The Latest PS3 Details from Sony’s Gamer’s Day
October 23, 2006
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- Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby will ship with the first 500,000 PS3 consoles
- 20 launch titles confirmed, some of which are in 1080p
- PS3 hard drive can store and play HD movies directly
- AC cord, USB mini-cable, and multi-AV cable included
- No HD cables included
- No Blu-ray remote included
- Sixaxis controller will be shipped with console. In connection to concern over the longevity of the lithium-ion batteries, a Sony spokesperson promised, “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. When and if this happens, then of course we will be providing a service to exchange these items.”
- 1st party PS3 games - $59.99
- extra Sixaxis controllers - $49.99
- Memory card reader - $14.99
- Blu-ray remote (to be released this winter) - $24.99
- Resistance: Fall of Man – 16 GB, 720 p - not 22 GB, 1920 x 1080
- PS3 does not upconvert DVD over any connection
- PS3 will not enhance PS1 or PS2 games
- 400,000 is a “target” for the North American launch that very well may not be reached. “Clearly, we’ve had production issues,” conceded Jack Tretton, Sony co-chairman.
- No Gamer Scores for PS3. “It’s very difficult to draw analogies [between] your success on SOCOM and your success on Madden. Madden players care about peoples’ success on Madden.”
- Online multiplayer modes of PS3 games will cost money only if developers choose to charge for them; Sony won’t charge for their games. Multiplayer modes of Resistance, which supports up to 40 gamers online, will be free.
- Genji (pictured) is ready to be manufactured, making it one of the PS3’s first finished works.
- PS3’s online store will allow gamers to purchase and download trailers, demos, and add-ons for already-owned games. Debuting at the event were flOw and Blast Factor, an aquatic, bird’s-eye-view shooter game. Waves of enemies floating toward the player can be sloshed to one side with a tilted jerk of the PS3’s motion-sensitive controller.
- Orchestra tuning hums when PS3 is turned on.
