among video game buyers, especially with the Xbox 360 going for as little as 300 usd for a scaled-down version. Most analysts expect the PS3 unit to be priced at 400 usd: ( . ) a loss-leader for Sony, but competitive with the Xbox 360, which does not have an internal HD-DVD drive.

At CES, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said that the Xbox 360 would be selling an external HD-DVD player.

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2006 10:38 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Hey, dat lijkt wel een positief artikel

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2006 10:59 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD = OVER:

http://games.fok.nl/news.php?newsid=8642

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2006 12:02 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Een miljoen is nog altijd veel meer dan 350.000 bij de launch

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2006 12:12 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Een wereldwijde launch moet je gewoon niet doen als je voor je twee belangrijkste regio's niet genoeg kan leveren.

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Op dinsdag 17 januari 2006 12:25 schreef Retuobak het volgende:

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Misschien niet de beste beslissing voor MS, maar mij hoor je niet klagen. Het feit dat Roy klaagt ligt natuurlijk gewoon aan het feit dat hij te dom was om een pre-order kit te halen .