P L A Y S T A T I O N 3- Sony\'s Phil Harrison mentioned that running PS2 games on PS3 will have no visual enhancement; the same manner for PSone games. Sony plans to offer the entire library of PSone games through PlayStation online store, players can purchase the games online and play on PS3 and PSP, excluding games with licensing issues. Some of those hard to find titles like Motor Toon GP and Vib Ribbon will be available soon.
- Sony announced there will be 15 playable PS3 titles at the upcoming Akihabara Entamatsuri 2006 Festival, which takes place in Tokyo Japan between October 21 - 29, 2006, the games include:Afrika (Sony)
Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
Minna no Golf 5 (Sony)
Formula 1 (Sony)
Genji: Kamui Souran [Genji: Days of the Blade] (Sony)
Gran Turismo HD (Sony)
Heavenly Sword (Sony)
Lair (Sony)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight (Namco Bandai)
MotorStorm (Sony)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony)
Ridge Racer 7 (Namco Bandai)
The Eye of Judgement (Sony)
Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega)
flOw (Sony)
- Sony announced there will be 21 launch titles for PlayStation 3 in North America on November 17, 2006.Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 (EA)
F.E.A.R. (Vivendi)
Full Auto 2 Battlelines (Sega)
Genji: Days of the Blade (Sony)
Madden NFL 07 (EA)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (Namco Bandai)
NBA 07 (EA)
NBA 2K7 (2K Sports)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
NHL 2K7 (EA)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony)
Ridge Racer 7 (Namco Bandai)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Bethesda)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA)
Tom Clancy\'s Rainbow Six Vegas (EA)
Tony Hawk\'s Project 8 (Acivision)
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Sony)
- Sony announced the US version of PlayStation 3 will come with the following:1 Sixaxis controller - 20 meters wireless range and 30 hours battery life on one charge
1 AC cord
1 USB mini-cable
1 Ethernet cable
1 Multi-AV cable - composite connectors
- The Sixaxis controllers will sell for $49.99; Memory card adapter for $14.99; and Blu-ray remote will be available in December for $24.99; and first party PS3 titles will sell for $59.99.
- The first 500,000 PlayStation 3 units will ship with a Blu-ray movie Talladege Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell), which released one month ahead of its retail release.
- Sony\'s Phil Harrison revealed some future plans for PS3 and PSP:
Sony will begin to sell games, videos and music on the PlayStation Network, which can be downloaded and played on PS3.
In the next PSP firmware upgrade, you will be able to transfer PSone games from PS3 to PSP and play.
In future games offered online can be played on both PS3 and PSP.
PS3 is region-free, but PS2 is not, therefore Japanese PS2 games still won\'t run on American PS3
The next-gen EyeToy peripheral will appear early next year
The target age group for PS3 is between 20s and 30s.
- Sega announced that Virtua Tennis 3 for PS3 and Xbox 360 will have online support, up to 4 players can play online. Virtua Tennis 3 will be released in Q1 2007, for US$49.95.
- Electronic Arts confirmed that over 30 titles are under development for PlayStation 3.http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm...some are interesting news