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August 28th, 2009, 16:08 Posted By: wraggster
Chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Rich Hilleman, has said that he expects format holders Sony and Microsoft will continue to work on incremental hardware updates before they reveal brand new home consoles.
Speaking at the Hot Chips conference in Stanford, Hilleman said that both company's have pushed all their resources to establish the current consoles on the market, and will not be in any rush to develop brand new hardware in a market that is rapidly changing.
"I expected we’ll see a PlayStation 3.5 before we see a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox 560 before we see an Xbox 720," said Hilleman, reports Venturebeat. "The biggest shift is how fast packaged goods games are changing and going away."
His comments echo those of EEDAR's Jesse Divnich, who said last week that Sony and Microsoft's race to win the home console wars this generations have left both company's financially exhausted.
Hilleman noted that portable hardware, such as the DS, iPhone and PSP now outnumber home consoles by 2-to-1, and the price of developing traditional console games has sky-rocketed, with marketing budgets up to three times more than the cost of developing a game.
According to the report, EA makes USD 35 on a USD 60 title, which means the game has to sell 1.1 million units just to break even. Due to piracy and second hand sales, the sales window for a new game is at most six weeks, with long-tail sales lost to a publisher. Burnout Paradise has twice as many users as it has units sold, due to piracy and second hand sales, said Hilleman.
Sony has always maintained the PlayStation 3 will have a 10 year lifecycle, while Microsoft has batted away any rumours of a new Xbox, with both currently focusing on varied motion control systems to re-energise the platforms from 2010 and beyond.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...3-5-before-ps4
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August 28th, 2009, 16:07 Posted By: wraggster
Sony is to focus on the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray playing and movie downloading capabilities as much as its game playing ones in a new ad campaign being rolled out ahead of the launch of its new slim console.
The company wants to "reposition" the hardware, SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille told the LA Times, in an attempt to attract new buyers from the family market as it positions the console as an all-in-one entertainment device.
"We have been a game company for years and we would never walk away from that, but research confirmed there is a larger proposition under our nose," said Dille. "We wanted to reposition as a total entertainment solution. We felt like we can really own entertainment."
Dille added that while Sony will still target the PlayStation 3 at avid gamers too, with releases such as Uncharted 2, the new ad campaign will be aimed at "moms and families" as well.
It's being launched now, he said, because more Americans are now interested in these capabilities.
One advert in the campaign describes the console as "the greatest gaming, Blu-ray playing, move downloading system around", while another features a teenager complaining his grandmother is using the console to watch films, preventing him from playing games.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nment-solution
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August 27th, 2009, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster
News/release from Bubbletune
This plugin allows you to categorize your homebrew and games.
A few more features were planned for this release, but they'll still take a while to finish and I figured I'd just release what I had. Special thanks to SchmilK for all the betatesting, it really saved me a lot of hassle.
Changes:
- Recoded entire project.
- Added support for 5.50 GEN.
- Added new mode, "Context menu", see below for more information (this replaces pre-game-menu mode).
- Added new option under System Settings to pick your mode instead of the ctrl combo.
- Added possibility to translate the plugin to your own language.
- Order of your categories is now calcuated from their modification time instead of randomly.
- Changed remap code, a lot of character and count limits should now be gone or decreased, including SCE limits.
- Show All option was removed in order to aid the removal of certainth limits.
- Fixed compatibility with a lot plugins.
Instructions:
Install it like any plugin in vsh.
You can select the mode which you like to use under your System Settings menu, the following are availible:
- Multiple MS, this will show a new memory stick icon for each category you have.
- Context Mode, this will show a context menu when you press X on your game icon and lets you select the category (last selection will be remembered).
Creating categories is simple, create a new folder in either GAME, GAME150, GAME5XX or ISO folder with the name of you category prefixed with CAT_ and fill it with everything you want in that category.
Translation:
This was mainly implemented because of the new integration with vsh, and it didn't look good to have an English string in other languages. You can translate the plugin by creating a text file at ms0:/seplugins/game_categories_xx.txt, where xx is the language code of your language. A list of language codes can be found in the readme. Note that if you just changed your language in vsh, you need to reboot to make the changes active (this will be fixed in a future version). A file game_categories_en.txt is included for translation purposes, but not necesarry to copy to your PSP, as English is embedded inside the plugin.
Thanks:
SchmilK - Betatesting
ZiNgA BuRgA & Z33 - Information about RCO File Format
Davee - Webhosting and compatibility with TX
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August 27th, 2009, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
News from pspita
The closing of the forum of Dark Alex has caused disappointment in the user nell'hacker Spanish PSP hoped to counter the security measures made by Sony for the latest games. China, however, comes a glimmer of hope. It seems to be developing a new custom firmware 5:55 he's working with the help of a coder unspecified, Team MX. This firmware, obviously, will have full support for kernel 5:55 and will use some form of team M33. Will this new team to resolve the compatibility issues arose last few years? The release is scheduled in two weeks and then we will draw conclusions.
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August 27th, 2009, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
Having dated Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP earlier this week, Rockstar now shows us how the game handled the trip from the Nintendo DS to Sony's handheld.
It looks like they've done a fine job of maintaining the top-down perspective of the DS version, while cleaning up the graphics and sprucing up the lighting effects to better take advantage of the PSP's power. I actually think that the Chinatown Wars look might work better than trying to mimic the look of the console games like Rockstar did with the PSP Stories series.
Of course looks aren't everything, so we have to wonder how it plays. Luckily we won't be wondering long; we'll have a full hands-on report on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP next week.
http://kotaku.com/5346933/what-gta-c...e-psp/gallery/
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August 27th, 2009, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
A post on the N4G forums has rumors swirling that PlayStation 3 cross-game voice chat was held back due to threats made by EA. Kotaku spoke to EA and Sony about the situation.
The post, written by N4G forum-goer Super_Secret who claims to be a Sony employee, explains that Cross-Game voice chat ran into a snag because certain games from "A rather large company" wouldn't support the feature. He refers back to trouble including custom soundtracks to work in earlier PlayStation 3 firmware revisions. According to Super_Secret, PS3 titles have to be developed with custom soundtrack support, and one of this big company's more popular titles wouldn't support it.
When they found out that a new firmware update was going to suddenly make one of their games look inferior to just about every other game released, they protested. A lot. They threatened everything, from legal action to dropping support for the PS3 all together.
The post goes on to suggest that a similar situation occurred with cross-game chat, causing our tips line to fill up with angry emails, one of which even referred to the situation as a "Potential WATERGATE of the videogame industry."
While the poster doesn't mention EA by name, a coded message later in the thread makes the company he or she is implicating perfectly clear once translated:
" It's not Activision. It's not Ubisoft. It's not Capcom. It's not Insomniac. It's not Konami. It's not Take 2. It's not Midway. It's not Squaresoft. are wE All getting the picture yet? One point I want to reiterate - there's a difference between the games that didn't work with in-game XMB and the games that DID work with in-game XMB but DIDN'T work well with custom soundtracks, so stop picking out the ones that simply didn't do in-game XMB. Also, it wasn't just ONE game that caused this, either. Although one title does come to mind and it wasn't even what you or I would call a "Big" game. I'll give you a hint: HPatOofP. "
Rather than jump to conclusions, we decided to contact the two parties involved for comment on the situation. First to respond was Jeff Brown, EA's vice president of corporate communication. "Not no-how, not no-way did that ever happen. This is a total fabrication – total nonsense. We think voice chat is an extremely cool feature and added it to Madden/ PS3." Brown then added, "We support cross-game voice on other systems and would be happy to do that on any console."
Soon after Brown responded to our inquiry, Sony's senior director of corporate communications Patrick Seybold also responded, keeping things short and sweet. "This is rumor and frankly not true. "
I suppose it's up to the reader to determine what they believe, but I'm leaning towards the rumor being utter nonsense. Two responses from EA and Sony both were far from the no comments and not responding to rumors and speculation I've come to expect in situations like these.
http://kotaku.com/5347123/is-ea-hold...ame-voice-chat
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August 27th, 2009, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster
Even before Sony's big unveil earlier this month at Cologne GamesCom, it felt like we already knew the PlayStation 3 Slim quite intimately. A leak from back in May gave us a glimpse of every angle of the hardware's exterior, and even the final retail box. At that point, we didn't know what to make of it, and the change in logo font definitely threw us off. Three months, thirty seconds of video, and a dash of legal paperwork later, and we're looking at that very same leaked device, now taking up space adjacent to our hefty 60GB "Classic" model from launch day. Unquestionably, it's smaller and lighter, but how else has Sony's Blu-ray-playing console evolved -- or regressed -- over these past few years? Read on to find out!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/p...3-slim-review/
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August 27th, 2009, 21:33 Posted By: wraggster
Sony claims that their new PS3 Slim uses 34% less power than previous generations. But when Crave compared the original 60GB PS3 to the Slim, they found power savings to be greater than 50%.
Whether it's Blu-ray playback, gaming or just idling the system, the PS3 Slim uses less than half the power of the original.
So is that impressive? Yes and no.
Yes, because the PS3 Slim now uses about half the power of the Xbox 360 while gaming (96 watts vs 187 watts). No, because the PS3 Slim still uses about 4x more power during Blu-ray playback than you see in a Samsung standalone player (81 watts vs 22 watts).
In other words, the PS3 Slim is efficient for an HD game console, wasteful for a Blu-ray player.
http://gizmodo.com/5346894/ps3-slim-...of-the-ps3-fat
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August 27th, 2009, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster
Kotaku made a handy chart comparing the two $300 game consoles from Microsoft and Sony, and it sure looks like the PS3 comes out on top. Unfortunately, none of this stuff actually sells consoles.
PS3 Slim Xbox 360 Elite
Price $299 $299
Color Black Black
Hard Disk Size 120GB 120GB
USB Ports 2 3
WiFi Built-In $99 Add On
Disc Drive Blu-ray/DVD/CD DVD/CD
HDMI Yes, no cable included Yes, no cable included
Bluetooth Yes No
Controllers Included One One
Last Generation Backwards Compatibility No Partial
Online Play Free $50 a year
Dimensions 290 × 65 × 290 mm 310 x 80 x 260 mm
Weight 3.2 kg 3.5 kg
Yes, Blu-ray is a big aspect of what makes the PS3 appealing. But for gamers, is that a huge selling point? As for Wi-Fi, well, that depends on your setup. Most gamers who are serious about playing online probably would rather plug their console right into their router. And Bluetooth? Who gives a shit about Bluetooth?
To be fair, there are definite advantages to PS3 that make it appear to be a better value. Really want a Blu-ray player? Home theater setup too far away from your router to plug the console right in? Turned off by an annual charge for online services? The PS3 is right up your alley.
But for many people who are interested in serious gaming consoles, what matters most is software, not hardware. And the Xbox 360 arguably has the best games library and the best online service. And for me at least, that makes up for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi about 50 times over, which is why I would personally recommend the Xbox 360 to a friend over the PS3. But despite that fact, the decision as to what console to buy has never been harder.
Aw, what the hell. Just buy both
http://gizmodo.com/5346969/ps3-slim-...ty-cut-and-dry
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August 27th, 2009, 07:10 Posted By: Krystal
"Closure Announcement of Dark-AleX.org Forum.
Within the following announcement, we announce the closure of Dark-AleX.org forum, after one year of working, more than 50,000 users, more than 170,000 messages, and more than 15,000 threads. With those statistics, that have gone generally within more than 450 messages, 40 threads and 130 new users per day, we are more than just satisfied about the results and about what we have reached.
There are many reasons. The forum, by itself, has been a challenge. A challenge that, without any doubt, has exceeded all of our expectatives, and a challenge that now, after all that we have been through, we find ourselves happy and proud of having gone this far. However, its, professionally speaking, a moment for evolving and taking ourselves a little time for relax and so we can study whats next.
Since the beginning, the people' answer has been something amazing and indescribable, something that we won't have enough grateful words, and that fills us of satisfaction. This support has been so huge that we have found ourselves overwhelmed, and when we wanted to give the deserved service for each user, we have gone into problems and we have got to take this hard but consistent decition; that, the same way as we wield a smile when all this was starting, this last decition makes us sad, but we know that is the best choice at the moment.
Again, thanks to all, to our moderators, to our friends, to our old and new partners, to the English Zone and their help to this project, and everyone of you that have helped us on any terms.
Lastly, if any user is interested on recovering any part or any thread of the forum, please contact with the following e-mail: alek@dark-alex.org so we can deliver what you need.
And remember, you always have to your disposal our IRC as a place in where you can chat, you can laugh with us, and as a cool reason to make a reunion and remember old times, as after all this is not a "goodbye", but a "cya" ;-)
Sincerely,
Admin and Webmaster of Dark-AleX.org"
Mod's note: It has not been mentioned above that Dark_Alex is leaving the scene. Only the Dark-Alex.org forum is closing, that which is actually maintained by someone else called Alek, a totally different person. Don't get it confused folks, okay?
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August 27th, 2009, 03:57 Posted By: Art
Hi Guys,
Now with an indexed map file implementation,
AVEC V3 is fast enough to keep up with real time in car navigation.
No release of V3 just yet, but a YouTube demo video:
This is the first demo video of AVEC that isn't captured from image sequences
(ie. it was actually filmed with a camera on a tripod in the back of the car).
Please vote for AVEC in the Neoflash competition if you like what you see.
Cheers, Art.
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August 26th, 2009, 23:27 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released for PSP at Ishopvideogame, heres the details:
PSP to PC Full Screen Converter, LKV7000 PSP Converter
The most innovative technique of this PSP to PC converter box is that it achieves full screen display on PC or TV Screen, solving the problem of only partial display on PC or TV screen by other normal conversion. It is purely hardware design, plug and play.
PSP to PC full screen converter, convert PSP to PC monitor, full screen display, 3D motion compensation tech applied, upscale PSP resolution from 480*272 to 1440*900.
Features:
1. PC VGA Resolution: 640x480@60Hz,1024x768@60Hz, 1280x768@60Hz, 1280x1024@60Hz, 1440x900@60Hz.
2. Component Video input resolution: 480P.
3. Video Scaler Function: Up-scales original PSP resolution 480x272 up to Maximum of 1400x900.
4. 3D motion compensation tech is applied. The converted picture is rich color and outputs at high definition without any distortion.
5. Support both standard 4:3 and 16:9/16:10 wide screen.
6. PSP and PC host can be connected to LKV7000 at the same time. Switch by 1 click between PSP and PC window.
7. Auto-save configuration and PSP game status when power off.
8. Applicable with PSP 2000 and PSP 3000.
Specification
1. Input: 1 x Component Video (connect the PSP in); 1 x VGA (Connect the PC host in); 1 x Stereo Audio L/R.
2. Output: 1 x VGA (Connect PC screen or LCD), 1 x Audio.
3. Dimension: 2.7X10.6X3.4 cm
4. Net Weight: 0.27KG
5. Dimension of Box: 25X17.5X7 cm
6. Weight of Box: 0.81KG
Interface Specification
1. Connect YPbPr interface of PSP cable
2. Connect Audio L/R cable of PSP cable
3. Connect PC audio in
4. Connect Sound Box
5. LED (Red: PC host input; Green: PSP input)
6. Select output resolution
7. Switch output picture into full screen display
8. Switch between PSP input and PC host input
9. Connect power supply
10. Connect PC Host
11. Connect PC Monitor
Contect:
PSP to PC Converter 1 pcs
VGA Cable 1 pcs
PSP Cable 1 pcs
3.5 Audio cable 1 pcs
AC Adaptor 1 pcs
User\'s Manual 1 pcs
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August 26th, 2009, 22:42 Posted By: wraggster
DCEmu member and Coder Yoshihiro has released a new version of the Nintendo DS Emulator for the Sony PSP, heres a few screens:
heres whats new:
Voila I release version 4 of DSONPSP
Source code in the archive not so clean stuff of warning in the compilation if a ds emulator on psp out the author must provide the source code biensur if it is based on DeSmuME.
Improvement of speed
Select Lang ND
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August 26th, 2009, 21:59 Posted By: wraggster
If you're prone to falling under spells where all you want to do is dismantle your (slightly less) expensive pieces of technology, DIY site IFixIt recently posted a comprehensive manual on how to take the PS3 Slim completely apart. We suppose this article serves three important purposes:
It gives a good look at the guts of Sony's new streamlined hardware.
It gives modders instructions on how to prepare their consoles for Frankenstein-ation.
It teaches Xbox fanboys how to obliterate the PS3 Slim in a showy, $300 act of protest.
We hope said article is only used for the first two reasons, but history has taught us that we live in an entirely senseless, illogical world.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/26/ho...-new-ps3-slim/
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August 26th, 2009, 20:02 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.pdroms.de/
YourPlayer is a 2nd version of UminPlayer.It have a very beautyful skin and it can be change.It also support lyrics and it succeed to Sirens Player v2 so it support 17 kind of formats, codec in 12 style.It support equalizer and sleep mode.A different function is Music Share(c),it make tow PSP to transfer theirs music comes true.If you use it,and enjoy it!
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August 26th, 2009, 19:33 Posted By: wraggster
Updated release from lilmnm
lilmnm-kamikaze- from Team Red Phoenix here again with another Release of DayPR!
This Release Will include Remotejoylite, Configuration, themes, Bold Text, a even better looking GUI, and an updated Game's Name code that shows the Real name of the game you are playing along with the Game's ID.
I have two PRXs One with RemoteJoyLite and one without it. The one with out RemoteJoy Has no major bugs, but the one with it RemoteJoy May cause your PSP to Freeze and Crash. Please let me know right away if there are any bugs that i didnt get so i can fix them right away.
Before you download, i wanna say thanx to the creator of RemoteJoyLite for if it wasnt for him it wouldnt be possible to have it into DayPR.
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