Oh jeez. Sony’s Conference was probably the one i was most excited for at E3. Last year, i watched their conference in awe. I Wanted a PS3 so bad at that point it was kind of sad i hadn’t saved up and bought one yet. But, alas! this year at E3 i am the proud owner of a PS3, and was even more stoked about Sony’s announcements and exclusives.
PSP Go!
Kazuo Hirai, Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. unveiled it by simply stating “This is the worst kept secret of E3.” It has 16gb of flash memory, built in Wi-Fi, a touch screen, and launches October 1st 2009, for $249.99. He backed this with confirmation that the PSP 3000 isn’t going anywhere, as there are still gamers who like to buy physical games. After the announcement of the PSP Go!, he added that thousands of Movies and TV Shows will be added to the PSN store specifically for the PSP, and unleashed new software called “Media Go” that replaces the current PSP computer software used for downloading from the PSN store.
A slew of PSP games were announced including Resident Evil, Little Big Planet, Motorstorm: Artic Edge, Grand Torismo, and Rock Band Adaptations for the handheld.
Metal Gear Solid: Peacemaker
Despite MGS no longer being a Playstation Exclusive, a handheld PSP game is set to release in 2010, that takes place 10 years after Metal Gear Solid 3, in the 1970′s. The game is said to be an entirely new game for the franchise, and not a side story.
God Of War III
Finishing off the Playstation Trilogy based on Greek Mythology, God Of War promises what fans of the series want, but yet has enough polish and gore to interest gamers who maybe have never played a GOW game. I hope i speak for everyone when i say that my jaw dropped when i saw the live demo of this at E3. The graphics, and the GORE are enough to pick up this game! SCEA gave us a nice look into what we will be playing in MARCH 2010. Yeah, It’s far.
MAG
Remember that game last year at E3 that had everyone saying “Yeah, right” when they teased things like 256 online players at once? Well this year’s E3 treated us to a glorious live demo of massive online gaming in real time. MAG. This Zipper Interactive game is Online Only and releases in late 2009. Check it out:
Also at the SCEA conference, they revealed that there are 364 games coming out on all PlayStation platforms this year, including, but not limited to: Assasins Creed 2, Uncharted 2, Agent, Modnation Racers, Grand Torismo 5, and The Last Guardian.
So the motion-sensing rumors were true?
Yep. while this wasn’t quite “Project Natal” i think they did this in a very tasteful way. Using the already established Playstation Eye, They really showed off a lot of possibilities with the controller. And not just elephants. First person shooter mode made us cream our pants at the thought of stepping in the shoes of our favorite video game heroes…or villains for that matter. (inFAMOUS anyone?) Anyway, unlike microsoft with their lack of release date, Sony announced that the new motion sensitive controllers will be in gamers hands Spring 2010.
Overall, the bar continues to be raised for E3, and each year continues to be better than the last. This was an outstanding E3, and I hope I can say the same next year!
