[Dean's World] Dave Price: PS3 Coming to Life?

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Posted by Dave Price:
PS3 Coming to Life?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1173379862.shtml


   Over at /., Zonk has [1]notes from a conference:

     PlayStation Home will be launching from Sony later this year.
     ([2]video clip) There's just a new icon on the media bar, allowing
     access to the new content. Phil introduces Scott Walgerman,
     producer of the service to do a demo. The service begins with the
     words 'entering the online world'. When you enter the service, you
     are in the central lounge. Your avatar is customizable, and
     extremely detailed. These is *not* Miis, these are better than
     Second Life quality digital characters. A virtual PSP allows you to
     teleport around and customize your character. Clothes are added to
     your wardrobe by buying games. Heavenly Sword being played on the
     console means you have a Sword t-shirt in your bag.
     ...
     Phil then moves on to Singstar. Sold 7 million units on PS2, and
     they're now looking forward to taking it to the PlayStation
     Network. He demonstrates the online capabilities of the game,
     showing recent song additions and what your friends have been
     singing lately. The store is also very easy, adding songs to a cart
     with the push of a button. Songs download in the background, which
     Phil notes is a 'good feature'. If you want to, you can videotape
     your performance and share it with your friends. They can then be
     rated. That sounds ominous. May/June release in Europe for the
     game, with a release 'later' for the states.
     ...
     And another announcement. LittleBigPlanet. ([3]video clip) It's the
     guys who did RagDoll KungFu.. Mark Healy and Alex Evans are brought
     out, and show off the title, which is all about 'creativity.' Alex
     beings by saying they'll show how easy it is to make stuff in the
     game world. With just a few controller elements, they make a block,
     add a gear, and then set it moving with physics. It looks exactly
     like the toolset from Second Life, only useable.

   Keep in mind, a lot of this PS3 stuff is simply not do-able on other
   consoles, because of the PS3's huge hardware advantage. Despite the
   high cost, the Playstation 3 is a actually a bargain in terms of
   power, as it is [4]sold at a huge loss.

References

   1. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/07/209213
   2. http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/gdc07-clip-the-ps3s-home-242341.php
   3. http://kotaku.com/gaming/littlebigplanet/clips-littlebigplanet-242305.php
   4. http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919