PLAYSTATION 4 SONY E3 2013 PRESS CONFERENCE
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The conference has now ended.
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- Coming Holiday 2013 priced at $399/€399/£349
- No DRM. No Used Game Restrictions. No required internet authentication.
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII renamed to Final Fantasy XV
- Kingdom Hearts III Revealed
- PS exclusive content for all the major cross-platform franchises
- Killzone and Drive Club confirmed launch titles
- InFamous to come in 2014
02:18 - The familiar PS symbols adorn the screen with a montage of games! With the most overused Two Steps From Hell song playing in the background.
02:21 - Jack comes to the stage and thanks us for our dedication.
02:22 - Here comes the attempts to save the fledging PS Vita. Cue the stats and numbers.
02:24 - God of War HD 1&2, FFX/X-2, Flower and Dead Nation all coming to PS Vita. Along with The Walking Dead.
02:25 - PS Vita being dubbed "the ultimate companion device" for PS4.
02:26 - Over to the PS3 - with another look at The Last of Us - looking as awesome... as sliced bread!
02:28 - Quirky little game called The Puppeteer. Not really enough to get an impression of it.
02:29 - Same with the next game from Japan Studio called Rain.
02:30 - A look at Beyond: Two Souls - looks interesting. (trailer to follow here later)
02:31 - It's Gran Turismo 6 time! New data, new physic engine, new tyre engine, new suspension engine, new aerodynamics, new teselation, new rendering engi.... you get the idea.
02:33 - Batman Arkham Origins coming 10.25.2013 - looks amazing. PS3 owners get exclusive Nightfall DLC and exclusive 1960s Batman costume.
02:36 - GTA V bundle for PS3 announced with new headset for around $200-299
02:45 - Still lagging and buffering... seems I'm missing something about tv, movies and music - which I know most of you don't care about soooo... oh well!
02:50 - Annnd everything is working again... except I have no idea what this guy is talking about... time to wing it. Yeah Twitter! We're working on new IPs and exclusives for the PS4... for example...
02:51 - A steampunk esque shooter/horror game... The Order 1886
02:53 - Be sure to check out Playstation.com later for new trailers of these exclusives as they were too time strapped to show them live...
02:54 - Killzone Shadow Fall - It wouldn't be a new PS without a new Killzone after all!
02:55 - Drive Club - hurray more racing games!
02:56 - InFamous Second Son time. Now with 100% more explosions (yes it's possible, somehow)
02:57 - They've got the knack for new stuff... it's Knack! /badumtish
02:58 - Again check Playstation.com later this week for more videos.
02:58 - Killzone and Drive Club are launch titles, Infamous coming Q1 2014
02:59 - Quantic Dream give us a hilarious tech demo to show off the PS4s impressive visual power.
03:04 - Now we're being introduced to the Indie line-up:
03:05 - Transistor from the people behind Bastion. Making it's console debut on the PS4. The game has a very distinct art style. Coming in 2014.
03:07 - Clay Entertainment are coming to PS4 with Don't Starve.
03:08 - Tribute Games
03:09 - The Oddworld Universe is coming to PS4!
03:10 - 17bit games with Galaxy, an R-Type style game.
03:11 - All of these games will be making exclusive console debuts on PS4.
03:12 - Diablo III on the PS3 will feature exclusive items such as Drake's Amulet from Uncharted.
03:13 - Here comes Square Enix! Teasing as that there's no time to talk to us about Versus but details are coming in the coming days. But here's a trailer... it's of Versus XIII. HOLY trout!
03:43 - PS4 does not require you to check-in online periodically. No 24 hour requirement at all.
03:44 - PSN will keep all it's current free of charge functionality along with the sharing functionality. PS Plus memberships will apply to your PS4 with more features coming to PS Plus.
03:47 - Here comes Bungie and the Destiny world gameplay premiere!
03:53 - Impressive lighting effects and shadows!
04:00 - Looks a lot like Firefall and Defiance, except with stuff to do and decent combat. Coming in 2014!
04:02 - PSs Cloud Service becomes available in 2014 providing PS3 and PS4 customers with access to critically acclaimed PS3 games using Gaikai's cloud technology.
04:03 - Launch price $399, €399, £349 this Holiday season.
04:05 - The conference draws to a close.
Last edited by Madame Adequate; 06-11-2013 at 04:30 AM.
I expect some gimmicky controller functions, additional MGS stuff, Dark Souls 2 getting some love and MediaMolecule things. Maybe, very very maybe, a next gen Ace Combat. Maybe.
Maybe, very very maybe, a next gen Ace Combat. Maybe.
If this happens I will cry both tears of joy for a next-gen AC, and tears of sorrow because I don't really want, nor can I afford, a next-gen console right now.
Anyway, I think the Sony presentation is the one I'm most interested in. Not because I actually care that much about what they show and announce (though something cool from Naughty Dog could get my motor running), but because I think a lot of people's decisions of which console to buy could be decided with this one, and it will be interesting to see if Sony is able to capitalize on Microsoft's missteps. I really feel like if they've been paying attention and they're willing to go on record saying they're not going to do some of the stuff Microsoft is they could walk away with a pretty positive reaction here. Ironically it would be because of things they choose not to do rather than what they are actually doing.
This is the one I was looking forward too. More on Infamous is what I really want, but I'd love to see the exclusives they have lined up. I know pretty much nothign going into this one.
I think there's a chance we could see some PS3 games they've been holding back in order to blow out on PS4 - The Last Guardian, Versus XIII and Agent specifically.
As far as price, $500 for each was my initial guess, because of Kinect and GDDR5. I did read something that Sony decided early on to go with GDDR5 and was only going to have 2 GB total, but the Durango leaks of 8GB coincided with GDDR5 becoming more commercially available, and their pipeline allowed them to crank up to 8GB relatively painlessly. If this is true, as with Pacther's estimation that it costs $279 for them to manufacture each machine, there may be a chance this thing is relatively cheap. That would be the biggest shocker.
Remember - they have to split this thing between PS4, PS3 and Vita. Most people are hoping Vita gets lumped in with PS4 because of the mandatory cross-play for every game, but I don't think that'll be the case. PlayStation Move will probably get thrown in as well, since at the PlayStation Meeting they showed they're clearly not done with it. So that's kinda 4 platforms and I could see this thing being a very sloppy, all-over-the-place press conference.
As far as games, I see this more of a showing of what's on the horizon, as their launch window is already set with a solid number of titles as it is. Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, and Media Molecule are definitely all showing games. We know Square Enix is there. When you add in PS3, Vita, and Move, that's not a lot of room left. I personally would like to hear more about the PC migration of SOE titles like Planetside 2 and Free to Play games like Blacklight coming to PS3. If they announced the next EverQuest as a cross-platform, free to play, AAA next-gen MMO, that would be a huge surprise.
I've already known about quite a few launch games I already want for some time. I'm already buying one of these things, I just want Sony to not screw it up royally. They have a tendancy to put on bittersweet shows, a lot of stuff I personally want, but sifted through a lot of eye-rolling stuff, like the Media Molecule segment at the PlayStation Meeting. You can't please everyone at these things, but hopefully they recognize that there's a very specific demographic watching and reading that they can if they target them properly.
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