E3 Sony conference ... tomorrow!
- Thread starter McFly
- Start date
Evil_Cloud
Veteran
PlayStation handheld! 
Link
Nintendo Shares Sink on Sony Handheld Game Threat
2 hours, 30 minutes ago Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo!
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Nintendo (news - web sites) Co plummeted almost 10 percent on Wednesday morning after rival Sony Corp (news - web sites) said it would launch a portable gaming device, challenging Nintendo's dominance in the handheld game market.
Sony announced on Tuesday that it would roll out a new handheld PlayStation gaming machine featuring a color screen, computing power equal to the original best-selling PlayStation and a new high-capacity optical disc created specially for it.
"This could be a big worry," said Takeshi Tajima, analyst at BNP Paribas.
Tajima said Nintendo may become vulnerable to a price war if it loses its status as the leading provider in the handheld game market.
"That may depress Nintendo's earnings," he said.
Makoto Suzuki, senior fund manager at Chuo Mitsui Asset Management, echoed Tajima's view.
"While Nintendo still holds the competitive edge in the market for portable games, it is safe to assume that this move by Sony will cut into Nintendo's profits down the road," he said.
"For Sony, it adds a new product to its line-up. I think this will turn out to be a good move for them," Suzuki added.
Nintendo's shares ended the morning session at 8,690 yen, down 9.85 percent, while Sony stock was up 3.08 percent.
NEW WAR
Nintendo's portable Game Boy has dominated the handheld market since the 1980s, with the latest Game Boy Advance SP released in March.
But Nintendo has been losing ground in the game console market to Sony's blockbuster PlayStation 2 (news - web sites), which has shipped 51.2 million units globally since its debut in March 2000.
Nintendo's console Game Cube, launched in September 2001, has shipped 9.4 million worldwide.
Still, Deutsche Securities senior analyst Takashi Oya said Sony could face a tough fight as the handheld market is dominated by younger users, who are fervent followers of Nintendo's popular game series such as "Pokemon" and "Mario."
"Even if Sony can offer high-tech gadgets, they have to be able to introduce good content to draw these young users," he said.
Sony said it would unveil the handheld device at the end of next year, but pricing and other details have not been announced.
ING Securities analyst Richard Chu said he expected the device to be priced at $150 to $200, adding it would benefit a number of Sony divisions as well as the firm's games arm.
"They're going to try to source as much as they can from Sony -- liquid crystal displays and so forth -- so it's definitely going to be positive for the Sony parent company," he said.
Nintendo Shares Sink on Sony Handheld Game Threat
2 hours, 30 minutes ago Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo!
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Nintendo (news - web sites) Co plummeted almost 10 percent on Wednesday morning after rival Sony Corp (news - web sites) said it would launch a portable gaming device, challenging Nintendo's dominance in the handheld game market.
Sony announced on Tuesday that it would roll out a new handheld PlayStation gaming machine featuring a color screen, computing power equal to the original best-selling PlayStation and a new high-capacity optical disc created specially for it.
"This could be a big worry," said Takeshi Tajima, analyst at BNP Paribas.
Tajima said Nintendo may become vulnerable to a price war if it loses its status as the leading provider in the handheld game market.
"That may depress Nintendo's earnings," he said.
Makoto Suzuki, senior fund manager at Chuo Mitsui Asset Management, echoed Tajima's view.
"While Nintendo still holds the competitive edge in the market for portable games, it is safe to assume that this move by Sony will cut into Nintendo's profits down the road," he said.
"For Sony, it adds a new product to its line-up. I think this will turn out to be a good move for them," Suzuki added.
Nintendo's shares ended the morning session at 8,690 yen, down 9.85 percent, while Sony stock was up 3.08 percent.
NEW WAR
Nintendo's portable Game Boy has dominated the handheld market since the 1980s, with the latest Game Boy Advance SP released in March.
But Nintendo has been losing ground in the game console market to Sony's blockbuster PlayStation 2 (news - web sites), which has shipped 51.2 million units globally since its debut in March 2000.
Nintendo's console Game Cube, launched in September 2001, has shipped 9.4 million worldwide.
Still, Deutsche Securities senior analyst Takashi Oya said Sony could face a tough fight as the handheld market is dominated by younger users, who are fervent followers of Nintendo's popular game series such as "Pokemon" and "Mario."
"Even if Sony can offer high-tech gadgets, they have to be able to introduce good content to draw these young users," he said.
Sony said it would unveil the handheld device at the end of next year, but pricing and other details have not been announced.
ING Securities analyst Richard Chu said he expected the device to be priced at $150 to $200, adding it would benefit a number of Sony divisions as well as the firm's games arm.
"They're going to try to source as much as they can from Sony -- liquid crystal displays and so forth -- so it's definitely going to be positive for the Sony parent company," he said.
marconelly!
Veteran
I'm not entirely clear on the whole exclusivity deal. He worded it as if MGS3 is indefinite exclusive ("when it's released next year, MGS3 will be PS2 exclusive"), but GTA is only temporary - he made sure to word it differently ("next GTA will debut exclusively on PS2") That probably means Sony (or Rockstar) doesn't want to prolong the contract.
**New PS2 with Network Adaptor and prog scan DVD in June for 199 **
huh?
pro-scan DVD???????????????????????????
what about old ps2's? will we get a driver update? please Sony please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please...
huh?
pro-scan DVD???????????????????????????
what about old ps2's? will we get a driver update? please Sony please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please...
marconelly!
Veteran
I might replace my PS2 for the new one for (believe it or not) the feature that it can be turned on/off on the remote. It was about time someone has done something so obvious. It also doesn't hurt that it has latest DVD drivers in the ROM.
yeah u will probably still need to put it all together...
anyway.... am i the only one excited about PROGRESSIVE SCAN DVD PLAYBACK on PS2??????
need to know everything about this.
when, where, how, why.....
anyway.... am i the only one excited about PROGRESSIVE SCAN DVD PLAYBACK on PS2??????
need to know everything about this.
when, where, how, why.....
Analysis of SONY/MS/N press conferences by gamespy....they are so pro-MS.....here is an example...
Link
Why Nintendo, Why?!?
Raymond "Psylancer" Padilla
This year's press conferences were a bit underwhelming. I thought it would be similar to last year -- Microsoft would take the most risks, Sony would be the steadiest, and Nintendo would have the best games. I thought Microsoft put on the best show in 2002 and I was expecting Nintendo to go balls out -- out of necessity -- in 2003. This year Microsoft was the winner by default. It had an above-average presentation, but compared to Sony's mostly lackluster performance and Nintendo's paltry outing Microsoft clearly had the best pre-E3 presser.
Microsoft is becoming the console for action gamers. Doom 3 was so beautiful that I had a hard time believing that it was running on an Xbox. The company closed out the show with a fabulous showing of Halo 2. Though the game has been delayed to next year, what was shown was so sweet that it's worth the wait. I was also really fascinated by Microsoft Music Mixer, an application that allows Xbox owners to view digital photos, organize music files, create photo shows set to music, and, most importantly, perform karaoke. Most gamers will scoff at Music Mixer, but it makes the Xbox more appealing to mainstream consumers. Think about it. If an unknowledgeable buyer looks at Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube, he or she sees a bunch of boxes that play games. If one of those boxes lets you sing karaoke and view photos, that's the one they're going to buy.
Being the market leader by a longshot, Sony played everything slow and steady. It's way ahead of the competition and it doesn't need to take big risks; this was reflected in its press conference. Gran Turismo 4, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, and the next Grand Theft Auto are great feathers to have in your cap, but those games are hardly surprises. Sony's announcement that EA Sports games will be online with PlayStation 2 only was also quite a coup. Despite all this news, the crowd response was fairly contained until Sony unveiled PlayStation Pocket (PSP). Though it's pretty much vaporware at this point, the fact that Sony is getting into the handheld space is terribly exciting. Though its presentation was a little flat, Sony definitely went out with bang, thanks to PSP.
Last, and definitely least was Nintendo. This press conference is usually the fanboy's choice, partially because Nintendo has the most history and partially due to all the Nintendo fan sites (who scream and clap way more than anyone should at a press conference). But even the most ardent fanboy couldn't back this pony. Man, oh man what a weak showing. As cool as Mario Kart is, it should not be the biggest game at your press conference. It was just a sad presser, complete with unexciting games, no online strategy to speak of, and an overemphasis on connectivity. It's especially troublesome since as a game fan, almost every journalist is pulling for Nintendo to put on a good show. Instead it was Weak Sauce City.
Three men enter, one man wins.
Bryn "hardcore_pawn" Williams
I've been attending E3 console press conferences for the last six years. I'm not happy too report that this year was the first year when I felt slightly disappointed with the 2003 line-up of games from Nintendo. But I'll get to that in a minute. It's my opinion that out of the three major playaz -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- the clear winner of the press conference three-way battle was Microsoft. The games shown at the Xbox presser were far more stunning than those shown at Sony or Nintendo. DOOM 3 and Halo 2 completely blew me away and nothing else came close.
It's fair to say that Microsoft's event lacked the personality of the Nintendo press conference -- i.e. there were no comedic appearances by revered and slightly weird Japanese developers -- as well as lacking the big stars of the Sony event (Tiger Woods and Cedric the Entertainer were funny) but that really didn’t matter in the long run. When the Xbox footage of DOOM 3 was shown on two huge crystal clear screens, the crowd went bananas. With a sweet live demo of Bungie's Halo 2 showing off some of the best-looking FPS action I can remember seeing, it was gonna be hard for the other guys to beat.
Sony's event kicked off with the usual barrage of statistics, facts and figures stating that the PlayStation 2 is still the king of the consoles, but after that less-than interesting stage had passed, we were treated to a nice long look at the incredibly sweet Gran Turismo 4 in development by Polyphony. EA kicked things up a notch with a whirlwind demo of all its major PS2 online-exclusive sports titles -- enter Tiger and Cedric -- and with some further announcements stating that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series and Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater would premier exclusively on the PS2, it was a good time to be a PS2 owner. With a new PS2 hardware bundle coming soon -- including the broadband adaptor for $199 total -- and the sneaky last minute announcement of Sony's PSP handheld system (hitting fall 2004) Sony went out on a high note.
Now to Nintendo. Oh, Nintendo. Let's first understand that there are some really sweet games for both GameCube and Game Boy Advance coming out this year. These include Mario Kart: Double Dash!! game, F-Zero GX, Pikmin 2, FF Tactics Advance, Geist and many more. I just couldn't help but feel that after Nintendo essentially stole the whole E3 show last year, this year's line-up isn't as strong. I love what its doing with the whole GCN/GBA connectivity thing, but I was really waiting for a new Zelda or Mario announcement, or something else huge and unique from Miyamoto. I'm still excited about all three companies -- but the clear winner of the press conference wars was Microsoft. Here's hoping that the DOOM III footage really was running on the Xbox!
..........
so for them MGS3/GT4/GTAnext are nothing new so Sony lost and D3 and H2 were brand new concepts so MS won...huh!
Link
Why Nintendo, Why?!?
Raymond "Psylancer" Padilla
This year's press conferences were a bit underwhelming. I thought it would be similar to last year -- Microsoft would take the most risks, Sony would be the steadiest, and Nintendo would have the best games. I thought Microsoft put on the best show in 2002 and I was expecting Nintendo to go balls out -- out of necessity -- in 2003. This year Microsoft was the winner by default. It had an above-average presentation, but compared to Sony's mostly lackluster performance and Nintendo's paltry outing Microsoft clearly had the best pre-E3 presser.
Microsoft is becoming the console for action gamers. Doom 3 was so beautiful that I had a hard time believing that it was running on an Xbox. The company closed out the show with a fabulous showing of Halo 2. Though the game has been delayed to next year, what was shown was so sweet that it's worth the wait. I was also really fascinated by Microsoft Music Mixer, an application that allows Xbox owners to view digital photos, organize music files, create photo shows set to music, and, most importantly, perform karaoke. Most gamers will scoff at Music Mixer, but it makes the Xbox more appealing to mainstream consumers. Think about it. If an unknowledgeable buyer looks at Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube, he or she sees a bunch of boxes that play games. If one of those boxes lets you sing karaoke and view photos, that's the one they're going to buy.
Being the market leader by a longshot, Sony played everything slow and steady. It's way ahead of the competition and it doesn't need to take big risks; this was reflected in its press conference. Gran Turismo 4, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, and the next Grand Theft Auto are great feathers to have in your cap, but those games are hardly surprises. Sony's announcement that EA Sports games will be online with PlayStation 2 only was also quite a coup. Despite all this news, the crowd response was fairly contained until Sony unveiled PlayStation Pocket (PSP). Though it's pretty much vaporware at this point, the fact that Sony is getting into the handheld space is terribly exciting. Though its presentation was a little flat, Sony definitely went out with bang, thanks to PSP.
Last, and definitely least was Nintendo. This press conference is usually the fanboy's choice, partially because Nintendo has the most history and partially due to all the Nintendo fan sites (who scream and clap way more than anyone should at a press conference). But even the most ardent fanboy couldn't back this pony. Man, oh man what a weak showing. As cool as Mario Kart is, it should not be the biggest game at your press conference. It was just a sad presser, complete with unexciting games, no online strategy to speak of, and an overemphasis on connectivity. It's especially troublesome since as a game fan, almost every journalist is pulling for Nintendo to put on a good show. Instead it was Weak Sauce City.
Three men enter, one man wins.
Bryn "hardcore_pawn" Williams
I've been attending E3 console press conferences for the last six years. I'm not happy too report that this year was the first year when I felt slightly disappointed with the 2003 line-up of games from Nintendo. But I'll get to that in a minute. It's my opinion that out of the three major playaz -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- the clear winner of the press conference three-way battle was Microsoft. The games shown at the Xbox presser were far more stunning than those shown at Sony or Nintendo. DOOM 3 and Halo 2 completely blew me away and nothing else came close.
It's fair to say that Microsoft's event lacked the personality of the Nintendo press conference -- i.e. there were no comedic appearances by revered and slightly weird Japanese developers -- as well as lacking the big stars of the Sony event (Tiger Woods and Cedric the Entertainer were funny) but that really didn’t matter in the long run. When the Xbox footage of DOOM 3 was shown on two huge crystal clear screens, the crowd went bananas. With a sweet live demo of Bungie's Halo 2 showing off some of the best-looking FPS action I can remember seeing, it was gonna be hard for the other guys to beat.
Sony's event kicked off with the usual barrage of statistics, facts and figures stating that the PlayStation 2 is still the king of the consoles, but after that less-than interesting stage had passed, we were treated to a nice long look at the incredibly sweet Gran Turismo 4 in development by Polyphony. EA kicked things up a notch with a whirlwind demo of all its major PS2 online-exclusive sports titles -- enter Tiger and Cedric -- and with some further announcements stating that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series and Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater would premier exclusively on the PS2, it was a good time to be a PS2 owner. With a new PS2 hardware bundle coming soon -- including the broadband adaptor for $199 total -- and the sneaky last minute announcement of Sony's PSP handheld system (hitting fall 2004) Sony went out on a high note.
Now to Nintendo. Oh, Nintendo. Let's first understand that there are some really sweet games for both GameCube and Game Boy Advance coming out this year. These include Mario Kart: Double Dash!! game, F-Zero GX, Pikmin 2, FF Tactics Advance, Geist and many more. I just couldn't help but feel that after Nintendo essentially stole the whole E3 show last year, this year's line-up isn't as strong. I love what its doing with the whole GCN/GBA connectivity thing, but I was really waiting for a new Zelda or Mario announcement, or something else huge and unique from Miyamoto. I'm still excited about all three companies -- but the clear winner of the press conference wars was Microsoft. Here's hoping that the DOOM III footage really was running on the Xbox!
..........
so for them MGS3/GT4/GTAnext are nothing new so Sony lost and D3 and H2 were brand new concepts so MS won...huh!
marconelly!
Veteran
I thought it was confirmed that Doom 3 trailer was running on the PC hardware?
marconelly! said:
It really doesn't matter as appearently by Deepak's comments and this article, Courting PC developers and having them port their established brands onto XBox from the PC - Microsoft has become the king of E3.
Makes sence to me... not that Sony or Nintendo had anything revolutionary (perhaps EyeToy?!?) but just that he'd state this has me confused.
Link
Celebrities come to play at game expo
Thu May 15, 7:51 AM ET
André Montgomery and Mike Snider USA TODAY
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The game is on at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and, as usual, video game leader Sony ushered in the festivities.
As parent company of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) video game system, Sony has made a name for itself with happening parties at the game industry's annual convention. Tuesday night, on the eve of the event, Sony transformed the trendy Viceroy Hotel into a beach party venue with rapper 50 Cent as the headliner.
Among celebrities on hand were Demi Moore, Tara Reid, David Arquette, Donald Adeosun Faison (Scrubs), John Salley (Best Damn Sports Show Period), Seann William Scott (American Pie) and Alyssa Milano, who got into the theme in a turquoise halter top.
Stars could seclude themselves in private cabanas and play PlayStation 2 games such as MLB 2004 displayed on flat-panel monitors submerged in aquariums stocked with fish.
Video game skills are a must-have in today's digital entertainment culture. (Even Julia Roberts owned up to playing Halo , a sci-fi shooting game for the Microsoft Xbox (news - web sites), in a recent Entertainment Weekly story.)
Hip-hop statesman Redman, who has his own video game character in Electronic Arts' fantastical wrestling video game Def Jam Vendetta, says he plays all the top video game systems. His favorite games of all time? GoldenEye 007 and Doom. The musician says he'd like to sit down with Doom developer id Software to offer some ideas on Doom III, in development now for PCs and Xbox. (Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor already is supervising music and sounds for the game, but there may be room for a little Redman influence.)
Celebrities come to play at game expo
Thu May 15, 7:51 AM ET
André Montgomery and Mike Snider USA TODAY
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The game is on at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and, as usual, video game leader Sony ushered in the festivities.
As parent company of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) video game system, Sony has made a name for itself with happening parties at the game industry's annual convention. Tuesday night, on the eve of the event, Sony transformed the trendy Viceroy Hotel into a beach party venue with rapper 50 Cent as the headliner.
Among celebrities on hand were Demi Moore, Tara Reid, David Arquette, Donald Adeosun Faison (Scrubs), John Salley (Best Damn Sports Show Period), Seann William Scott (American Pie) and Alyssa Milano, who got into the theme in a turquoise halter top.
Stars could seclude themselves in private cabanas and play PlayStation 2 games such as MLB 2004 displayed on flat-panel monitors submerged in aquariums stocked with fish.
Video game skills are a must-have in today's digital entertainment culture. (Even Julia Roberts owned up to playing Halo
, a sci-fi shooting game for the Microsoft Xbox (news - web sites), in a recent Entertainment Weekly story.)Hip-hop statesman Redman, who has his own video game character in Electronic Arts' fantastical wrestling video game Def Jam Vendetta, says he plays all the top video game systems. His favorite games of all time? GoldenEye 007 and Doom. The musician says he'd like to sit down with Doom developer id Software to offer some ideas on Doom III, in development now for PCs and Xbox. (Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor already is supervising music and sounds for the game, but there may be room for a little Redman influence.)
Similar threads
