This is looking more like a movie than a game, even more so than the first one. If you have a PS3 and haven’t played Drakes Fortune go get it now. It’s the best game on the platform (in my opinion)
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Project Natal
It was hard not to be impressed yesterday with some of the things microsoft showed off at their E3 press conference but their demo of their new controllerless controller was pretty mine blowing. The add on to the xbox 360 is essentially a real time motion capture system. For some bizare reason though they’ve decided to call it “project natal”, possibly one of the stupidest names for anything ever.
Still, though, the technology was very impressive. People are already calling it a wii killer although how much of this is actually real is yet to be seen. What looks good on a video demo may not translate into the real world. Some of the things demoed for sony’s motion eye looked cool but the novelty wears off extremely quickly. Then again, if this can do half of the things in the demo then it’s going to be a huge success.
Either way though it was an impressive demo. Sony’s keynote is on today and will at least feature a new psp. What other surprises are in store remains to be seen but they will be hard pressed to top microsofts demos.
Metal Gear Coming to iPhone
Cool.
From Macworld UK:
Metal Gear Solid Touch comes as a bit of a surprise to long-time fans of the Metal Gear franchise; it was recently hinted at on the Web site of Kojima Productions, the developer responsible for the best-selling game series, headed by famed game designer Hideo Kojima.
[Read Konami announces Metal Gear, Silent Hill games for iPhone]
PS3 Numbers aren’t that bad
Like the” blu-ray is dying” myth, there’s another one that seems to be doing the rounds at the moment, and that is that the PS3 is dying, going no where and doomed to failure. Except, like with the blu-ray myth the numbers just don’t add up. First of all, if you consider that the main competitor for the PS3 is the Xbox 360, and look at the total sales to dat you might be surprised.
According to VGChartz.com the Xbox 360 has sold 25 million units and the PS3 has sold 18 million units. If you consider the fact that the PS3 is a year younger than the 360 then this puts them on pretty even footing on a per year basis. (In fact vgcharts has a handy graph that shows sales from launch, and from that respect the PS3 is actually selling faster than the 360)It’s even more impressive when you consider the price difference. Of course the numbers in North America give the 360 a strong advantage, but then, despite what some pundits might like to think, there is a world outside the USA and Canada.
Another thing to consider is, what is the measure of success. For some of the pundits out there, the only measure of success is market share, and only if you’re in first position can you consider yourself successful. But we’ve been down this road before with Apple. No one considerers the mac a failure any more despite its market share compared to Windows. For years people called on Apple to lower their prices to gain market share, but Apple instead chose a more quantifiable measure of success – actual revenue, which when you think about it is what a company is there for.
Random thoughts for Friday
Here’s a couple of thing’s I’ve been pondering all day.
Why have Microsoft been hyping the crap out of their xbox 360 sales numbers over the last couple of weeks. It seems like every other day they’re putting out a press release saying how great they are. Could it be that they know that the price drop on an aging system will only work so long and they want to make the most of it while they can?
And what’s with the need for Microsoft to compete with everything. If you look at the new software upgrade, the so called “new xbox experience” it’s clear they’re targeting nintendo and the wii. Sure the wii is selling like hot cakes but it’s a cheaper product aimed at a different segment of the market. While Microsoft and nintendo go at it it leaves Sony with the high end of the gaming market all to themselves, and Sony have stated repeatedly that they are not interested in the low end casual gaming market.
and another thing…
Just what is going on at Adobe? I’m not talking about the fact that they’re not exhibiting at Macworld expo or that they’re laying off 600 employees. I’m talking about camera raw and Lightroom. It’s been a while now since they upgraded Camera Raw with support for some newer cameras and so far no sign of an update for Lightroom. Considering they both share the same engine and that they are pushing Lightroom as “the” workflow tool for digital photography, surely they would have added support to lightroom first? Could it be that slower sales of CS4 have forced a re-think of priorities? Given that at the moment only CS4 supports new cameras like the 5DMKII are adobe trying to send a message?
LittleBigPlanet sees 84,000 user levels uploaded
From Playstation Universe:
Sony Europe has announced that universally acclaimed social platformer LittleBigPlanet has seen a whopping 84,000 user-created levels uploaded since the game’s release earlier this month, with a total of 27 million level play throughs logged.
That’s pretty impressive. I’m a huge fan of this game but I haven’t yet made any levels as I’m still going through the level making tutorials, but It’s well worth a look if you have a PS3
[Read LittleBigPlanet sees 84,000 user levels uploaded :: PlayStation Universe (PSU)]
Random Links for Wednesday
Here’s some of the stuff I found interesting today.
Appleinsider has an article about Apple improving MobileMe syncing in 10.5.6. There isn’t much detail but I’m sure anyone who uses MobileMe will appreciate the touch.
Engadget HD has one of their typical flame baiting articles asking which is better as a Media Centre: A PS3 or an XBOX360 ? What’s interesting about the article is the comments. Normally the hysteria of xbox fans would put the worst mac fanboy to shame, but the conversation is surprisingly even handed. Personally I haven’t turned my xbox 360 on in months. I think the PS3 is a far superior product. The fact that Microsoft sees fit to charge you for their online service and then push ads for it onto the console’s desktop to me is a bloody disgrace.
Incidentally, speaking of the Playstation, LittleBigPlanet
An interesting blog post describing how best to set up a Drobo for time machine backups. There are some more suggestions (and in my opinion better solutions) in the comments.
Lego looses it’s trademark battle to protect the copyright on it’s iconic brick. I don’t know how the Judge came to this conclusion. I hope Lego continues to fight on this.
I suppose this had to happen sometime.
Little Big Planet
Just spent the last several hours playing Little Big Planet. This game has been in development for several years now and when I first saw the early demos it so inspired me that I went out and bought a PS3 just because of that. Now, over a year later it’s finally with us. And? All I have to say is… BEST….GAME…..EVER
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