Huge Month for the PS3

The stuff I've known were coming are becoming reality to the public.


1.) Removal of EE will reduce manufacturing costs and better PS2/PSX playback in the future. Such move will help upscaling PS1/PS2 games to 720p and 1080i.

2.) Worldwide launch of the PS3 on March 23rd.

3.) Firmware update dubbed "March Update"

4.) Very good games coming out this month. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html

5.) Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection released yesterday on the PlayStation Store

6.) DVDs will be upscaled.

7.) New technology in "rumble" is announced by Immersion for the PS3.

8.) The PS1 games in the PlayStation Store will be playable on the PS3.

9.) The implementation of PlayStation Home. http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/rumor-sony-t...home-240746.php


10.) MotorStorm gets high reviews from the likes of IGN and Play Magazine (Gave it an 8.9/10 and a 10/10, respectively). It also received a 4.5/5 from GamePro.


All of this will be talked on the 7th at the GDC...



Details from Phil Harrison- Sony Computer Worldwide Studios
Keynote at GDC March 7th 2007:

Anouncements:

Firmware update available on the 8th for North America/Japan and Asia. European PS3's will be preloaded with this latest update.

Features of this latest firmware include:

More refined PS Store frontend
Playstation Network integrity enhanced
Wallpapers from pictures
Ability to change background colours
Sony Connect Store for music and movies added to the PS Store. Hundreds of trailers/full films/song videos and mps3's available for download.
Playstation Card option in PS Store enabled.

Removal of Emotion Engine chips in PS3's in NA and Japan to follow in April. Reason for this is to reduce costs and focus on enhanced opportunities via software. Benefits include the ability to upscale selected PSone/PS2 games to 1080i/720p.

Lots of development talk.
Release dates for key games. Warhawk in June/July 2007. Heavenly Sword delayed. Killzone and MGS4 in late 2007.

New content on PS Store available on the 8th:

Tekken 6 trailer
Lair demo & trailer
Rainbow Six Vegas demo
EA: Skate trailer
Battlefield Bad Company trailer
Warhawk demo
Virtua Fighter 5 demo
Virtua Tennis 3 demo & trailer
GRAW 2: trailer
Mortal Kombat 2 game
Killzone trailer

Killzone demo for May.