crits and observations of the sony conference-
no Heavy Rain Demo... and leaving it just for the sizzle reel? also, you're going to introduce a new IP (Agent) and not have anything to show besides Logo....
sizzle reels great as usual but they're ultimately to drive home a point; PS3 has got games. i can respect that.
game demos were fantastic. Uncharted 2 = Jizzed in my pants, MAG meh, Bearbrick racer meh, god of war 3 = jizzed in my pants, assassin's creed two not bad those are the only demos i remember.
Ps2 they kept light which is good. focus was on ps3 and that's where it should be. this could be ps2's last year.
no price drop mentioned.
props to Sony for bringing Augmented Reality to the Playstation 3. Definitely shouldn't have been shown the way it is. It was way too unrefined. but i can understand that it was probably built from pressure of wii motion + and Project Natal. they had to show something on this front. and demoing AR (already did with Eye of Judgement), still very good form. Just really needs to be tweaked in the graphic front to make it consumer ready. also adding ideas from Natal isn't that far of a stretch as they're both very similar to each other. Notice the basic functionality of natal was present in the tech demo.
PSP got heavy play. I like that. hannah montana for the motha fuckin win. that bitch is the truth. in this industry we only have room for the new, if you're old you need TO GET THE FUCK OUT THE WAY! Bring on the new... HA!
other than that. real strong showing. AR is on par with Natal in technical side but it needed to be more refined. also, the tech guy needed to either have sex, get head, or masteurbate before coming out. he was way too nervous and i can understand, it's difficult but damn.... stuttering and staggering? hitting verbal pauses like YOOOOOO~~
the thought of the translator for GT director and producer was working on a crossword puzzle while he was translating. which made me LOL.
now.. does this beat MS's conference? it doesn't beat Natal. Natal is something on a whole nother level. very similar to what LBP did when it was first announced. it's just a whole other beast that No conference could beat. What Natal Promises through it's own and other's with Milo etc etc it's mindbogglingly fun to think of those prospects. but the Microsoft conference aside from Natal was rather meh... games that were multiplat were demoed and the exclusives did keep things in order for MS and though it was a damn strong show, Sony just delivered a better overall package. my 2 cents.
- on a side note, Augmented Reality it's fairly new tech when you think about it, but it has been around for a couple of years already. hell, Discovery channel is releasing a theme park that should be entirely based in Augmented Reality, "Future is Wild theme park" also, if you youtube augmented reality you'll see some other fun tech demos. but yeah.. Props still goes out to the ps3 for bringing this in.
they brought 2nd life in the form of home, and they're bringing AR.... look at sony riding the wave of technology and introducing it to the mainstream.
