DoubleViking has a video of what is supposedly a capture of some games playing on PlayStation3, from the Game Developers Conference. The video quality is not very good, though, as they were taken from a theatre. But into the middle part of the video, you’ll notice that some renderings are quite crisp–seemingly realistic at times. I do hope we get better screen caps than this one.
PlayStation 2 Price Cuts Likely
Reuters reports on analysts’ predictions that Sony is likely to cut PlayStation2 prices soon. According to Lazard Capital Markets, it foresees a 13.4% price cut from US$ 149 to US$ 129 within the month, in anticipation of a November release of the much-awaited upgrade in Sony’s console line, the PlayStation3.
In the past, such price cuts have helped reignite stagnating console and game sales. The video game industry is currently suffering through a rocky transition to next-generation console technology that has stalled sales.
“Hardware price cuts are necessary not only to drive demand at the end of a console cycle, but also to bring the current-generation consoles within reach of more value-oriented customers,”
Microsoft is also reportedly planning to cut prices of its first-generation Xbox console, which has since been replaced by the latest Xbox 360. However, the price cut is not related to the PS3’s impending release, but because of dwindling Xbox 360 supply.
Toys ‘r Us Canada pre-selling PS3s
Toys ‘r Us Canada is pre-selling Playstation3 bundles, which it says will ship on December 31st, 2006. A deposit of US$CDN 50 is required.
This next-generation Sony video game promises to deliver state-of-the-art technology with new, powerful digital media and high storage capacity. Bundle includes: Playstation 3 unit, 2 controllers and 2 games. ALL PRICING, IMAGES, SPECIFICATIONS AND RELEASE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. $50.00 IS DEPOSIT ONLY.
Everything is so iffy at this point, but one thing’s for sure: the site isn’t indicating whether the deposit is refundable. Potential rip-off? Perhaps not from a retailer of Toys ‘r Us stature. But in their excitement to sell PS3s, they might face the possibility of not being able to supply all the pre-orders in a timely manner.
Update: correction via feedback from Henning of http://www.ps3blog.net – price is in Canadian Dollars, and yes, the deposit is refundable. Thanks, mate!
PS3 – hard drive mandatory
Sony’s PlayStation 3 will require a hard disk drive, the consumer electronics giant revealed today. It indicated the console would ship with a 60GB 2.5in drive and that it would be upgradeable, suggesting the unit is removable – much like the Xbox 360’s HDD.
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That said, it isn’t clear whether the PS3 will ship with an HDD.
Why not ship every console with a hard disc as standard? It would cost only about fifty bucks, anyway.
Google Mars
Looks like the world is not enough! Or rather, the Earth is not enough. Google has come up with Google Mars!
ZDNet has a brief review of the new service.
Using this service, you can browse the martian landscape the same way as using Google Maps. Google has included three different types of data in Google Mars: [Elevation, Visible, and Infrared].
And what, may I ask, would be the practical uses of this new service? (I hear things are getting too crowded here that they’re planning to move their datacenters to Mars.)
Panasonic comes up with 4GB SD Card
In an effort to strengthen its arsenal in the battle for the ultimate storage media, Panasonic comes up with a 4 Gigabyte SD Card.
CeBIT 2006: Not to be outdone by MemoryStick Panasonic has today ensured that its chosen storage format, Secure Digital card, can at least match the capacity offered in other fomats. There is a catch though, Secure Digital was never designed for capacities over 1 GB, that was solved but then addressing anything over 2 GB became the next problem. To solve this the SD Association have proposed SDHC, essentially the same physical format as SD but only compatible with SDHC devices (such as the new Panasonic DMC-L1). So it’s good news and bad news.
4 GB? On a postage-card size card? Pretty soon, the laws of physics would demand that these tiny devices turn into black holes, sucking in tons and tons of data!
Good move, nonetheless. I just hope device-makers had the possibility of such storage capacities in mind when they created the SD standard. Or is this a way to force us to buy new gadgets (Lumix DMC-L1, anyone?)
BMW accelerator stuck. Owner survives 135 MPH crash
Bimmer owners might want to check this out. BBC reports of a man crashing at 135 miles per hour, after his BMW 318’s accelerator got stuck! What’s worse was the car’s brakes gave out, and the driver had to wade through 60 miles of traffic before crashing!
The driver survived, quite miraculously. But I guess the car didn’t share the same fortune (tarnished reputation and all!).
AS for BMW:
BMW’s UK media relations manager, Duncan Forrester, said: “I would certainly like to reassure anybody driving any BMW that we see this as really nothing more than a freak accident.
Freak accident, my foot! I’d like to have a replacement, please.
Volkswagen gets polo.eu
What’s in a name?
When I say “polo,” you’ll most likely think of the mint candy, the shirt, the car, or that aristocratic game played on horseback.
With the launch of the .EU domain space, therefore (launched on December, but will be open to the public in a month’s time from now), you’d expect a lot of companies to claim the polo.eu domain. Guess who was able to register first?
BBC reports on how Volkswagen was able to snag the polo.eu name.
NetNames said [Volkswagen, Nestle and Ralph Lauren] applied within five minutes of each other, and Ralph Lauren, owner of polo.com, missed out by only three minutes and 24 seconds.
Quick! Register your domain, before someone else does.
Proposed law to make anonymous forum posting illegal
First, they made anonymous blog commenting and web posting illegal (along with sending annoying email). Now some legislators want to make anonymous posting on forums illegal!
A New Jersey legislature bill stipulates:
This bill would require an operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider to establish, maintain and enforce a policy requiring an information content provider who posts messages on a public forum website either to be identified by legal name and address or to register a legal name and address with the operator or provider prior to posting messages on a public forum website.
Pretty soon, 99% of the world’s Web content would be illegal, the way we’re going. Governments will soon start jailing bloggers, comment-authors and forum-posters. Wait, isn’t China already doing that?
[via DIGG]
iPod Nano knockoffs
Pinoytechblog reports sightings of iPod Nano knockoffs in Manila.
I took a closer look and the device was really close to the real thing. They’re in 256MB capacity, plays mp3 and videos and has an FM player — both in black and pearl white models.
The media player is officially called an MP4 but the face plate has a lettering of iPod 650 in it. The video is aweful though — looks like 64 colors only and the boot-up screen says “Bye Bye�?. Funny.
And the tag price? PhP 3,500 or an equivalent of US$ 68.60. We’ve seen a deluge of Nano knockoffs lately, but this is the lowest-priced so far! But if I were you, I’d go for the real thing. For only $130 more, you’d be glad to have something stamped with that cool apple logo.
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