David Reeves (SCEE CEO): 12 Announcements to be made at Leipzig

The second bits of information came from Sony. At the PAL specific press briefing David Reeves said that they had about 12 announcements to make at Leipzig, far more than what made its way out at E3.

Some print media were given a private preview screening of Heavy Rain at E3. The developers (Quantic Dream) were also present at the Sony briefing and while they weren't able to talk about Heavy Rain at E3 outside of the private screening they did hint at more open access to information about the game at GC.

I really enjoyed E3 for the amount of games that were on show and the willingness of the developers to talk about their games. The GC's last show in Leipzig however promises to be action packed.

The Leipzig Games Convention is from August 21-24. It's looking more likely now that Heavy Rain is going to blowout there, and maybe, other exclusives shown behind closed doors will also appear there.

[cloudman]

wow

[RonDeMuerte]

Damn....Sony has 12 new announcements.....while Microsoft only has one new announcement pending...and we already know what it is....it's another waste of everyone's time Halo game.....

[Veryangryxbot]

Sony proves again why they are the leading innovators and market leaders in the gaming industry.

Sony has so many cards behind their sleeves, its not even funny for the competitors whom both has drawn their cards prematurely and are left with very little.

Thats why you didnt see anything new at their shows and thats why it will stay that way for a long time. Because they have little left.

PS3 is where its at. And the good news continues to poor in since January 2008. Its good to be a PS3 owner right now and its sad to be a xbot.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

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[cloudman]

the bubble system is flawed

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[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Thats good!;) Do a 'PS1' one to??? + A 'RRoD' one!!! I tried and gave up on the 'RRoD' one. To hard to do!;)

[cloudman]

I will try!!!!!!!!

[smokeymicpot]

Can't wait this will be good

[Meus Renaissance]

I love this guy's interviews. Straight up no BS

[sonarus]

OOOH...12:D

[PoSTedUP]

sony held back alot of stuff at E3 so they could have alot of stuff for the TGS and GC w/e

now MS canceled their spring update just so they could have some stuff to show at E3.

BTW! WTH is Leipzig???? anyone?

[SixTwoTwo]

Leipzig is a city in Germany

[Veryangryxbot]

The good news has been poring in NON STOP since January 2008 with the announcement of HD DVD being dead.

This is PS3. This is living. Where else will you hear that there are constantly announcements to be made because the PS3 evolves continously and the studios are working on projects after projects. Where else. Not on the competitors system, thats for sure.

Sony never shows a lot of information but you can bet that even as we speak they have over 20 projects, all are secret and not yet revealed.

Where as the competition has only got one or two projects being worked on at once. This is why PS3 is the leading console in the gaming industry.

Play beyond. Leipzig will PWN. Confirmed.

[ChampIDC]

Yeah..they kinda have a big convention there...you know...one better than E3.

[UnSelf]

1. Okami 2
2. LOK: Soul Reaver 3
3. Viewtiful Joe 3
4. MVC 3
5. Tekken 6
6. GTA V
7. KH 3
8. Pn-O2 2
9. Chaos Legion 2
10. Jak and Daxter 4
11. Twisted Metal Black 2
12. Black 2

[hay]

@1.6: Wow, it's been 20 minutes and nobody mentioned FF7 remake.

/joke

[PoSTedUP]

thanks i appreciate it : )

@ bubbles- jack and dak4 would be off the hook!

[Lucreto]

I want Okami 2.

Okami is my favourite game on the PS2 second is Dragon Quest 8.

[UnSelf]

im glad to see some ppl (eventhough the list was hypothetical and not even speculation) have some sense of hope, reason and humor. 5 disagrees for what?? cuz no ff7 remake mentioned. Giv me a f*ckin break

[SixTwoTwo]

Heavy Rain
new Killzone 2 features?
new Motorstorm PR features?
LBP public beta release date?
home public beta release date?
EU video store??
firmware 2.50???
Uncharted 2????
Team ICO?????

Some guesses

[callahan09]

Sony has been working hard to try to improve their image in Europe since they had to delay the PS3 launch there. Home beta in Europe right now, among other things... And now, Leipzig is a way bigger event than E3. 185,000 attendees vs. 5,000 attendees! That in addition to being later in the year, giving them more time to set up their presentation, are good reasons to expect them to utilize Leipzig as their big announcement platform this year.

[lastdestiny]

I have been reading n4g for some time now and i feel i should finally contribute to the society. My microsoft insider where i get all my news from finally have something brilliant worth posting. Too me its no so brilliant (i am a ps3 guy), but to you it might be, BLU RAY add-on unit for xbox 360!. I believe its true as my microsoft insider often gets things months ahead and it becomes true but i never post (im no xbox fan, and frankly the news has only been this big once before. I hope its not true but he says it is.

Anyways Yeah the add-on will be coming, which i guess is good for sony cause microsoft has to pay royalties and stuff maybe. However it will be around late in the holdiay season and be priced and an extremely fair $149.99 in North America, and it will be released early 2009 in europe, is what my insider said. It will most likely be announced at GC, this is huge though as its somthing sony has over them xbox now has.

James.
Please Reply with your comments

P.S I beleive this is true its 99.9% true i think as hes neevr been wrong before

[Ju]

I'd guess they are making a shtload more money in Europe (better currency ratio) then in the US this time around. Might well be the Europeans want to get a bit focus, too.

[gaffyh]

i don't think they'll show any Japanese developed games again (they'll probably show all of them in TGS), atleast 1 or 2 of the announcements IMO will be some sort of price cut, and an announcment for PlayTV of some sort.

Everything else I think will be game announcements by European Developers (if there are 12?!?), I can think of Media Molecule in UK, and the HOME team also from UK.

If they show the Team ICO game I will be sooo happy, but that's Japanese developed so... :(

[Omega4]

Hopefully the majority of those annoucements are release dates, and i dont mean vague ones like fall 08 or october i mean actual days.

Also some surprises would be nice since we know a new halo will be there and they will need something big and impressive to combat that

[La Chance]

They way I see it is that youre too baiased to think straight.Im biaised but not blind
I really dont understand why-it only goes one way with you guys.

If Sony "held back" stuff I dint see why it would be differant for MSFT.
On the contrary they almost didnt show anything when Sony "revealed" 3 games : Infamous , MAG , God of War 3.

MSFT didnt show much.Does that mean they had nothin to show ? NO.

I think its obvious by now the differance when it comes to Sony and MSFT when it comes to speaking about their games.

Geez man their bigget game for 2008 (Geow2) was OFFICAILLY confirmed in...2008.

[Adriokor]

a) halo has nothing to do with sony

b) halo is nothing for ps owners, we have much better games

On topic:

I hope they announce some new games from European studios.

[PoSTedUP]

i dint say MS had nothing to show, but what i said makes alot of sense cause if it wasent for FF13, then MS wouldnt of had a great E3. canceling their spring update gave them good content to show at E3. like netflix, avatars, new dash board and in stead of having a spring up date they showed it at E3 is all im saying. and if you have looked at the news lately you would see that sony has a ton of things they could of showed at E3 that they didnt. its not biased, its observation homeboy. i havent herd of anything MS could of showed or anything, it doesn't mean they have nothing, it means its all part of observation and i like to observe things not assume them.

[Kratos3452]

sony doesn't need another shooter to compete with halo, they have resistance 2 and killzone 2 which are both awesome.

[andron]

Sony is getting into gear...

[ChampIDC]

One can only hope. They need to keep pumping out quality games if they want to catch up. They seem on track to start closing the gap at the moment. Only time will tell.

[La Chance]

well , considering that at the beggining of the year we didnt know GEOW2 , Inf Undiscovery , Tales of Vesperia , Banjo and Viva Pinata were coming out its safe to say that MSFT give way less clues than Sony.

I mean we all know Forza 3, ME2 , Dead Rising , LO2 or Cry On , Killer Instinct 3, Warhound, New Bungie game are coming but MSFT didnt say anything about them.

You see if you follow the news a bit better you can observe that MSFT had alot of things they could have talked about as well but didnt say anything about them.

[Drekken]

Keep creating accounts. Odds are they will all receive one bubble.

[Overr8ed]

Leipzig starts during my birthday!!! yay!

@ disagrees... Why?
@ Agrees... What? and thank-you!

[grantps3]

sweet

[incogneato]

omg i cant take all this amazing gaming newsssss all at once, ok yes i can :D

first e3 now this whoa

this might be the best generation ever with the PS TRIPPLE

[mesh1]

let me guess 9 announcements will be for psp and ps2 as they said in e3 they are focusing on ps brand .

[Kratos3452]

i know man just wait until they anounce ff7 and 13versus both with an m rating.

[IzKyD1331]

this just shows hows the importance of E3 is slowly diminishing away

[La Chance]

devs and stuff are just spreading it out more when it comes to showing new stuff.

Rather then getting everything at E3 , we get a small piece then get some more at other events.

[Alexander Roy]

Please let one be a BC SKU for Europe... I've got about five friends who want one but aren't stupid enough to shell out roughly 1000 Euros (yes, almost 1600 dollar) for a 60GB one. It's insane, but you can make a fortune selling yours over here.

[Adriokor]

buy a ps3 and a ps2? lol

[cellypower]

buy a ps3 for ps3 games not for ps2!

[mfwahwah]

PS2 + PS3, you have some extra cables and clutter, but a lot more money with this option. It's not a big deal to have 2 systems, so don't try to make it sound like you or your friends CAN'T go this way.

[Panipal2005]

I made sure I got a fully BC 60 GB console imported from Canada as soon as I could, why? Because I don't appreciate Sony's response to their little problem of full BC being something that lost them that much more money per unit, being to strip it out completely for EU models (in fact they did have some software backed BC units available in Europe and the UK early on, but then discontinued those as well on account of the loss-per-unit factor, despite the fact that software backed BC units are for the time being still available in the US - although their time to lose BC is soon coming with the new 80gb units)

Sony sticking to their belief that Europe should get the ****ty end of the stick..**** them right back, I wouldn't even buy a PS2 second hand if I needed one.

[fishd]

I just want 1.SHOW ME THE GODDAMN TEAM ICO'S PROJECT.and I'll be happy like a school girl.o.O

[ChampIDC]

Heh, I feel ya bud. Lots of people are anticipating seeing that game. I won't be able to get it if it's PS3 exclusive (which I'm sure it will be), but I'm going to find a way to play it anyway someday. That's one team that defintitely doesn't know the meaning of bad game.

[DarkBlade]

Finally someone that understands that Team Ico needs to show what they are doing on there new game.

[Lord_Ash]

I think you will have to wait til TGS, cause if I remember correctly ICO and SOTC were both announced at TGS.

[dro]

well they better announce that game that the bbc gy was talking about and show us GOD OF WAR 3 gameplay footage.

[Kratos3452]

i cant see sony showing 2 trailers for the same game within 1 month they already showed god of war 3 at e3.they will probably show it sometiome after 2009.

[LightningPS3]

What is so special about that F*cken game? It's seems to have disapeared off the face of the planet, and it's the most hyped game nobody's ever even seen a concept art or screen shot of. There has to be something special about this. Is Heavy Rain even been confirmed as the final name? Or is it still work in progress? We don't even know that.

I just hope it's worth the wait and the secrecy man. This game is like the most overhyped nothing ever.

I even wonder what's wrong with these people.

[cellypower]

who over hyped it?

[fishd]

With HEAVY RAIN, it won't exist any more in real time:D
Edit:Hopefully

[LightningPS3]

Haven't you seen that article about Sony's top secret game!! Gonna blow your socks off, new in narritive, never before seen anything like it!! All those crap pointless rumors, many people thinking it's heavy rain, they keep putting that crappy poster of an origami with blood on it.

We haven't even seen a screen of this game man, yet the name Heavy Rain has been around since like 2006 or something. almost 3 years for a name heavy rain and not a screen shot yet? Something is weird. It just doesn't make sense.

I don't even know what I'm saying, it's the most mysterious game ever. Am I the only one who sees this?

[mfwahwah]

The Casting tech demo is why this game is hyped. It showed in 2006 what was possible with emotions in next gen consoles. That demo had a virtual actress... act. Her facial expressions and the mo-cap in general were breath-taking. It's a step forward in story telling in video games, and people can see that. There ya have it.

[Lord_Ash]

Also they made great original games before so they've proven them selves that's why some people are hyped about the game for an example if Kojima said he is making a new game without anymore details people will get hyped (they aren't in the same league as Kojima I'm just making an example)

[King_many_layers]

You also ought to see their Tech Demo, it's short.. but it looks fantastic. Just the animation of the face / eyes.

[rhood022]

Im sorry Lightning, but your attempt to downplay Heavy Rain fails.

You say "It's seems to have disapeared off the face of the planet, and it's the most hyped game nobody's ever even seen a concept art or screen shot of. There has to be something special about this."

Yet, there was a private screening for journalists at E3. It says so in the article and reports of the game have been floating around the internet since E3.

Unlike "Alan Wake," which fits more into your description.

[Siesser]

I'm hyped about the game because of the developer behind it. "Quantic Dreams made Indigo Prophecy." There. Done. All the reason I'd ever need to know that any product they put out, I'm going to want to play and own and cherish. After playing just one of their titles, they've become a developer that I whole-heartedly trust. They could honestly release a game without any press or media release as to the subject or design, and I'd buy it on pure consumer trust alone; they've earned that. And I'll keep doing so until the release a bad game, which hopefully will never happen. For me, at least, Indigo Prophecy changed the way a video game could be "real." It's the only game I've ever played where I became immersed enough that I percieved things as "what should I do?" instead of "what should I make this guy do?" And the plethora of options and sense of control of such a seemingly complicated and finely tuned story was just impressive.

Am I saying the game's perfect? No; I hated the flashback sequences (who in the world likes escorts and hiding in shadows), and the ending did kind of just...speed up into "what the heck"ness. But it's still a personal top 3 gaming experience. Ever. Indigo Prophecy was the most immersive storytelling device outside of a book that I've ever experienced. God of War is the grandest scale of a story and character that I've enjoyed; everything felt wonderfully epic. And SotC is just flat out the best game I've ever played.

That's why I own a ps3. Where the developers are, I am. Until given a reason not to, I'll keep supporting these guys. Same thing with Clover Studios, RIP. I played Viewtiful Joe and loved it. As a result, bought Okami and God Hand without a second thought, and never regretted it.

So, to sum up long rambling post, Heavy Rain's being hyped up for 2 reasons: either

A. People have played their previous game and know what this developer can do, and are ecstatic to see them express themselves on a more powerful console, or

B. They saw The Casting tech demo (not CGI, tech demo) from 3 years ago and are ready to see what this game can possibly look like now.

[SickNick85]

i hope it is all games

[Mr PS3]

But never mind
Way to go Sony
Keep the good news coming

[DarkBlade]

Lets Hope we get to see that awesome title that BBC said sony was working on.

[J@D]

12 announcements... that's great I might what it could be. o.O

[juuken]

Daaaamn...Sony's going all out this time.

No more Mr. Nice company.

[eagle21]

12 announcements will have the internet buzz for the next month trying to dig up anything they can uncover. Expect many articles with the title:

Sony to announce ______ at Liepzig? LOL :)

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

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[eagle21]

Exactly bro. :)

[Cinos123]

Lets see
1. New singstar
2. heavy rain shown
3. other game shown at e3 main guy has like orange things on him and can fly. leaked picture i forget where i saw it
4. BBC mystery game
5. slim ps3
6. price cut for said slim ps3 but only for holiday season
7. new controller maybe
8. new stuff to psn

those are what i def think is gonna take place now i hope for
Twisted metal since the only thing we have for info on its is just a conformation that its coming

[calis]

There's a E3 video on the US Store, I forgot the name of it, it's like a collage of all different games and that one with the guy in orange is in it near the end briefly.

[Darkiewonder]

a few will be movies/music/ psp->ps3 connectivity.

as far as games. i'm going to go with 4 of it will be games. i wonder if they'll ever have a release date for WipeoutHD

[resistance100]

I suspect one of them will be the game the BBC dude saw, as it must have been a european based game.

I also think the annoucements will involve HOME, LBP and Killzone 2 since they are also being made by Euro dev's

[pwnsause]

well, you know one of the announcements is concerning the Home Open beta release date.

Edit: Home is being built under the SCEE umbrella.

Much more to anticipate for this august, not only are we going to hear big announcements from sony this august, we might hear some good news from square to at least get FFXIII go multiplatform off of our minds.

[pwnsause]

oh yea, not to mention the new singstar game that Mr.Reeves has hinted. so thats 10 announcements.

[Premonition]

I wonder if sonys new game uses 4D like aging of time, that would be a great thing to put in an immersed game, cant wait for the 21s-24th.

[dro]

nobody hyped heavy rain and the secret game the gy was talking about was only hyped up by him because he saw it so he told us how it looked and people got hyped. nobody said heavy rain is the secret game if it is a secret game no body knows anything about it so it can not be hyped, the only people that got hyped for it are gamers who just follow the hype and not follow what they see or what they think im not hyped for heavy rain or the secret game because i have not seen anything about it yet but from what i heard heave rain was shown behind closed doors at e3 and it was ming blowing but whn i heard it i did not get hyped because i dont follow the hype i wait till i see it before i get hype...the point of my rply to u is that ur not really making good points because no one is really hyped about thoes games till they start showing footage about it, when they show footage and people get hyped then u can bring up a topic of y people are getting hyped.... (T_T)

[Kratos_1986]

killzone 2 beta / home beta / 8 days / heavy rain / getaway 3 / FW update / new game / new game / new game / new game / new game / 360 is dead ehehehehehehe

[InMyOpinion]

Leipzig > E3?

[SpaZaA]

- In-game video chat (like picture-in-picture) and/or chat functionality for all games.
- Uncharted 2
- R2 beta goes live.
- FFXIII dated, will be out before XIII
- Wireless mics for Singstar

my guesses.

[DA_SHREDDER]

and you can also find video of the game on youtube. Heavy Rain is probably the most realistic looking game I have ever seen. I have never even seen a pc game look as good as this. Dont believe? Look for yourselves.

[bleachrulez]

getting better everyday

[grantps3]

leipzig>TGS?>chalupas> ;e3

[Xi]

my guess is 2 or 3 large game announcements, 3 psn titles, 3-4 announcements with regards to psn functionality, maybe a suprise or 2.

it's looking good!

[Aclay]

Wow, the Leipzig Games Convention is looking like it's going to be E3 X 10 this year and it seems like the biggest games have yet to be announced.

2009 is shaping up like it could be the biggest year EVER for the PS3.

I think that Wardevil might be shown at the Leipzig Games Convention because very little has been shown about that game, the only thing that's known is that it's coming out in 2009 and there was a very short trailer released about the game a few months ago, but I think that the trailer left people with more questions than answers.

Heavy Rain needs to be there because that game has been quiet WAY too long, I'm thinking that TEAM ICO might be there but if not, they'll probably most definantly be at the Tokyo Game Show. I want Naughty Dog to be there to reveal Uncharted 2 or a new Jak and Daxter game.

[lil Titan]

its now time to make the conversion to the PS3 enough said

[Rob0g0rilla]

Couldn't agree with you more lil Titan. Now really is the time for PS2 owners to make the conversion.

[sandip787]

remember, good things come to those who wait....

[Arai]

Probably posted ages ago, but for those that would like a re freshener here you go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
http://www.scei.co.jp/synth...

[TheColbertinator]

Nice find Ambrosia.Bubbles

[CNIVEK]

...Sony apparently has a lot more interest in the European market than the U.S. market. They had a PATHETIC showing at E3, yet they're showing all their cards at Leipzig. Way to tell the U.S. gamers how much you really hate them. But don't worry, MS has the goods to take care of this market, so we'll be fine without you anyway. :o

[XBOX 360]

Oh yeah, Microsoft totally had the best conference by showing a bunch of multiplatform games and bunch of games we've already seen, rip off a bunch of Sony/Nintendo games/services, and introducing a game as MULTIPLATFORM as their biggest announcement.

[Galvanise]

Yeah, sure. Sony gave America the video store first, gives PSN content first, gave America the SKU with the backwards compatibility for longer, gives you the option of Qore, has the PSblog etc.

Microsoft doesn't care about anything other than copying, most of the time.

[BYE]

Dude, just look in the German PSN dude and then rethink your statement. It's like a desert compared to US store.

The PS3 hardware you can get here also speaks for itself, only the 40GB model without the Dual Shock 3. That's right, no 80GB version. You call that a lot more interest in this market?

Leipzig is only a City in the world man, who cares if its in Alaska or Timbuktu. We all get the same info out of it.

[Surfman]

sony = 12
microsoft = 1 + probably few copies

[ELite_Ghost]

hopefully time splitters 3 will be there...

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[NeoBasch]

That's a lot of potential Megatons, but then again... Let's hope they're the former. As much as I want to see some awesome PS3 announcements, I would more so want to see some more kick a$$ PSP games. I feel the PSP is just starting to hit its stride. Just when everyone thought the pinnacle had come and gone. I actually feel Sony is trying to overtake the DS, and they just may. Maybe not in terms of LTD, but I feel the tide is changing. Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Resistance: Retribution, Patapon 2, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and Loco Rocco 2 are just the beginning. Please, please, Sony. Give the PSP that weight the PS2 and PSOne have. Give it that killer line up that we know only you can deliver. :D

[Figboy]

how many first and second party studios Sony has working on Playstation 3 exclusives.

here, i'll break it down (thanks to Official Playstation Magazine for compiling the list of first and second party studios)

SECOND PARTY:

1)Insomniac: working on Resistance 2 and Ratchet: QFB (their North Carolina studio just opened, so i don't expect hearing from them until next year or later)

2)Slant Six: working on SOCOM: Confrontation

3)Ready At Dawn (known for Daxter/God of War: Chains of Olympus): currently researching PS3 for upcoming titles

4)Sucker Punch: working on inFamous

5)Game Republic: known for Folklore, Toy Home, Dark Mist. currently working on a few unannounced PS3 titles.

6) Media Molecule: working on Little Big Planet, Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic.

7) Cellius: working on unannounced PS3 titles

8) NC Soft: working on unannounced PS3 titles

9) Quantic Dream: working on Heavy Rain

10) thatgamecompany: working on flower

11) Queasy Games: everyday shooter. no doubt working on another PSN title.

FIRST PARTY:

1) SOE Seattle: working on The Agency

2) SCE Bend - : working on Resistance: PSP, researching PS3 for titles.

3) SOE Foster City: researching PS3 for titles.

4) SCE Santa Monica: working on God of War 3

5) Naughty Dog: working on Uncharted 2, possibly Jak and Daxter PS3 (i imagine if this Ratchet and Clank Future: QFB thing works out for Insomniac, Naughty Dog may reintroduce Jak and Daxter on the PS3 in the same method: small, $14.99 title).

6) Zipper Interactive: working on MAG

7) Incognito: working on various Warhawk expansions, they also confirmed via Playstation Blog that they're working on another game in tandem.

8) SCE San Diego: working on MLB: The Show

9) SOE: workingo n DC Universe

10) SCE Cambridge: researching PS3 for titles.

11) SCE Liverpool: working on Wipeout HD

12) BigBig Studios: researching PS3 for titles.

13) Evolution: working on Motorstorm Pacific Rift

14) Guerrilla Games: working on Killzone 2

15) SCE London: helping with Killzone 2, formerly developing The Getaway and Eight Days.

16) Clap Hanz: known for Hot Shots Golf, no doubt working on another Hot Shots Golf game.

17) SCE Japan: known for Eye of Judgment, echochrome. working on a few unannounced PS3 titles

18) Team Ico: working on two unannounced PS3 titles.

19) Polyphony Digital: working on Gran Turismo 5.

that's 30 studios hammering away on PS3 exclusive titles, with quite a few studios working on more than one project, as well as PSN titles. from that list alone, i've counted about 10 titles that have yet to be announced games (not including speculated games like Uncharted 2), and if the studios are working on more than one title, Sony has over 50 titles waiting in the wings for the PS3. ALL of them exclusive to the system.

on the flip side, here are Microsoft's first and second party studios:

FIRST PARTY:

1)Microsoft (Games Studios) - Xbox360 / PC
2)Microsoft Games Studios (publishing label)
3)ACES Game Studio
4)Carbonated Games
5)Ensemble Studios
6)Lionhead Studios: working on Fable 2
7)Rare Ltd: working on Banjo
8)Turn 10 Games

SECOND PARTY:

1)Wingnut Interactive
2)Bungie Studios: working on unannounced 360 title
3)Silicon Knights: working on Too Human

i'm not sure what all of Microsoft's first and second party studios are working on, but even if each studio was working on two titles each for the 360, that's still only 22 exclusive first and second party 360 titles coming in the future.

the bottom line is that Microsoft relies too heavily on 3rd parties to develop for the 360 (Epic, Valve, Capcom, Bioware).

looking at how 2K is bringing Bioshock to the PS3, it's more than possible that franchises like Mass Effect will hit the PS3 also, unless MS shells out the dough. personally, i'd rather have them investing in more 1st party studios, so that there would be NO DOUBT whatsoever if a game announced by those studios are exclusive or not.

with that PS3 list, we have, at least, 29 exclusive titles, if you don't count the second game almost all Sony first and second party studios are working on.

Sony learned their lesson about the importance of First Party support from Nintendo during the PS1/N64/Saturn era. during the console transition of the PS1 and PS2, Sony heavily invested in first and second party development, because, if many of us recall, third parties weren't too happy with the PS2 and it's "unproven DVD format," "high price," "difficult architecture to program for," and, wait a minute, this sounds AWFULLY familiar...

anyway, since third parties were getting skittish before the PS2 launched, and Sony started talking about the console more, they started to drift away, and become more multi-platform. Sony responded by beefing up their internal studios, and we got franchises like Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, God of War, etc.

they did that with their SECOND console.

here, we have Microsoft on their second console also, but they're still relying on third party too much. what's going to happen when the PS3 catches up to the 360 sales wise because of all of the exclusives hitting the console?

hell, EVERY 3rd party title could go multi-platform, and Sony would still have more exclusives than the 360. that's simply a fact, based off of the number of studios owned by Sony, and working exclusively with Sony (like Insomniac).

[cmrbe]

I think EOJ was done by A Sony Studio in Korea i am not sure but thats what i read.

I am not sure how things will pan out exactly but it is obvious that Sony is taking it to the next level with regards to Software. They are still expanding their internal and 2 parties.

As a PS fan the PS3 gen is going to be so much better than the PS2 era.

[Figboy]

PS3 has the potential to better the PS2 this gen.

it's getting the multi-plats.

it has a plethora of varied, exclusive titles.

it has a lot of potential and expansion on the hardware side to keep it relevant.

online is coming along nicely as well.

i also think people forget that the PS3 has yet to reach it's second birthday. the second year of the PS2 was better than the first, but it really wasn't until year three that things really kicked into high gear for the PS2.

i think the PS3 is heading down that same path.

i also think the gaming community; gamers and press, are still struggling with the fact that E3 just isn't "E3" anymore, and many devs and publishers are saving their announcements for either bigger shows, or their own personal shows (like Ubidays, Sony's Gamer's Day, etc).

if all the publishers and studios announced all their projects at once, there would be nothing to carry us through the year, and the games would cannibilize each other.

pacing the announcements of various games gives each one a chance to breathe in the eyes of the gamers and press.

can you imagine if Sony showed off gameplay walkthroughs of:

GOW3
MAG
Team Ico's Game
White Knight Story
Resistance 2
Killzone 2
Little Big Planet
DC Universe
Motorstorm 2
Uncharted 2
Twisted Metal PS3
Ratchet and Clank: QFB
Gran Turismo 5
inFamous
Heavy Rain
the mystery title

ALL at one showing?

i mean, which one would you look at? which ones would get the most press, and which ones would get buried because of the hype of the other?

the games they chose to highlight at E3 this year were impressive, varied in genre and/or style, and appealed to a large variety of gamers.

some people LOVE inFamous more than Killzone 2, or Resistance 2 more than Little Big Planet, or the DCU MMO over Fat Princess, or Ratchet and Clank over MAG.

there was literally something for almost every type of gamer at Sony's E3 press conference. the only thing missing were RPGs, though i'm assuming some clever designers will make some RPG type progression for Little Big Planet, but most of the RPGs are held off until TGS anyway. for everyone from Sony, to Square-Enix, to all the other RPG developers out there.

Leipzig is going to be great, much better than E3 (which, as a Sony fan, i was pretty damn satisfied by the end of the week, thanks to all the videos, interviews, and walkthroughs of PS3 and PSP titles), and TGS i'm sure will be better than Leipzig. the industry is PROGRESSING, not receding.

i've been a gamer since 1985, and i'm constantly amazed by the improvements gaming have made over the past 26 years. it blows my mind. i mean, i feel old now, but i remember when games were just blips and bloops of squares vaguely looking like people, places, and objects, and now we have games like Killzone 2, and online games like MAG.

speaking of MAG, i watched the trailer in HD on my 40" HDTV, and i think some of the trailer was in game. i only say this, because there are certain parts in the trailer where you can see funny textures and edges not common in full CGI trailers. watch the trailer in HD, as large as you can some day, and really scrutinize the backgrounds, ground textures, and character textures and faces (especially at the end, where the dead soldier is laying down on the ground). i think some of the trailer was in game mixed with CG, or with a CG post-processing effect added to it.

[Booyah]

Wow, u just made me a happy man writing that list of Sony's studios.

Bubbles, my friend

[cmrbe]

Sony is going to war. If you guys think that E3 is good. Wait for what Sony has in store.

[StayHigh]

the more games the better!!

[Tidus11]

All i can say is I enjoyed reading your comments and agree with you entirely.. plus their was probaly more 2nd/1st party studios you still left out ( Eat,Sleep,And Play) but if you named all that off the top of your head I am amazed.

[Figboy]

i did leave off a few second and first party studios, but only because the list i was looking at was from an older issue of OPM, and it didn't have all of them.

i found some of the others, but by the time i did, it was too late to update my earlier comment.

i think my point was made pretty well, though; Sony has a sh*t ton of first and second party studios cranking away on exclusive PS3 titles for not just this year, but next year, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after...

[xtreampro]

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[GameDev]

these MS idiots and their FANBOYS are gonna get crushed. anyone with half a brain knows it. It's only because of MS money and political correctness that we have to endure these noobs on message boards telling us the 360 is a superior console. On top of it's because of this that site mods protect them so as not to seem biased. I have no respect for that. He who stands for nothing will fall for anything, like many of these sites will when its all said and done.

[InMyOpinion]

And what makes you any better?

[BYE]

Redmond, better get out your wallets, cause that's the only thing your capable of.

[DFresh]

Sony has a better conference to make up for E3.
Though I still liked their conference this will totally make up for it.
Go Sony!