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November 21st, 2009, 16:17 Posted By: wraggster
Sometimes we do crazy things -- in this case, it's something crazy for you, dear reader. You see, when PS3 Attitude reported users who had run into freezes or other bouts of unsatisfactory performance from their PS3 could report the issue to Sony thanks to firmware 3.10, directly through their console, we thought it was something we'd try to recreate on our own. After scratching our noggin for a few minutes, trying to come up with the best way to put our PS3 into danger, we figured a swift and hard power-down via the back toggle switch on the console would be the best bet to trigger this supposed new error report system. Lo and behold, we received the message you see above.
So that's new, right? After winning that battle in the war of trying to break our PS3, we then decided to pick up our console and shake it like some kind of crazed British nanny, but that did not get us the results we were looking for. As such, we contacted Sony and a spokesperson told us that, yes, firmware 3.10 does add a feature to the console where users can report issues following console freezes and the like. So, now you know!
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/20/fi...ectly-to-sony/
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November 21st, 2009, 16:07 Posted By: wraggster
While Sony's digital comics store for the PSP won't be launching until next month, that hasn't stopped the company from teaming with IDW to give away some free comics to tide you over. Free doesn't need a store!
The publisher is offering an issue of Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment, which you can get by visiting the regular ol' PlayStation Store and entering the following code:
724K-A4BG-JLD7
Bam. Free comic. There are more codes for more comics (Transformers) being handed out on the PS Comics site and via Twitter, so those wanting to give the PSP comic reader a good workout, you know what to do.
Interestingly, it says the Star Trek offer is good only until December 16, giving you a fairly good indication of when the store is due to launch.
http://kotaku.com/5409714/sony-giving-away-free-comics
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November 20th, 2009, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster
News via pspita
The Lime coder has released today a modified version of PSARDUMPER, the popular tool that can decrypt the files contained nell'EBOOT. Pbp firmware Journal. This release is compatible with the latest firmware 6:20 but unfortunately not able to decrypt all files. Some RCO have been revised and are not skipped during the operation decyrpt.
More to follow.
Installation:
Quote:
- Copy the folder in the root directory FW
- Copy the folder new_psar_dumper_mod_620 in PSP / GAME
- Copy the EBOOT. Pbp firmware FW folder and start the application
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November 20th, 2009, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from Bubbletune
This plugin allows you to categorize your games/homebrew. It comes with three modes, a mode which makes a context menu pop up each time you open your Game Menu and lets you choose the category, a mode which displays multiple memory stick icons, one for each category, and finally a complete replacement for the Game menu based on the Photo modules.
-= Game Categories Revised v11 =-
- Fixed a bug introduced in v10 that caused a lot of homebrew to malfunction.
-= Game Categories Revised v10 =-
- Added option under 'Network Update' to update Game Categories.
- Hiding Uncategorized now works for Content Browser mode aswell.
- Fixed incompatibility with various plugins with Content Browser mode.
- Photo Player loaded if you listened to Music before going to Content Browser, fixed.
- Added option to System Settings to show/hide uncategorized (text file no longer works).
- Built-in Game Categories of GEN will be automatically disabled now.
- Optimized to reduce plugin size.
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November 20th, 2009, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster
Though yesterday's Sony investor's conference featured a concerning reference to the PSN's "new revenue stream from subscription," another slide from the presentation seems to indicate that the platform is already making money hand over fist. According to the slide (seen above), the company has set a lofty goal for the current fiscal year: It expects the PSN to bring in ¥50 billion (roughly $561 million) in revenue by the end of FY 2009. That's three times the amount of cash collected by the platform in the last fiscal year.
Exactly how Sony plans to boost its revenues so drastically is outlined by other statistics on the slide. According to the company's calculations, the PSN currently has 33 million registered users, 1.4 million of which visit the PlayStation Store on a daily basis. We fall into the latter group -- but only because we can't stop window shopping for celebrities we can fling into oncoming traffic. We confess: It's one of our dirtiest, guiltiest pleasures.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/20/so...en-in-fy-2009/
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November 20th, 2009, 20:27 Posted By: wraggster
After baptizing the remaining HD DVD faithful, Warner has moved on to teaching new Blu-ray converts the five pillars of faith with a trade-up program. Send in your old DVDs (just the box art won't cut it this time around, better buy some blanks and get to ripping if you still enjoy Training Day on long car trips), $7.95 - $9.95 per movie plus $4.95 for s&h (orders over $25 ship for free) and expect HD versions back in 4 - 5 weeks. Is it worth it? Depends on how many of the 55 flicks on the approved list you own (included after the break) but for most you're probably better off keeping the ones you have and eyeing budget bins carefully, nabbing catalog flicks like Harold & Kumar for less than $15 without any mail-in shenanigans shouldn't be too hard for the truly thrifty.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/w...dvds-leland-g/
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November 20th, 2009, 20:13 Posted By: wraggster
Big push coming in the form of festive TV advertising campaign for HD disc format
The British Video Association has lifted the lid on a significant new TV advertising campaign designed to highlight the growing high definition Blu-ray format this Christmas.
The push is being run on behalf of Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal pictures, Walt Disney and Warner. It’s part of a £1m through-the0line campaign being orchestrated by the BVA.
Beginning on November 23rd, the 30” spot will be aired across ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Five. Estimates predict that the total viewing audience of the spot will be around 40m and reach 74 per cent of HDTV owners.
It will also highlight some of the many high-profile Blu-ray releases heading to retail this Q4 including Inglorious Basterds, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Disney’s Snow White.
“11m British households now own a HDTV, yet many of them are failing to make the most of their technology,” BVA director general Lavinia Carey stated.
“The best way to enjoy films at home is in high definition and on Blu-ray discs and our goal is to boost understanding of the benefits of Blu-ray in the run up to Christmas.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/36603/Blu-...hard-this-Xmas
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November 20th, 2009, 14:39 Posted By: wraggster
Brazil, an emerging market for the videogames industry, has finally seen the official launch of Sony's PlayStation 2 in the country.
However, with a price point of BRL 799 (USD 462) it's not clear quite how much impact the console will be able to have on a market that's considered to have a high threat from piracy.
It's expected that games will cost BRL 119 (USD 69) for new releases and BRL 99 (USD 57) for catalogue titles, with 14 games available at launch - including Gran Turismo 4 and God of War II.
"Brazil is home to a large community of gaming enthusiasts, making the country an ideal opportunity for SCEA to introduce the PlayStation experience to a new legion of fans," read a company statement.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ly-hits-brazil
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November 20th, 2009, 14:35 Posted By: wraggster
Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment has revealed its PSP games have been far more profitable for the company than its Wii releases in 2009.
Of its five PSP releases in the fiscal first half, four have returned profits for the company, it said. However, from its four Wii releases, only one has delivered a return.
Data presented to investors and reported by Siliconera, show that Marvelous's PSP games sold in higher units than its Wii titles. Combined with lower development costs, the games, in turn, delivered profits.
In Japan, PSP titles Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2 and Half-Minute Hero sold 47,000, 41,000 and 70,000 units respectively.
The Wii's Little King's Story, used as a comparison, sold just 26,000 units in Japan. Although it did fare better in Europe where sales of 67,000 were achieved.
As well as having lower development costs, Marvelous added that it believes its PSP games did better because they were based on established IPs.
Next year, the company will release its first multi-platform PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 titles, No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise in Japan, and Deadly Premonition in North America.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...an-wii-in-2009
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November 20th, 2009, 14:34 Posted By: wraggster
Sony has listed 3D gaming as one of the five key advantages to the PlayStation 3 platform, and confirmed that the release of 3D games onto the console will form part of its 3D strategy in the future.
In a presentation to investors, the company revealed its plan to add 3D capabilities to the PS3. "All PS3 units will be firmware upgradable to 3D", it said.
Offering 3D tools to third party developers in the future will form part of the plan as Sony aims to "lead to the 3D market."
Not only will it look to bring 3D technology to the PlayStation 3, but it is also looking to implement it into the Blu-ray format and its high-definition televisions.
3D gaming was specified as one of the five key advantages PlayStation 3 offers, alongside motion control, Blu-ray, PSN and PSP linkage.
Sony also revealed, reported yesterday, it was expecting to return its PlayStation business to profitability by the fiscal year ending March 2011.
Higher revenues would be generated, it said, by further cost reductions, greater hardware and software sales, and the development of the PlayStation Network.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ncorporate-ps3
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November 20th, 2009, 05:27 Posted By: qbradq
After Sunday's epic fail of a 1.0 release, I am proud to anounce version 1.1 of PSPEText, the text reader you can use while you play PSP and PSX games.
I rewrote about half of the application for this release, making it a proper kernel-mode module, eliminating heap allocation, drastically reducing stack allocation, and nearly perfecting the game suspend functions.
This was tested on about two dozen games between myself and a very kind soul (thanks Joe!). Now all games load without issue when the module is installed (because it is a proper kernel module). The text reader works on every game tested except for Exit. In that game the suspend routine just can't cleanly stop the game, so it hangs for a few seconds and then resumes the game.
Project Homepage: PSPEText at QBRADQ's Code Corner
ABOUT Section of the Read Me:
PSPEText is a kernel-mode plugin that allows you to suspend any PSP game at
any time and read text files stored on the memory stick. This is useful for
reading FAQs from sites like www.gamefaqs.com while playing your favorite PSP
games.
This text reader features an 80-column display, which is a must-have for
reading FAQ files.
Please find download attached or at the project homepage.
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November 19th, 2009, 22:18 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from pspflashsystem
Hi everybody,
I release a new prx for the cfw 5.50 GEN (it doesn't work in 5.03 GEN, 5.00M33 or less: I will add more compatibilities in the next release if you want ): TimeBatteryPercent.
Here's the readme :
Code:
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| TIMEBATTERYPERCENT |
| Release 1.0 |
| Date: 19/11/2009 |
| Developer: pspflashsystem |
| Website: http://webusers.pspgen.com/pspflashsystem/index.htm|
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English:
TimeBatteryPercent is a plugin (for the PSP system). It allows you to show (with xmb's font) percentage of available battery
near battery's icon. I also added the year near the month. So you will normally show this:
day/month/year hour:minutes Battery percent.
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November 19th, 2009, 21:19 Posted By: wraggster
Sony gave attendees at their media/investors conference a better look at their motion controller. The device has been revised from its first showing and has at least six buttons. You can see the standard four face buttons: square, X, triangle and circle, the home button, and a big button on the wand.
The PlayStation 3 Motion controller also has force feedback, a gyroscope (the technology that powers Wii Motion Plus), an accelerometer, and “rendition by light”.
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/19...on-controller/
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November 19th, 2009, 21:13 Posted By: wraggster
“We see 3D as a pillar of our strategy,” said Hiroshi Yoshioka, a senior Sony executive during a briefing at the firm’s headquarters at Shinagawa, Tokyo.
At the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Sony demonstrated their 3D technology with WipEout HD, which involved putting on a pair of black glasses. Sony Computer Entertainment president and CEO Kaz Hirai confirmed at the briefing in Tokyo that this 3D functionality would be introduced to all existing PS3s via a firmware update and also made mention of the special lenses that were used to demonstrate the effect.
A summary of the briefing sent out by Sony states that the company plans to introduce 3D functionality for TVs, blu-ray players / recorders and the Playstation 3 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. Remastered Shadow of the Colossus for PSN in 3D, anyone?
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/11/19...by-march-2011/
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November 19th, 2009, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
Sony has told Eurogamer that the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will be uploaded to the PlayStation Store in Europe today ahead of the game's retail release tomorrow. It will cost £21.99 online.
The news comes after US gamers were told they would probably have to wait a little while for LBP due to "hiccups", in the words of senior producer Mark Green on the US PlayStation blog. The game came out in shops there on Tuesday.
Green said Sony was "currently working around the clock to get this issue worked out". In a separate statement to Kotaku, SCEA said, "The goal is to have the titles available on the same day, and that is usually the case."
The wait should be worth it though. LittleBigPlanet is one of the best PSP games in ages.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/li...sp-store-today
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November 19th, 2009, 21:05 Posted By: wraggster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has finally debuted the first batch of Blu-ray discs that take advantage of Digital Copy for PSP. With this feature, people that own both a PS3 and a PSP will be able to copy a portable version of a movie directly from a Blu-ray disc to Sony's handheld. Well, almost directly.
There are a few steps you must take to activate the PSP copy. When you insert the Blu-ray disc into the PS3, you'll see two icons appear on the XMB, one that allows you to store a SD version of the movie to your PS3 hard drive. You must be logged on to the PlayStation Network and then enter a unique 12-digit code included with the disc. Once the activation process is complete, a 2GB file will transfer to your PS3. You can watch this movie on the hard drive (but why would you when you have the Blu-ray disc?), or you can copy it over to the PSP -- a process which takes about five minutes total.
The video quality of the "Digital Copy" is fantastic, especially on the PSP's smaller screen. Unfortunately, the initial batch of movies leaves a lot to be desired: Godzilla (the 1998 American version), The Ugly Truth and Angels & Demons. Hopefully, SPHE will start implementing the feature on some ... y'know, good movies in the future.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/18/ha...-copy-for-psp/
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November 19th, 2009, 21:03 Posted By: wraggster
Already, various non-game applications can be found on both the PS3 and PSP. From Skype to VidZone, the XMB now plays home to a variety of services. Going forward, it appears Sony will open the PlayStation platform further with the introduction of "non-game" development kits in the middle of next year.
Last night's 6.20 firmware update for PSP lays down the framework for additional non-gaming content. The PSP update adds a new category to the XMB called "Extras," which allows users to launch the web browser to download third-party apps on the PSP. The PlayStation Network Digital Comics Reader is the first official "Extra" to appear on the XMB, with more sure to come in 2010.
A wide release of non-game dev kits may attract the active homebrew community to release official programs on the PSP and PS3. We'll be chatting with SCEA soon to get further details. Until then, we'll be dreaming of a native YouTube application for our PSPs.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/19/so...ts-in-q2-2010/
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November 19th, 2009, 21:02 Posted By: wraggster
Whoa, hey. Slow your roll, sir. We know seeing the terms "PSN" and "subscription" in the same headline might have set off a few red flags for you, but let's look at this logically. Earlier today, Sony released the presentation report from its media and investor conference, one portion of which focused on the future profitability of its gaming platform. One element of the company's strategy is turning a larger profit on PlayStation Network -- and yes, according to the report, Sony's planning to obtain a "new revenue stream from subscription."
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean the currently free online service will start charging its users at some point during this next year. It's far more likely that the line in the report was referring to new subscription-based features, such as the PSP rental service or one of SOE's upcoming MMOs.
We contacted Sony about the reference to PSN subscriptions, and a representative responded, saying, "We have not made any formal announcements on a subscription based service. We're looking into a variety of options." It sounds like the company has yet to set any subscription plans in stone -- or perhaps Sony's just now gauging the community's reaction to the concept of a pay-to-play PSN. If that's the case, the comments on this post could likely provide an adequate barometer for how this news would be received. But that's just our hunch ...
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/19/so...evenue-stream/
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November 19th, 2009, 20:59 Posted By: wraggster
Modern Warfare 2 has made about a bazillion dollars so far around the world, but that's not all profit. You've got to subtract the game's development costs. And for such a polished game, those must be pretty high...
And they are. An LA Times report on the game's launch says the game "cost $40 million to $50 million to produce". That's, uh, a lot for a game that's built atop a preceding title. Gran Turismo 5 has cost $60 million so far, but that game's been in development for five years, not the two it took to get MW2 out the door.
So, yes, if you were wondering how Activision got so much detail, Fiddy and Keith David into the game, that's how they did it. By throwing money at it.
http://kotaku.com/5407981/how-much-d...dern-warfare-2
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November 19th, 2009, 20:56 Posted By: wraggster
Back in May, Sony talked about expanding the PlayStation Network to cover other hardware devices. Today the company further details these plans, leveraging the PSN infrastructure to create an online service for all Sony hardware.
The PlayStation Network has been a big hit with PlayStation 3 and PSP owners, and now Sony wants to bring the same experience to other areas of hardware, including televisions, MP3 players, ebook readers, and laptops. According to a Sony presentation delivered this morning, the same infrastructure that is used to deliver video and games to the PlayStation and PSP will be used to deliver games, video, music, and ebooks to other Sony devices. Consumers would connect to the Sony Online Service using a single user ID, meaning that most likely your PlayStation Network ID would also be your Sony Online Service ID as well.
The network would also be used for devices like digital cameras, allowing users to share their photos and videos directly with the PlayStation 3, PSP, or newer Sony televisions without requiring the use of a computer or memory card.
A unified service would further strengthen Sony as a brand, while giving users a unified interface familiar across all products. If they pull it off, it should be a real boon to the company, with hardware users knowing exactly what to expect when they purchase a Sony product.
http://kotaku.com/5408411/sony-aims-...ice-out-of-psn
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