[PS3 topic #46] Wordt het Maart of toch Mei....?

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 15:26 schreef Tain het volgende:

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De befaamde "ik sta op plek nummer X bij filiaal zo en zo in plaats blah" is ook geliefd tegenwoordig en het liefst moet dat per topic 10x herhaald worden

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 15:26 schreef Tain het volgende:

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De befaamde "ik sta op plek nummer X bij filiaal zo en zo in plaats blah" is ook geliefd tegenwoordig en het liefst moet dat per topic 10x herhaald worden

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Sony zet mes in winstverwachting
Door Yoeri Lauwers - donderdag 19 oktober 2006 16:58 - Bron: Sony - Views: 3.904 - Permalink
Sony heeft zijn winstverwachting voor het huidige boekjaar bijgesteld. De kosten van de batterijterugroepactie en de tegenvallers in de speldivisie van de elektronicagigant zijn daar debet aan. Sony zegt zelf dat het verwacht dat het tweeėnzestig procent minder inkomsten zal hebben dan eerder gedacht werd. In juli werd nog een inkomstencijfer van 1,1 miljard dollar voorspeld, maar dat is nu bijgesteld naar 420,7 miljoen dollar. De geschatte nettowinst daalt met 38 procent van 1,1 miljard dollar naar 620 miljoen dollar. Voor de batterijterugroepactie zet het bedrijf 568,84 miljoen dollar opzij; dit zijn kosten die in het tweede kwartaal van het boekjaar, dat in september eindigde, geboekt zullen worden. Dat de bijstelling groter is dan verwacht, ondanks het voorspelde kostenplaatje van de batterijproblemen, toont aan dat Sony blijkbaar pessimistischer gestemd is over zijn speldivisie dan de meeste analisten verwacht hadden. Het bedrijf schat nu zelf dat in het huidige boekjaar, dat in maart afloopt, 2,23 miljard dollar verlies gemaakt zal worden op deze afdeling, een verdubbeling ten opzichte van de eerder geschatte resultaten. Daar heeft overigens niet alleen de PS3 schuld aan: de voorspelling van de verkoopcijfers van de PSP werd met een kwart naar beneden gesteld.

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 15:19 schreef Diablos79 het volgende:
Lijkt me nogal logisch dat ie MPEG2 ondersteund, anders word het een beetje moeilijk dvds kijken

Dat Divx en Xvid ondersteuning zou leuk zijn hoor, maar vind dat wel allemaal wat overbodig bij een console. Bijna iedere dvd speler ondersteund die zooi tegenwoordig ook. Ik heb liever dat zich veel meer richten op games dan op multimedia, ik koop een console toch voor de spellen en niet om filmpjes mee te kijken.

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1:30 p.m.: Half an hour after early attendees started lining up outside the building, Sony allows them to start filing in. A stage at the front of the room features a large screen running PS3 promotional video, all shots of the system and controller. Before long a couple hundred members of the press have crowded the room and the din of chatter threatens to drown out the house music.

1:52: A voice asks everyone to take their seats. The show will begin in five minutes. Apparently their clock is ahead.

1:55: Banks of speakers flank the side of the stage, with TV displays on either side showing the same footage as the big screen. "Two minutes," the voice says.

1:57 p.m.: The music fades and chatter soon follows. SCEA president Kaz Hirai and fellow Sony execs take their seats in the front row. The voice says, "During this Sony event, video and still photography is not allowed. Thank you very much."

1:59 p.m.: Another voice says "Can I get an encore? Do you want more?" The music kicks up loud again and a montage of gameplay footage is shown as the lights dim. If you can name a PS3 title, it's probably in here. All kinds of games from all publishers are shown. The date "11/17" is shown and Kaz Hirai is introduced.

2:00 p.m.: Kaz takes the stage. Apparently starting the show on time caught the techies by surprise; it takes a second to turn the microphone on.

2:01 p.m.: Kaz, Jack Tretton, and Phil Harrison will take us through what comes in the box, launch titles, peripherals, the PlayStation Network, and the PlayStation Store, including downloadable content.

2:02 p.m.: They're going to try and show us as much as possible in live demos during this session. After the presentation, we'll be able to get our hands on the games, so check back later for GameSpot's hands-on coverage of all the titles.

2:03 p.m.: Hirai teases a surprise guest providing entertainment at the night's event.

2:04 p.m.: Hirai says the final boxed product is rolling off the assembly lines as we speak. Then he shows the retail packaging.

He says they will have 22 launch window titles, including games like FEAR, Call of Duty 3, Full Auto 2, Genji: Days of the Blade, NBA Live 07, NBA 2K7, NHL 2K7, Rainbow Six Vegas, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Untold Legends, and Riiidge Racer 7. (Yes, he said "Riiidge.")

2:05 p.m.: He talks about specific games, including Genji and NBA 07, which he touts by saying "there is no more realistic NBA action than NBA 07." Now he's turning to Resistance: Fall of Man. He calls it "the most robust lineup of any console launch for titles." And it's another montage.

2:11 p.m.: The video ends with the Play Beyond slogan and a round of applause from the crowd. Kaz talks about going deeper into what we'll find on launch day, and introduces Jack Tretton.

2:12 p.m.: Tretton welcomes everyone to the event and says Sony is very excited for the big launch date. Now he's going to tell us what we'll find at retail on Nov. 17. We hope he says "a system." Nope. He says "a crowd." He recaps the two different PS3 packages and reiterates the previously announced US prices.

2:13 p.m.: He says the Cell processor, which makes its consumer debut in the PS3, runs at 256 "thousand million teraflops per second," but admits he's not the one to tell us what that means. He mentions the array of movie studios and tech companies supporting the Blu-ray format. He does emphasize that it does play DVD, CD, and Blu-ray video, so they're going to pack the Blu-ray edition of Talladega Nights in the first 500,000 PS3 systems.

2:14 p.m.: The movie doesn't hit retail until December. Now he's showing us a trailer of Talladega Nights. Who doesn't love John C. Reilly?

2:16 p.m.: Props to whoever decided to put Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Kind of Man" in the trailer.

2:17 p.m.: Tretton says they worked closely with Sony Pictures to make the promotion happen and says "there can only be one no. 1 because two no.1s would be 11 and we don't want that." I think someone snickered. That might have been a sneeze though.

2:17 p.m.: Tretton brings up the Sixaxis controller, emphasizing that it doesn't require any outside sensors, and says we'll see some wonderful uses for it in the very near future. Also in the box is an AC cord (no brick), a USB mini cable, an Ethernet cable, and a multi-AV cable with composite connector.

2:19 p.m.: First-party software will debut at $59.99 for Genji, Resistence, and NBA 07. The controller will be $49.99. Memory card adaptors will be $14.99, while the Blu-ray remote (in December) will be $24.99.

2:20 p.m.: Now it's time to talk demo kiosks. Sony will send out 15,000 kiosks that will debut October 26. They will feature Sony Bravia HD monitors. "Universally, PS products will have the lead-in position. they will have dominant shelf space." He also says the kiosks will be networked so they can stream game demos and they'll no longer be dependent on someone carrying a disc into the store and loading it up.

2:23 p.m.: Harrison says the team is in the home stretch, and stresses how proud Sony is of what they're going to show us today. He introduces Ted Price to the stage to talk about Resistence and give a live demo.

2:24 p.m.: Price is showing Nottingham, England after the alien invasion. He demonstrates some of the weapons, like the standard assault rifle, the bullseye (tag an enemy and then fire tracing bullets at him, or a temporary shield.

2:25 p.m.: Now he brings out the lark, a rocket launcher that lets him pause the rockets in mid-air, then control its speed with the analog stick or have it splinter into a barrage of tinier missiles.

2:26 p.m.: He pauses the game and moves the camera around the frozen world in a debug mode. He fires a hedgehog, a spiky bomb that jumps into the air and shatters into shrapnel.

2:27 p.m.: The other thing he wants to mention is the game's online mode. He talks about the 40-player online mode, a first for a console launch title, a lobby with community features including buddy lists, clans, and stats. He asks everyone to check out the PS3 online with Resistence at launch and turns it back over to Phil Harrison.

2:28 p.m.: Harrison brings up Blu-ray again, talking about the ratio of disc-based storage to the system's main memory. He mentions that historically a balanced system has about 100:1. Hey, what a coincidence! that happens to be the PS3's ratio!

2:29 p.m.: Now Harrison is talking us through a live demo of Genji. The main samurai slaughters enemy after enemy before switching out for a guy with a gigantic pole, Shizuka, and then back to the original samurai.

2:31 p.m.: Harrison ends the live demo and brings up high definition. He mentions that NBA Shootout was the first fully polygonal 5-on-5 sports game on the PlayStation, and compares it to NBA 07 being the first sports game in 1080 resolution.

2:33 p.m.: He talks about the detail in the player faces and has the guy giving the live demo go into the instant replay mode to show off the sweat on players in the middle of gameplay. "I'm told that's a cool thing," Harrison says.

2:34 p.m.: Now Harrison is talking about the Sixaxis controller and welcomes the founder of Factor 5 to demo Lair.

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 19:50 schreef Retuobak het volgende:

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Verschil bij de PS3 is dan weer dat je waarschijnlijk gewoon data op je HDD kunt zetten en die af kunt spelen. Dat maakt DivX/Xvid ondersteuning weer interessanter. Je hoeft dan immers geen DVDtje/CDtje te fikken .

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"Ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty."

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 23:50 schreef Tain het volgende:

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Sony verbiedt import van PS3

Dus niet regiovrij voor PS1 en PS2 spellen

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 11:09 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Ziet er toch wel goed uit allemaal, als is geen enkele game in een stijl die me écht aanspreekt. Ik wil het echter vooral hebben over dit:

SixaxiS wordt in Tony Hawk\'s Project 8 ondersteund

Ik denk dat het heel cool kan gaan worden, maar het is niet gemakkelijk volgens mij omdat je die gast best snelle bewegingen ziet maken. ALs ik denk aan de 360 versie die ik gespeeld heb moest ik daar ook vaak heel snel korte bewegingen maken met de sticks, als je dit moet doen met de hele controller is het toch wel lastig volgens mij.

Daarnaast vind ik het wel jammer dat je toch de sticks moet indrukken om de slow motion te starten waardoor je jouw duimen toch van de knoppen moet halen.

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After some hefty work on E17 of late to tie up loose ends and bring forward major positive changes to the code, sponsored by Terrasoft , Terrasoft have announced Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 for the PS3 including Enlightenment 0.17.0 pre-alpha code. We would like to thank Terrasoft for their support and hope to work with them in the future.

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Op donderdag 19 oktober 2006 11:15 schreef SToRM81 het volgende:

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Heb je wel eens goed naar spellen als Virtua Tennis 3 en FNR3 gekeken
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Dit is ook gewoon onzin. Ik ga in maart meer dan genoeg keuze hebben.

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Most interestingly, we got to see some new uses of the Sixaxis controller in Call of Duty 3. Previously, we reported that the controller's motion-sensing function would only be used to perform melee attacks, but today we found it could be employed in a number of other areas. For one, when we cleared the Nazi opposition guarding the artillery guns we were trying to blow up, we engaged a minigame that had us planting explosives on that weaponry to put it out of commission. We had to hit a succession of buttons to plant the charges and insert the firing pin, and then we had to twist the controller as if we were winding in the pin to enable the explosive.

The Laison level also offered some vehicular action: namely, you'll have to drive a jeep through part of the mission to get to where you need to go. Again, the Sixaxis could be used here essentially like a steering wheel to guide the jeep, though of course you'll be able to use the controller's traditional controls for everything if you prefer. The game sure did look good, though. It didn't look qualitatively better than the Xbox 360 version we've spent a lot of time with, though we noted the frame rate was consistent throughout our entire demo. That's because the many cores of the PS3's Cell processor are handling different parts of the game discretely, which apparently gives the developers more breathing room to implement various visual and aural effects without worrying about dragging down the frame rate too much.

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gamesindustry.biz Sony US has priced its first-party peripherals ahead of the launch of the PlayStation 3.

The controller, dubbed Sixaxis, will retail for USD 49.99 (EUR 39). The bluetooth-based controller will have a 20-metre wireless range, and charges its batteries using a supplied USB cable.

Due for release in December, Blu-ray remote controls will be priced at US$ 24.99 (EUR 20), while an adaptor to transfer PlayStation 2 games saves will sell for USD 14.99 (EUR 12).

Although both the 20GB and 60GB versions of the console include HDMI support, to make use of this feature consumers will need to buy the official HDMI cable for USD 49.99 (EUR 39).

The console itself is due for release on November 17th, priced at USD 499 (EUR 395) for the 20GB model and USD 599 (EUR 475) for the 60GB version.

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 14:18 schreef Panick het volgende:

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Ik denk dat het dollarteken voor het euroteken vervangen kan worden in het geval van de controllers e.d.
Wat worden we toch genaaid in Europa als ik zo die dollarprijzen zie... .

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 14:18 schreef Panick het volgende:

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Ik denk dat het dollarteken voor het euroteken vervangen kan worden in het geval van de controllers e.d.
Wat worden we toch genaaid in Europa als ik zo die dollarprijzen zie... .

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 15:15 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:

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Detail: Amerikaanse prijzen zijn excl BTW...

Wie worden er nu genaaid?

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 15:20 schreef Panick het volgende:

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US$599 is de winkelprijs?

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 15:23 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:
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De honden!

Nevermind, ik koop hem toch wel.

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 15:23 schreef SocialDisorder het volgende:

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Yep, en aan de kassa komt daar nog 5% bij. Dus 599 * 1,05 = $628,96
Komt neer op....
GOEDVERDOEMME!
¤498!!!!

De honden!

Nevermind, ik koop hem toch wel.

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Importing a PS2, PSP or PS3 into the EU without permission from SCE is illegal.

Sony is laying down the law in regards to importing its consoles - doing so without their permission is against the law. The news follows Sony's court victory over online retailer Lik-Sang in a case concerning the grey importing of the PSP. Judge Michael Fysh found that Lik-Sang was in breach of intellectual property rights when it sold Japanese PSPs to European consumers.

Sony is taking a firm stance on importing and looks set to follow up actions it took over the PSP all over again for the launch of the PS3.

"The law is clear; grey importing PS2, PSP or PS3 into the EU, without the express permission of SCE is illegal. Therefore, we will utilise the full scope of the law to put a stop to any retailers who chose to do this," a Sony rep said to GamesIndustry.biz. "Ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty."

There's no doubt that PlayStation 3 imports will be in high demand in Europe, given that North America and Japan get the console in November, which is likely to be at least four months prior to the PlayStation 3 launch in Europe. What actions Sony takes to prevent PS3 importing is yet to be seen, but the platform holder has already shown that it's more than willing to take the matter to the courts.

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Sony has told our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, that the company will provide a service to replace wireless PS3 controllers "when and if" their lithium batteries degrade.

A report on GamesRadar.com observed that the pads don't feature removable battery packs, rendering them "effectively useless" as wireless controllers after a certain number of charges.

This, the article claimed, would leave consumers "forced to shell out" for replacements.

But a Sony spokesperson told GI.biz, "This is a purely speculative story and is largely untrue. The latest generation of Lithium Polymer batteries hardly suffer any memory effect at all, so it'll be many years before there's any degradation in terms of battery performance."
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The spokesperson went on to confirm, "When and if this happens, then of course we will be providing a service to exchange these items."

A European price point for the pads has yet to be announced, but yesterday SCEA announced they will retail for US$ 49.99. It was also confirmed that PS3 owners will be able to charge and use their controllers via a supplied USB cable.

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EA reveals more than 30 PS3 titles in development

Up to ten titles due for release before March '07

Electronic Arts has pledged strong support for Sony's PlayStation 3, by revealing it has over 30 titles currently in development for the next-generation system.

The world's largest third-party publisher hopes to release between eight and ten titles by the end of March 2007, including franchise favourites Need for Speed Carbon, Fight Night and the recently announced Def Jam: Icon.

"Each game has been custom designed to leverage the hardware power of the PlayStation 3 and serve as a launch pad for EA's next generation of HD gaming," said Paul Lee, president of EA Studios.

"This is only the beginning. In the months and years to come, developers will take greater advantage of the PlayStation 3's Cell processors and Blu-Ray storage capacity to create games of stunning depth and texture," he added.

Titles already in development include new IP Army of Two and Skate, as well as Burnout 5, Battlefield: Bad Company, Medal of Honor: Airborne and yearly updates for EA's key sporting franchises.

"EA's games on the PlayStation 3 will help propel HD forward," said Frank Gibeau, executive vice president of publishing in North America.

"Over the course of the next 18 months, EA will roll out groundbreaking new original properties and spectacular new versions of perennial hits that will further maximize the power of the PlayStation 3's unique cell processor and outstanding blu-ray disk capacity."

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 18:06 schreef Gstyles het volgende:
kun je het vertalen ik ben niet zo goed in de engelse taal...

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Sony: We May Not Hit Shipment Targets
"Clearly we've had production issues," says Sony.
by Patrick Klepek, 10/20/2006
5 of 5 users recommend this story.
Just this week, Sony re-confirmed previous assertions they'd be shipping one million PlayStation 3 units to North America by the end of the year. Including Japan, that number becomes two million, and including the European launch next March, that becomes six million worldwide. Are these numbers realistic? Even Sony admits they're not definite in an article on Bloomberg this morning. Oops?

"The honest answer is it's [our worldwide shipment numbers] more of a target," said Sony Computer Entertainment America co-chairman Jack Tretton. "Clearly we've had production issues."

We imagine the reason shipment numbers for the launch -- 400,000 in the US, 100,000 in Japan -- are so low are because they're accurate. The question's whether production will ramp up enough to maintain the rest of their announced targets. Can you hear the collective moan of gamers drowned out by the cries of victory from eBay users?

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 16:43 schreef Tain het volgende:
Sony has told our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, that the company will provide a service to replace wireless PS3 controllers "when and if" their lithium batteries degrade.

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 19:30 schreef Tain het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 20 oktober 2006 19:45 schreef P-Style het volgende:

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Da's wel service. Maarja.. Sony is het inmiddels wel gewend om gratis accu's te vervangen.

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Op zondag 22 oktober 2006 19:14 schreef Gstyles het volgende:
Bij Bart Smit:

Wordt mrt 2007 verwacht!

De prijs is een richtprijs, vastgesteld door Bart Smit en kan nog veranderen!

De PS3 zal meer zijn dan een spelcomputer alleen. Dit mede dankzij de 60 gigabyte harde schijf die ook films, muziek en foto's kan bevatten. De PS3 is dus ook een mediaspeler waarmee je digitale bestanden kunt afspelen op je televisie.

De nieuwe spelcomputer heeft een compleet ander design. Veel moderner dan de huidige Playstation. De specificaties zijn zelfs zwaarder dan die van de Xbox 360. Sony maakte trots bekend dat de spelcomputer krachtig genoeg is om 20 biljoen berekeningen per seconde uit te voeren.

Alle mogelijkheden komen natuurlijk pas goed tot hun recht met games die het uiterste van het systeem vragen. Deze worden straks op een Blu-ray disc verkocht waarop 54 GB aan data past. En hij beschikt dus evenals de nieuwe Xbox over een harde schijf. Wie de nieuwe Playstation aanschaft hoeft zijn oude games niet weg te gooien. De PS3 kan met spelletjes van de Playstation 1 en 2 overweg.

Wie tegen andere wil gamen kan daarvoor zijn Playstation 3 op internet aansluiten. Er komt zelfs een gratis online dienst. Deze kan gebruikt worden om demo's van nieuwe games te downloaden en ook voice chat zal via de gratis dienst mogelijk zijn.
Draadloze controller via Bluetooth, spelen d.m.v. zwenkbewegingen
De nieuwste Blu-Ray Disc met een opslagcapaciteit van 54 GB per schijfje voor games en films van ongekende kwaliteit
Geschikt voor High Definition televisie d.m.v. HDMI aansluitingen.
Met ingebouwde Memory Stick cardreader
Inclusief 60 GB harde schijf
Kan overweg met Playstation 2 games
Breedband aansluiting voor online gaming en ondersteuning
WiFi mogelijkheid

misschien al allemaal bekend, maar toch alvast eff smullen

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2006 18:23 schreef menesis het volgende:
Sjonge jonge, wanneer komt de dag dat die gasten leren dat aliasing NIET cool is!!
JOEHOE SONY: er bestaat een formule genaamd ANTI aliasing!
weer dezelfde irritaties als bij de PS2: alle smalle dingen als hekken ed gaan weer knipperen als een malle.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2006 18:28 schreef BMH het volgende:

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In 1080p is AA al bijna niet meer nodig Maar ik neem aan dat PS3 games ook minimaal 2x FSAA gebruiken.

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Op donderdag 26 oktober 2006 00:07 schreef menesis het volgende:

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maar ja als je 1080P tv hebt is die ook wel van afmetingen dat je het weer wel ziet denk ik
Op zich heb ik neits tegen kartelige lijntjes; alleen objecten in de verte gaan dan zo vaag doen.

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Op donderdag 26 oktober 2006 03:52 schreef Fallen het volgende:
De screens die hier getoond worden lijken toch verdomd veel op de trailer van E3 2005... ze komen behoorlijk dicht in de buurt.

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Op donderdag 26 oktober 2006 03:52 schreef Fallen het volgende:
De screens die hier getoond worden lijken toch verdomd veel op de trailer van E3 2005... ze komen behoorlijk dicht in de buurt.

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Op donderdag 26 oktober 2006 11:48 schreef Retuobak het volgende:

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Ik stel voor dat je die E3 2005 trailer nog eens kijkt
Not even close