The Cell chip that powers the PlayStation 3 has been good to IBM's high-performance computing (HPC) efforts, with Big Blue's supercomputers riding the game console chip to fame and glory in the biannual Top 500 Supercomputer List. But the writing may be on the wall for Cell, as IBM has just announced a server that can use two NVIDIA Tesla devices as coprocessors.
O-Games announces PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii wich will release in Q4 of 2010.
I don't see the point in a darts game for consoles. I have a proper dart board and darts which is way better than playing virtual darts on a console. Its cheaper to buy the real thing than a game, and you don't need much room to set up a dartboard. Its not like pool/snooker as you need a lot of room, and pool/snooker tables aren't cheap either, (for a good set up).
Gaming Age: "Apparently, the PlayStation 3 and PSP are now the first gaming systems to provide for HBO programming. And surprise, starting today, you can download episodes from pretty much all of their popular series (True Blood, Big Love, Entourage, Eastbound and Down, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Rome, Da Ali G Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Flight of the Conchords), with more coming every week."
they throw in a super discount (when you become a PSN+ member) this might make more sense....
Wish there was an option to buy complete seasons of shows at a reduced price rather than everything costing a straight amount. Even iTunes has this feature and it makes purchasing multiple videos a lot easier and is a big incentive to buy multiple episodes rather than just one or two.
That's gonna sell well with the Rich People who enjoy thier PS3. Same high class society that bought MLBTV.
That's a pretty good move for Sony. Now they need to get a few other things on there.
The rumors continue to flood video game sites and blogs regarding the anticipated PSN+ announcement for E3. The PSN+ is the supposedly PlayStation Network premium services that will offer much more content for a monthly price. But how much more content are we talking about? And how much are you willing to pay for it? How does this match Xbox Live? But most importantly, what do gamers want to see on this service?
That would be a nice name for it, since normal PSN already gets full online services for free and the "+" would be for the extras.
It will fail if its not inserted into the mainstream, Sony has to advertise to make it a household name like LIVE....they should just call it PLUS
@below. It's more of a household name than PSN has ever been, you have a better chance of finding someone that knows what LIVE is than PSN
sony wont keep "FULL" online free for this service. I really think they will create a premium online with unrestricted online multiplayer as well as a slew of other features making it equal to and possibly exceeding live.
Sony has gone on record and said they will keep online free for all however they never said they couldnt impose limitations to that service. It would be absolutely true for them to still claim online is free for the non paid members while also limiting the player capacities in multiplayer games. For example, a free player would be able to connect to specific servers and game types that have caps as to the number of players available. This is not to disimilar to what is currently on the pc. It is no surprise they have used the pc as the model to which they created their network.
It is also no surprise sony has been studying live very closely to see how their service runs and makes $$ from the paid users (not just online multiplayer). I have gotten many people angry with me saying that sony would never charge for online play. That statement in its most simplistic view is true. However, they can create an incentive to be a paid member by limiting game sizes to free players and making them unlimited to paid members. This does not go against anything sony has ever stated and means the most logical sense.
There is $$ to be made in online. Sony knows this. The easiest way to score $$ is having a model of PSN with pay to play that is much more feature rich than the free version.
I RARELY play games online, so I wouldn't care if they did away with playing for free. I WOULD care, however, if they tried to make me start paying for LBP online or MNR online. In fact, I think having to start paying to play those games online would be a much stronger lawsuit against Sony than OtherOS was/is.
Well by full online service, I was referring to being able to play online.
Besides Sony said they wouldn't take away any online features from current non-premium-paying customers.
I think what he means is more people will probably recognize Xbox Live if you were in a conversation! PSN sounds more like a website. Alot of people refer to it as Playstation Online and don't have a clue it's called PSN. Hell,i've had to persuade people to hook up and play online because they said they don't like online gaming. I keep telling them it's free, try it out! But I don't know what their problem is.
Sony should give gamers a free month of PSN+, so they can try it out and tell others about it! Or at least a 48 hour trial like MS does.
And will always have more users, and a more organized online community.
Sony's efforts are too little, too late.
Hmmmm..... I've never had to watch an ad on Live unless I've chosen too. Am I missing something?
What will be these premium services and what will they cost is what I'm curious to see unveiled at E3.
As long as On-line Gaming is Free, everything is OK with me, IF there is a PSN Premium I'll pay for it, but on-line Gaming needs to be FREE...
agreed...sony is getting this right, and ms needs to follow this
ms already kinda do it, cause you cant go on twitter, fb or the halo waypoint (maybe other "apps" aswell, but these are the only ones i use that i notice) unless you have gold...but they should make gold for all extras while silver members have online for free
The PS3 advantage is still ther, it called free online gaming. Something crapbox don't offer. As for the PSN+ thats optional, the point is online gaming remains free.
It sounds great except....the part about $120 a year...I don't know...that seems kinda like....HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!!!!...just saying...
BTW..expect Sony to say...ok...ok guys we will drop it to $8 because we love you guys so much....Sony...they care....
Because Sony is doing it. It's only highway robbery if Microsoft does it.
I already have Live, I'm not sure I would pay $120 a year for Sonys service on top of that.
It will obviously be a set price for yearly like $70-$80 if it was that price. Nobody pays monthly for LIVE and if they do they too are getting ripped off.
They will probably downgrade the free version of PSN to the point where you simply have to subscribe.
@darthv72 Sony has repeatedly said that the addition of pay service will not effect the current free PSN users at all. They are not changing anything about the free service just adding this PSN+ as an option for those who want it.
That makes the people who don't pay for it sound like noobs. It's kind of alienating.
If SONY makes a PSN premium service, As long as I can still play online for free i'm happy. : )
Then happy you will be;
"I can assure you that the current PSN as you know it will remain a free service" - Andrew House, president of SCEE
http://uk.playstation.com/h...
doubt it will surpass XBL, but if they keep adding to the service through out the years it will.
From what Kaz said on it, it seems that hey just want a more static revenue stream then what is probably a very sporatic PSN.
Agreed, nothing Sony has done since XBL launched has lead me to believe that they are trying to one up XBL. They are trying to provide the best service for their hardware and fan base that maximizes revenue, same as MS.
Surpass XBL?? I constantly read this but what does XBL gold have that PSN doesn't that's actually worth paying for?? I tell you.. NOTHING!! If MS made online play free to silver users you would see next to no Gold users at all. That in itself tells you Sony is on par and in fact I constantly read here on N4G that even though you pay for Gold the servers you play on cannot handle the online gaming and suffer lag.. I remember playing gears of war against Americans constant lag. I have never had lag on my PS3. To be fair I only ever had lag on gears on my 360 never on any of my other games when I had one but you pay for top servers you should get top servers...
Rotating access to PSN/PS1 games? Warranty extension?
@below:
Taking it as meaning they'll be offering a small library of titles monthly, but on a use timer once Dl-ed. 30 days after DL, it becomes unplayable.
Doubt its going to be perfect, certainly wont offer RPGs and will have something you already have, but at least Sony's trying to get you to use it, not make you for basic service.
I'm still hoping for movie rentals. Access to streaming movie channels if not a Netflix DL-only option. Give me a reason to cancel my cable.
Rotating games... Does this put a time limit on its use by the users? Or does this make it available for free a certain month which gives you ownership of the game?
I don't spend close to $120.00 a year for PSN/PS1 games, so I don't know how much this appeals to me.
It does seem kind of high. I mean Live only breaks down to $4 and some change a month. I mean Sony is offering up some cool stuff for the price but still too much for what is listed.
The Price is High indeed, but if Sony take in consideration 2 ways, Month and Year Subscription, the first one is going to be more expensive and by that making the second More Appealing to the masses
Well that is the monthly cost. I'm sure you can pay for a full year just like XBL. I think you look at 7.99 a month for XBL if you don't do the 12 month thing.
Live is $96 a year, month to month too. You don't really think Sony won't have a yearly subscription, do you?
If you are paying 96.00 US dollars a year for Live, I got some beach front property on Mars I'm willing to sell. PM if you're interested.
No one would pay monthly unless they were just checking it out or just silly with money.
$7.99(month-to-month price) x 12 months = $96.00. Is it that hard to understand? So since we're guessing at the unannounced PSN+, it wouldn't be a stretch to think the $9.99 price is month-to-month. Considering they surveyed a tiered pay structure that was around $60-80 per year US. But please, by all means, be stupid.
Except no one in their right mind pays month-by-month for an entire year of Live. You can get an entire year for around $45, even cheaper.
once again if you are paying month to month for xbl don't forget to PM me about that property on mars. It's going dirt cheap.
Agreed... that's just poor decision making.
$7.99/m for 12 months
or one payment of $49.99 for a year ($4.50/m)
As I only really care about the cloud based saves that's a bit steep. We'll have to see what else there is that would make it worth while. I don't mind paying if I'm getting my moneys worth. For example, if the extended warranty covers all my PS3s at no extra cost then that would be worth it. If I have to tack on extra for each additional one then probably not.
• 4 Free movie rentals a month from the PSN store
• Free PSN magazine subscription – Qore-
• Free Avatars (2-4 a month)
• Early BETA and Demo access
• PSN store (subscriber exclusive) sales.
i believe if this is true,then its totally worth it
It represents decent value, but it's still quite pricey, also I wouldn't call anything on that list "free" if you're forking over $120 a year to access it.
so how does this article relate to console gaming in any way?
will be friendly for developers and wont use cell i dunno why you microsoft customers are so happy.
The Cell isn't going away. All this is is another option, catering to people with high-end rendering needs, rather than generic supercomputing.
IBM Blade servers are made specifically to accomplish a certain subset of tasks -- They make them based on everything from PowerPCs, Intel Xeons and AMD processors, to CBE and apparently now Tegras. Only 2 of the about 20 Blade models available right now are Cell-based, and the "version" of the Cell they use is far more powerful (at specialized tasks) than the one in the PS3.
The Cell isn't leaving anytime soon. Its an entire processor line and concept -- the PS3 Cell is merely the most visible of the bunch.