pspgoAlright, hot off the presses we have Sony and their E3 announcements

For starters the PSP Go (the worst kept secret) has been officially announced. The unit will retail for approximately CDN $249.99 MSRP. The system is said to have a more digital storage focus, with a 16 gig flash memory and the options to add your own memory stick. With an array of new applications to take advantage of it, such as “SensMe” a mood based music application used to manage and create playlists depending on you mood. Along with that we now have a central application Media Go! allowing transfer of digital content via your PC to the PSP. Launching along side The PSP GO will be the loooong awaited Gran Turismo for the PSP both of which are coming this October.

Its important to note that the PSP G0 wont be replacing the PSP 3000 model. Sony plans on supporting the UMD centric model as well as its new flash drive counter part; offering applications and services that will work for both units.

But that’s not all folks, you see, at the E3 press conference we learned that 25 PS3 exclusive titles are on their way, add that to the list of multi platform third party titles and you have tons to play. With exclusives like Uncharted 2 – Among Thieves, God of War III, MAG (256 player online war game!), Ratchet and Clank Future – a crack in time, to titles like ModNation racers- user created racer that is all about customization, right down to the track itself. Oh and we had a glimps of Gran Turismo 5, only this time there seemed to be damage!!

And then there were the titles we really didn’t see coming, Metal Gear Solid : Peace walker, an official sequel to MGS3: snake eater, announced by the man – Hideo Kojima -himself. Resident Evil for the psp, Another is Rockstar’s The Agent, a gritty take on the world of espionage. And just when you thought it was safe to play Final Fantasy 13… in comes 14. Final Fantasy 14 strictly online and exclusive for the PS3.

Finally a new tech demo was showcased, combining the existing eye toy and a new peripheral to create immersion in a new manner. The controller basically takes real world information, replicates your movement in the digital world 1:1 and then using the eye toy you can view the amalgamation of your world and the game world with effects placing objects seemingly around you.
Still in its prototype phase, the tech demo showed off sword fighting, bow and arrow, precision drawing and other motion based implementations.

If you ask me the industry is really taking this motion thing to some new and scary heights.

Besides that people can expect to see The DUALSHOCK 3 come out in deep red and metalic blue.

Whew!!! that’s a lot of info. So basically Sony has got your back and wants to assure you, the public, that there isn’t any shortage of supporting the Playstation brand and its 3 viable platforms.






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