Archive for the 'PS3' Category

Home Tidbits

Posted by Raoul on August 8th, 2007

Several new interesting facts to report on Home, Sony’s upcoming free product for the PS3. None of this is especially earth shaking, but many of our readers would be nonetheless interested:

Currently, Home limits the number of users in a single room to 64. This seems to be a performance related issue as the frame rate […]

PS3 Controller News and Rumors

Posted by Raoul on August 1st, 2007

Several fresh items today regarding the PS3 controller:

We can confirm that prototypes of the new rumble-enabled controllers have made their way to various Sony developers. Information on these controllers is still closely held by Sony and their partners, but an official announcement and unveiling is expected in the next two to three months. Leipzig is […]

PS3 Memory Footprint

Posted by Raoul on May 9th, 2007

The release of the 1.60 firmware six weeks ago was recently followed by the release to developers of the corresponding 1.60 SDK. The SDKs always come out a few days after the firmware so that Sony can iron out any bugs, issues and complete the documentation for the new and changed features.
Ozymandias recently did an […]

GDC: Home, Part 2

Posted by Raoul on April 9th, 2007

As a stand alone product, Sony’s Home is sure to satisfy the demands of most users. As we’ve seen previously, the promised functionality is unique for consoles and Sony looks to deliver a completely new experience for consumers. We mentioned a few problems last time, all of which can be remedied at some point down […]

GDC: PS3 Keynote and Home

Posted by Raoul on March 30th, 2007

Another important event at this year’s Game Developers Conference was the Sony keynote. Obviously aimed at mainstream gaming media, Sony unveiled some planned titles and elaborated on how they fit with their online strategy. While much has already been written on this, our analysis of the event takes another angle, which should provide some food […]