E3 Sony Conference Thread
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Level data must by tiny. Graphics assets are non-existent. You could fit the game on a floppy disc, and they want to release it on a 25GB storage medium?!!inefficient
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My guess is that it would be released as some kind of collection of sorts. For all those people who don't have PSN access for whatever reason. They could get Echochrome, Super Stardust, Blastfactor, FlOw, Lemmings, Gripshift, etc all on one disc.
Actually I think that is hard! You can't use lighting and shadows because that identifies boundaries and volume. This thing only works with the ambiguity of the representation, where the same line can represent different spaces. You could probably add a three-intensity isometric lighting - light on top, medium on one side, dark on the other, fixed illumination direction. That's not going to be demanding. Texturing the blocks will be as hard as complex lighting, because again that destroys the ambiguity of the representation. And there's only so many block textures you can have!
Yes... my thoughts exactly. I hope they don't fudge with the clean lines because they are meant to be part of the gameplay. Imagine a complex Echochrome puzzle that fills the entire screen. Perhaps they will add a "help" mode to assist the user by coloring/highlighting beams.
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There are some more details on the PSP's redesign here (at least, I didn't know all of them):
http://www.gamespot.com/features/61...clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;title;4
So apparently one of the things they did I didn't realise was to increase the RAM to 64MB (from 32), which among others can be used for caching UMD data to increase load-times. Also it apparently uses about half the power of the old model, and you can apparently use an old PSP battery to double your playtime, although it will stick out. There will apparently even be an official 'old style' battery with an additional bit of cover added over the sticking out bit. This should give you 10 hours of playtime versus the normal 5.
There is also a screenshot of the PSP hooked up to a TV showing some of the settings. Doesn't look like an essential purchase for me right now, unless the old PSP cannot and the new PSP can play back mp4s at 640x480, as that would be nice to have. But unless they are really limited by memory here, I expect a firmware update should do the trick for the old model.
It's interesting because with the UMD videos always having been encoded at 480p in the first place, it seems this is something they took into account as a possibility already a long time ago.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/61...clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;title;4
So apparently one of the things they did I didn't realise was to increase the RAM to 64MB (from 32), which among others can be used for caching UMD data to increase load-times. Also it apparently uses about half the power of the old model, and you can apparently use an old PSP battery to double your playtime, although it will stick out. There will apparently even be an official 'old style' battery with an additional bit of cover added over the sticking out bit. This should give you 10 hours of playtime versus the normal 5.
There is also a screenshot of the PSP hooked up to a TV showing some of the settings. Doesn't look like an essential purchase for me right now, unless the old PSP cannot and the new PSP can play back mp4s at 640x480, as that would be nice to have. But unless they are really limited by memory here, I expect a firmware update should do the trick for the old model.
It's interesting because with the UMD videos always having been encoded at 480p in the first place, it seems this is something they took into account as a possibility already a long time ago.
The Hirai and Tretton roundtable
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26732
Somewhat interesting to hear Tretton out.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26732
Somewhat interesting to hear Tretton out.
They seem to be showing a component video cable as the connection of choice for tv hookup there. Anyone know if hdmi out is available on the new psp? I'll probably sell my current PSP and get the new one anyways, but hdmi out would be the icing on the cake.
I hope you're wrong!
A new direct-feed movie of Home has been posted in the Japanese official site.
http://www.jp.playstation.com/movie/4m/pv/PSHome.asx
http://www.jp.playstation.com/movie/4m/pv/PSHome.asx
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I'm glad my TV supports D Terminal. Because a component cable for the PSP is probably going to weigh more than the new PSP itself!
Interesting Phil Harrison interview: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200707/N07.0719.1908.25222.htm?Page=1
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