Thursday 6 August 2009

PlayStation Wii? (A look at the PS Wand)

There's no denying that the Nintendo Wii was an overwhelming success. Phenomenally so. (See charts below if you don't believe me... Or check out this cool moving graph)


Not good with numbers? Don't worry, this graph might suit you better...


As you can see, Nintendo is storming ahead with their cheaper products aimed more towards the family, with the technically superior PS3 is left trailing at the back. The main reason for this is said to be the price, although a price drop is imminent for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 (An article written by Krease explains this better)

Either way, with the DS's touch screen and the Wii's motion sensors, both PlayStation and Xbox have been hard at work trying to find NEW and REVOLUTIONARY ways to... Well, rip Nintendo's ideas off.

Therefor it is no surprise that they have both unveiled their new devices for the consoles, Playstation with the PLAYSTATION WAND and Xbox with PROJECT NATAL, at E3 this year. (To be honest, if you didn't know this already then you must have been living under a rock.... Or a non-gamer who mistook this site for some sort of pornography, in which case- here you go)

The two different devices work in completely different ways, but still manage to seemingly steal the Nintendo Wii's control system.


PlayStation seem to have ripped off the Wii mote itself, with the PS3 Wand. It works in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye to give full motion control.








Whereas Xbox have decided to pinch the Wii Motion sensor design with their Project Natal.









However, although both we unveiled at E3, and Project Natal has some pretty interesting concepts, only PlayStation had a working model to show. And what a show that was!



This is the future. By leaning over and copying off Nintendo's paper, PlayStation seem to have vastly improved on the concept. Although the Wii Motion Sensor Plus has been released, it may be too little too late. The future of gaming is almost here and I, for one, cannot wait.

(I know it's taken a while to get here, but this bit is the ACTUAL NEWS I've been working towards here!)

SO- Off the back of this,
EA has now stated that they are on board with both Natal and the PS3 Wand. A report published on Eurogamer.net states that EA's head fella, John Riccitiello, confirmed that "early-to-mid 2010" will be the time when the company will reveal exactly how it plans to support the new motion-sensitive control systems.

"We're planning to support both," he stated. "We haven't yet announced our plans to do so, but we shall do so in the right time-frame for that, which is likely to be early-to-mid-2010."

So the future of gaming is looking really interesting... And REALLY close!


-- BIZNITCH --

Xbox360 Set For A Price Drop


I know what you’re thinking, and yes this is Playstation Blogger UK and not the 360 Blogger UK, the reason for this post is that the Xbox360 is to drop its price which affects the PS3.

Apparently the Xbox360 Pro model which is the mid price ranged model between the Arcade and the Elite is set to be discontinued according to the new Xbox 360 packaging, which you can see in the picture above, there are two boxes and the one on the left is the old Arcade packaging and the one on the right is the new Arcade packaging with out the Pro listed. With the Pro version out of the way this could now mean that the Elite will be dropped to the same price as the Pro meaning a much better and of course cheaper console with more included.

Now the reason this affects the PS3 is because we all know a price drop is coming its rumoured on most sites everyday that it will happen before Christmas.The fact the 360 is coming down in price pretty much cancels out whatever price drop the PS3 will drop to.At least the PS3 will be cheaper than it is now and that's what everyone's being asking for.

I know a few friends who are putting off buying a PS3 until it drops to around the £200 mark, with the rumours suggesting the price will drop to around £209-£219, this should convince most of the people holding off to pick one up. I would think most people who were going to buy a Xbox360 either would have by now or wouldn't be to bothered by the price drop seeing how there are three different models to choose from ranging from £140-£240, where as the PS3 as been to expensive for most would be owners ranging from £270-£300 for the 80gb version. We will have to wait and see what Sony have in store for the PS3, PS3 Slim and the price drop at GDC Europe 2009(GamesCom) and the Tokyo Game Show 2009 in September.

Sony Trademarks P.S Thanks

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Sony have trademarked “P.S Thanks” which is being rumoured to be a reward system similar to Club Nintendo where you buy games, scratch off the wee foil thing and key in your code to earn points redeemable against all kinds of things. It could even be a reward system based on trophies earned in exchange for PSN credit or unique downloads.

It’s good to see Sony are looking into ways of rewarding owners of a PS3 and possibly the PSP, i just hope the rewards are not something Home related.

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Fifa 10 Cover Revealed

EA have revealed the cover art for Fifa 10, the cover features Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Frank Lampard.

FIFA 10 arrives on 2nd October for DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360.

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GamesCom (GDC Europe 2009) Line-Up

Below is the line-ups for several companies taking part in this years GamesCom event which is taking place in Cologne, Germany between the 17th and the 23rd of August.

Hopefully we will here release dates for all the games on the list, and in the case of MAG will there be a beta for the public and not just Sony employees any time soon.

 

SCEE

PS3:

  • Heavy Rain
  • Uncharted 2: Among Theives
  • God of War III
  • MAG
  • EyePet
  • Ratchet and Clank: A Crank In Time
  • SingStar
  • Buzz!
  • White Knight Chronicles
  • DC Universe

PSP:

  • Gran Turismo
  • Invizimals
  • Motorstorm: Arctic Edge
  • Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
  • SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3

Services:

  • “Lots of PSN games,” including Gravity Crash
  • VidZone
  • PlayStation Home
  • PSP Go

SCEE Conference Date & Time: Tuesday August 18, 17:00-20:00 (BST)

Activision

  • Bakugan
  • Band Hero
  • Blur
  • DJ Hero
  • Guitar Hero 5
  • Modern Warfare 2
  • Tony Hawk Ride

EA

  • APB
  • Army of Two: The 40th Day
  • Battlefield Bad Company 2
  • Brutal Legend
  • Command & Conquer 4
  • Dante’s Inferno
  • Dead Space Extraction
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • FIFA 10
  • Mass Effect 2
  • MySims Agents
  • Need for Speed SHIFT
  • Need for Speed NITRO
  • NHL
  • RAGE
  • The Beatles: Rock Band
  • The Saboteur
  • Tiger Woods Online

Square Enix

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy
  • Finaly Fantasy XIII
  • Fantasy XIV
  • Kingdom Hearts
  • 358/2 Days
  • Mini Ninjas
  • Order of War
  • Supreme Commander 2