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Late Night Consoling
by Chris Remo, Aug 24, 2005 8:00pm PDTThis LNC is going to be a little lighter than usual. I'm moving into a new apartment on Friday (which is several hundred miles away) so I have to have everything packed up by then. It's been really hectic this week, and I'm still trying to get everything sorted out. I had a really great anecdote to share with you in tonight's edition, but I'm going to have to sacrifice it for the good of the news. Hopefully it'll be in tomorrow's LNC, or the one after that (or the one after that).
- After an odd unacknowledged delay, Sony has made the official North American version of the PSP 2.00 patch available on their website. The biggest addition is the web browser, though it also adds support for a few more file formats. The site also notes that "Depending on the software title, you may not be able to play without first updating the PSP system software," which will be a pain for homebrew enthusiasts who also want to play new PSP games. (Once they actually release some new PSP games, anyway. Oh snap.)
PSP 2.00 Finally Available
[psp] - In honor of Resident Evil's 10-year anniversary, Capcom will be releasing a remake of the first Resident Evil (PS1) on the Nintendo DS. The game's Japanese title is Biohazard: Deadly Silence. Little is known about the title, other than it will incorporate first person realtime 3D battle sequences, and will make use of the DS' wi-fi capability and other unique features.
Resident Evil on DS
[ds] - Ubisoft today released two new cooperative play maps for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory over Xbox Live. However, they apparently don't work. Whoops. When the maps are fixed, they will continue the game's co-op campaign.
New Unusable Chaos Theory Content
[xbox] - Despite prior announcements, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (or Advent Children: Final Fantasy VII, depending on who you ask) will not be released in North American shores simultaneously with the Japanese version on September 13. It will come to this continent this "holiday season" in the form of a two-disc Special Edition DVD.
Advent Children Hitting U.S. Later
[psp] - Contrary to much speculation, Sony has no plans to drop the price of its PS2 this holiday season. Some had suspected the manufacturer would do so in order to aggressively compete with Microsoft's Xbox 360. Ray Maguire, head of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, told the BBC that the current price point does not leave enough of a profit margin to justify dropping the price. The company hopes to attract new buyers with non-traditional games which appeal to people who are not yet gamers.
No Price Drop For PS2
[ps2] - IGN has pointed out that EBGames.com has a listing for "Killzone 2 PS2" with a release date of January 1, 2006. IGN's calls to Sony revealed no further information. It is worth noting that EBGames.com also has a listing for "Killzone 2 (working title) PS3", and it is also worth noting (as I often note) that retailers rarely know much more than anybody else does.
Killzone 2 on PS2?
[ps2] - Not surprisingly, Tecmo will be developing for Sony's PS3, according to president Junji Nakamura. Despite the well-known Team Ninja's history with Xbox, its parent company Tecmo has long supported Sony's platform. Nakamura did have a few things to say about PS3 development, though, noting that "compared to the Xbox 360, it seems to be somewhat out of place with today's developers. I believe that it is having an influence on the skills and abilities of developers. You will have to change your way of thinking."
Tecmo Supporting PS3
[ps2] - Because we just can't get enough talk about Xbox 360 pricing, Gamasutra has many opinions given by industry professionals and more than a few "Anonymous"es regarding the subject. EGM (by way of 1UP) takes a look at the history of fighting games from 1981 to 1987, culminating in the first Street Fighter title.
Misc. Q&As/Features
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I love my DS but they should stick to making 2D-based games, as the 3D capabilities of the DS appear pretty bad (Especially after gaming Ridge Racer and other PSP titles). More Castlevania-style 2D games :( I love those.
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So to sell games they are targeting a market who does not game. Man Sony you people are just wierd. I hope the ten people you convert away from Knitting and fly fishing justify this type of approach.
And before you say its cool to do non tratditional games, thats a obvious, but thats because gamers enjoy them. So Sonys approach is if anything silly.
This has nothing to do with this LNC post, but I wanted to share something with my fellow gamers.
I organized my video game collection on my.ign.com and wanted to show off my pride and joy. =) Lemme know your opinions on any of the games, or on the collection in general.
http://users.ign.com/collection/DLCraddock?showAsOthersSeeIt=1&objType=1&lid=1
Like I said, no real point; just wanted to discuss game collections w/ my fellow shackers.
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And looks like the first game i will get (almost launch title 24/9) will be GTA:Liberty Cities.. crazy :-)
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There's a lot to be said for ease of development. Except for the really expensive AAA titles that came about after the PS2 launch, a lot of the games were in no way superior to anything on the Dreamcast, and in many ways still aren't.
Am I smoking crack here or is this kinda the same deal?
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Nintendogs and Meteos are my new foud drug now. I picked them up yesterday along with my new DS, and I'm glad I did.
Any good PSP games in the horizon? I'm having my second thoughs about keeping mine now that I have DS, sure I can put movies, music and pics, but c'mon, how many people actually adds pictures in there PSP's? I could buy that 1 GB stick at Newegg, but is not enough reason for me.
Now that EBgames and Gamestop are one, I now hate them both. I hate Ebgames more for letting themself be bough out by those basterds.
Castlevania DS needs to come out, like, RIGHT NOW!!!
BF2 ruleZ!!1 Anyone playing this weekend? I got it last week and I'm about to earn my first rank, too.
Also, what the hell happend to Splinter Cell: Caos Theory content fo the PC?
Avent Children should be realesed in US and JP at the same time, otherwise I might end up using bittorrent.
I will never fork over $400+ for a game console, is not worth it, now if game console can suck your balls and pet your pooch at the same time, I'm in it.
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What?! <Darth Vader>: Noooooooooooo!
*HALF-LIFE2'D*
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There is nothing compelling right now about the PSP except what end users are making of it. I'm totally getting psyched to buy a DS.
" It's also worth noting that all three versions of the game support 480p, and the Xbox goes all the way up to 720p."
o_O
Anyone played it in 720p? How does it run?
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When the ps1 first came out I was pretty down about the whole memory card idea, I thought it sucked hard, not having a battery save on a cart was just stupid.
But just about every good game that came out required a memory card to make the game fun.
The xbox has two bundles, one being the all-the-cool-accesories bundle and the other being the here's-your-damn-system-now-go-away bundle.
20gb hard drives are getting very cheap to manufacture, and I paid ~$20 for an 8mb xbox memory card recently. So if they keep dropping the price on the 20gb removable hard drives. Then these could become the next memory card.
Yeah you don't have to get one, but if you don't then you can't save your games, you can't download content, etc etc, you'll basically HAVE to go out and get one at some point if you want to enjoy your games.
It's really going to be tight this time around because no major publisher (that I know of) is offering exclusive support to one platform or another... Microsoft is going to make the most it can of its headstart... but like I said, for DC vs PS2, most people simply waited for the ps2.
One really important thing to keep in mind is that the original xbox wasn't as big as microsoft presents it to be. 20 million units worldwide seems like a lot, but that's actually about what the gamecube did. However, ps2 is now at 90 million !!! That's a phenomenal install base!!! It is waaaaay more successful than xbox.
Pretty much every person that owns a ps2 has been satisfied with the games they were able to play, and it's a safe bet that they will be favoring ps3 over xbox 360.
It's going to be incredibly exciting!!!
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Also, this game needs to come out now.
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Cool.
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And a big "Oh hell no" to that Advent Children thing. They're just giving the anime subtitle crews something new to work on. Didn't they realize the importance of the simultaneous release? They better make that 2-disc pack special because all the FF7 fanboys will have already watched it in .avi form.
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If I was you, and I am not, I wouldn't even report on things I see from retailers like this. I mean it says PS2 and PS3, from that wouldn't we know that at least one them doesn't know what the hell they are talking about? Retailers don't know shit.
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