offical Sony Press Conference Thread

[passby]

They are very early shots by the look of it...
The textures are no-were near what they should be, i'd say the game is'nt even at alpha stage yet.
becuase it might be early, they might not even have FSAA implemented yet

Historically, except for those that were Photoshop-edited, screenshots released by Japanese studios tend to be indicative of the final quality.

But...
My historic reference does not include non-existant final hardware, so I'll give it some benefit of doubt.

And...
If, as hinted by the screens, this product involves a fully-destructable environment, and attacks that can penetrate buildings, then it will most certainly never aspire to be a visual contender against titles with static environments and objects.

 

[Hardknock]

So noone noticed the Biggest bombshells?

SNSystems acquired is one.
But there's 3 more

"AGEIA PhysX, the World's Most Advanced Physics Library, to be Included in Software Development Kit for PS3"
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721be.pdf

"SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ENTERS INTO STRATEGIC LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH HAVOK
World's First Class Physics Engine To Be Included in Software Development Kit for"
PS3http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721de.pdf

"Unreal Engine 3 Evaluation To Become Available With Software Development Kit for PS3"
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721be.pdf


Frankly I'm a little lost for words with this announcement

where's the bombshells?

 

[mistan]

soooo
is the conference over?
if it is then i am disappointed
but there are some nice announcements though
i would have enjoyed more PS3 stuff, as would all of us
but i guess i can wait until the xbox summit which is in 5 days for some next gen stuff

 

[EndR]

So noone noticed the Biggest bombshells?

SNSystems acquired is one.
But there's 3 more

"AGEIA PhysX, the World's Most Advanced Physics Library, to be Included in Software Development Kit for PS3"
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721be.pdf

"SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ENTERS INTO STRATEGIC LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH HAVOK
World's First Class Physics Engine To Be Included in Software Development Kit for"
PS3http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721de.pdf

"Unreal Engine 3 Evaluation To Become Available With Software Development Kit for PS3"
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/050721be.pdf


Frankly I'm a little lost for words with this announcement

Faf, how different are these from MS agreements with them. AFAIK; MS has made the same strategic deals with AGEIA, Epic and Havoc...

 

[London Geezer]

Didn't miss it, though i was wondering, does that mean that any developer with a dev kit will have UE3 loaded in?

So a dev with no proprietary engine will just use the UE3? And Havok or AGEIA?

Not sure it's a good thing or a bad thing honestly.

 

[PC-Engine]

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25144

Faf you missed it in this thread .

Don't get what the big deal is . Isn't the unreal deal the same as the one they have with ms ?

And aren't aeiga and havok already liscensed on for the x360 also and in partnerships ?

Yeah they NEED that support if they want to be able to compete with Xbox 360 development.

 

[patsu]

Only black and silver . Wasn't aware they had another color besides those too

Heh yeah I think the non-slim PS2 comes in atleast five different colors.

really ?cause i've never seen one and i've worked at gamestop since before the dreamcast was out .

Google them. I just pulled 1 randomly from the result list.
http://www.actionscript.com/index.php/fw/1/sony_playstation_2_gets_some_color/

There are at least 5 colors: white, yellow, red, blue and silver. I think there are transparent ones (tinted with colors) too. Saw one of them in Asia.

 

[jvd]

ah so limited edition more expensive ones only in japan .

Guess they have to release this white psp in other countrys and then they will be following nintendos foot steps and of course keep the price the same

 

[passby]

I still don't see why sony would allow images that look like this to be released

EDIT: Incorrect post.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Regards jaggies, there's something 'iffy' about them. Those image look upscaled, same as the Getaway pics. If you copy the pics and zoom in to measure them, the jaggies are 2 pixels in size (though interpolated). I'd say these aren't native 1080 images.

 

[Farid]

Didn't miss it, though i was wondering, does that mean that any developer with a dev kit will have UE3 loaded in?

So a dev with no proprietary engine will just use the UE3? And Havok or AGEIA?

Not sure it's a good thing or a bad thing honestly.

No, it's an evaluation of the UE3.0 that is bundled with the DevKits.
If you want to make a game with UE3.0, you'll have to pay M.Rein and Co.

 

[Fafalada]

Didn't miss it, though i was wondering, does that mean that any developer with a dev kit will have UE3 loaded in?

No - but you will get an evaluation license for it, so you can decide for yourself. UE3 evaluation is basically the same as a full license (you get full access to all their support and everything) for a period of 90 days.

And Havok or AGEIA?

According to this - yes, these two will be available to every PS3 developer.

And aren't aeiga and havok already liscensed on for the x360 also and in partnerships ?

What I remember of Aeigia and MS announcement did not state Novodex would be a part of XDK. I could be wrong of course, anyone has the links?

 

[London Geezer]

Didn't miss it, though i was wondering, does that mean that any developer with a dev kit will have UE3 loaded in?

No - but you will get an evaluation license for it, so you can decide for yourself. UE3 evaluation is basically the same as a full license (you get full access to all their support and everything) for a period of 90 days.

Heh, i can only imagine how many people will "settle" for the quick option - getting the full UE3 whopper - once they put their hands on the evaluation copy, instead of going all out trying to build their own engines.

 

[ralexand]

What game are you working on Nick?

 

[jvd]

thakns for the info faf

 

[!eVo!-X Ant UK]

The pictures have been resized to 1080p

Here they are back at 720p

http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/782/from013oj.jpg

http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/5192/from025zw.jpg

They look abit better

Do not post pics that break the format of the board . Only post the links . Deleting this message and editing your post again will get u banned

 

[PARANOiA]

Hopefully this will ease porting too, if UE3 will be on PC, X360 and PS3. Share the love and all that.

 

[EndR]

What I remember of Aeigia and MS announcement did not state Novodex would be a part of XDK. I could be wrong of course, anyone has the links?

http://www.ageia.com/pr_03092005.html

or?

 

[jvd]

evo you do know your modifing a compressed picture even more so than was already done. Your results will make a smoother picture

 

[!eVo!-X Ant UK]

evo you do know your modifing a compressed picture even more so than was already done. Your results will make a smoother picture

No i did'nt know that