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Sony Controller Patent

Sony not only has a motion controller scheduled for next year but they also might have plans for this remote thing. A patent was filed for this in the U.S. by Sony Computer Entertainment. The document calls this device a “hand held game controller.” I don’t know what this will be used for so you tell me?

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SCEA Dev: “Tried to Convince Making ‘God of War III’ a First Person Shooter”

We all love the God of War series, the violence, the button-mashing combo-intensity mother fucking action! Well, what if the latest installment of the game, God of War III, turned out to be a first person shooter? You don’t think so? Well, Ken Feldmen, the SCEA Art Director talked about the development of the game, the most interesting fact is his trying to convince the director to make the game a First Person Shooter. Here’s official comment:

“I tried unsuccessfully to convince [Director] Stig to make ‘God of War III’ a first-person shooter. Kratos could have some truly badass huge weapons that rip gods to shreds. Unfortunately he didn’t see the genius in the idea.”

Granted the game would be different than it was in the past or as we know it, I’m not going to say that the idea of God of War being in a FPS format wouldn’t work, or it would be bad. I guess we’ll never know….or will we?

Posted by Oculin in PS3, Rumors, Sony | 1 comment

80GB PS3 Phasing Out In Japan?

The farther along in the year we get the more evidence that shows a possibly PS3 price drop or redesign is coming soon. A post by Kotaku about the PS3’s status in japan recently shows even more evidence of change coming. PS3 consoles are starting to become sold out in many stores in Japan. Not only that but 7 11 isn’t accepting anymore pre-orders. I think its pretty much guarantee that some sort of change is coming.

Posted by SuburbanHell in PS2, PS3, Sony | 6 comments

Backwards Compatibility coming back to the PS3?

Sony Patents Emotion Engine Emulation Technology For Cell Processors

In an effort to reduce the cost of manufacturing a PS3 (and thusly reduce the price, Sony removed several elements of the original PlayStation 3.  One of these was the Emption Engine, a chip Sony designed as the PS2’s CPU, the backbone of what makes the Original PS3 play PS2 games.

Sony’s new line of thinking?  What if the PS3’s cell processor could emulate the Emotion Engine? Then, all PlayStation 3s would be able to play PS2 games even if a console didn’t have the proper hardware. Well, according to a recent patent filed by Sony Computer Entertainment in the US, Sony has the code and technology ready to do this.

There aren’t too many reasons why Sony would want the PS3’s Cell processor to emulate the PS2’s Emotion Engine, so the natural speculation is the return of backwards compatibility to the PS3 in either a firmware update, or future versions of the PS3.

Backwards Compatibility returning to the PS3 will definitely help Sony move some units, it was a major factor in selling the PS2 and the original PS3, and it’s something, in my mind, that Sony has to look back and regret removing as it likely cost them quite a few sales of former PS2 gamers.

Story courtesy of Silconera

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Computers | 0 comments

Want a Cheap Netbook? Don’t ask Sony!

When you think of Netbook’s, you generally think of a cheap, maybe $200 or $300 computer that has all of the essentials, but not overloaded with stuff. Well, Sony is taking that and shoving it in your ass with the Vaio P. The Vaio P NETBOOK costs an amazing $2,000. Not $1,000, or even $1,500, but $2,000 freaking dollars. Crazy.

Apparently, this price is because the Vaio P is some special edition, but I mean the regular Vaio P only cocsts $1,000. I mean, talk about a charging out the ass for a freaking netbook.