W najnowszym numerze OPM znalazło się trochę nowych informacji nt. PS3. O serwisie online, o emulacji, o tytułach startowych i nie tylko.
O obsuwie premiery:
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Next up, the development community has expressed it's excitement over the delay. David Hasle from Monolith (of F.E.A.R and Condemned fame) said "That gives us more time to polish, playtest, and make a kick ass game!" which hints that Monolith is preparing something for the new console. Various other developers including Randy Pithcford of Gearbox said that he was pleased that Sony is catering to everyone by choosing a worldwide launch. Meanwhile, Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer of Devil May Cry 4) said he anti(pipi)ted that Sony would do this anyway- even going so far to say that a 2007 release would be even better.
O PlayStation Network Platform i HDD:
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Sony has officially stated that the PS3 will have an integrated 60GB HDD (although they are unsure wether to launch with one built in- but it is extremely likely). They say that it will be a 'key component of the Playstation Network Platform' (Sony's answer to Xbox Live). They went on to reveal all about the PNP feature.
The PNP will feature XBL like 'handles' (a free account ehich when registered lets you choose a name), matchmaking lobbies (a la Halo 2), online rankings, game uploads/downloads which includes straight swapping of data between two PS3's, XBL like friends lists and avatars (an interesting thing is that the Eyetoy successor will take a photo of you and transform your face into a CGI avatar!), full voice/video chat which includes messaging, virtual shops for buying extras like PSP style updates and the biggest news of all which is game loading from HDD- this means that digital distribution will play a big role in the PS3's lifetime. Since full PSOne games are confirmed by Sony to be down loadable to PSP memory sticks later this year, we can expect the same thing to happen on the PS3.
Speaking of the HDD, it will act almost identically to the 360's HDD. It will store game saves, movie files, music, demos, movie trailers, back catalogues of PS1 games and Sony is looking into the possibility of full PS3 games to download.
O emulacji:
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As well as offering the backwards compatibility, the PS3 will be able to upscale all games- be it PS1 or PS2 games to the lowest form of HD- 480p which is a quality definition superior to that of normal SDTV output making your existing library super sharp. Another news snippet is that the PS3 is completely region free- following in the footsteps of the 360 which will enable you to play import games.
O tytułach startowych:
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-John Woo's Stranglehold
-Tekken
-Sonic The Hedgehog
-Resistence: Fall of Man
-Rainbow Six: Vegas
-Lair
-Motorstorm
-Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
O tym co powstaje:
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Crysis is coming to PS3
Level-5, the Dragon Quest crew, is making a new PS3 RPG
Sony's first Blu-Ray player releases in the US in July, costing $1000
Pandemic are making six new games split over current and next gen hardware
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