PS3 Bowling Supports Custom Soundtracks, TimeShift Adds In-Game Messaging

Ripten:

"Right, this is strange. The day after my rant about the PS3 not needing an in-game XMB, we get two things on the Playstation Store that ironically address the themes of discussion. High Velocity Bowling supports custom soundtracks, and the TimeShift demo allows you to bring up your friends list and read your messages." Have a look at the images.

[xplosneer]

wah wah wah....

Burn. That is pretty Ironic.

Edit: The keyboard takes 20-30MB? Man reduce that to 5 and we got something.

[techie]

Yeah it's the predictive text...or something!

[Douchebaggery]

That a pretty sexy UI

[Bonsai1214]

turn off the predictive text and we're all good. (at least thats what i'm guessing is the memory hog) with a qwerty onscreen keyboard, i have no problems typing in full sentences. or you can just use a wireless or wired keyboard

[razer]

It's a shame I don't keep my gigs of music on my PS3 so kinda useless for me.

Disappointing that they didn't actually say if this bowling game is good or garbage!!!! Why can't the PS3 have demos for all these titles like the 360.. oh well, not buying it until I hear how well the Sixaxxis works. Anybody try yet?

[sheng long]

I tried it and i liked it quite a bit. It takes a couple of tries to get the controls down, but afterwards it's a lot of fun. I can see people getting addicted to this game.
the game shows you how to grip the control. the only thing is, i thought it was online, and it even has a disclaimer saying game experience may change during online play.
Also, it's no longer available to download on PSN. Maybe they're integrating the online component?

This game is worth the $9.99 for sure.

[beast]

The game is still on PSN. Its just that once u download any demo or games from PSN the choices are taken out so u dont buy /download the same game twice.

[rofldings]

Can't you just setup a media server on your PC and share the music on there - and just access it ingame XMB via the music tab?

[belfastga]

Check again. Ripten has it reviewed in a separate article. ;)

[razer]

All I wanted to hear is 1 good comment about it, not going to take much to convince me to drop $9.99 on it. Buying it now!

@4.3 - In this article it states that you can only play music from the local HDD. I guess I could copy some tunes down temporarily to the HDD on the PS3 and use it. I think it would be cool to have custom music for bowling with some friends.

[games4fun]

its only a matter of time, dont worry though someone will make up something else to complain about and the flame wars will never cease

[phoenixtilt]

god welcome to last gen ps3.... cause xbox has been doing this always...

[kspraydad]

It just isn't forced by SONY...it is left to the developer.

You should try a PS3 and stop being closed to new experiences on new systems.

[DRUDOG]

This stuff has always been there, it just takes the developers to get off their asses to implement it. A demo has friends list/messages?!? You'd think that games like CoD4 could've made this work as well.

[Shaka2K6]

Your blog is a joke and you need to be shot for the good of the gaming world.

' ' god welcome to last gen ps3.... cause xbox has been doing this always... ' '

RROD is next gen. baby woohoooooooooo.

[phoenixtilt]

what makes you more upset..
the fact that this has been done on the xbox or that you dont have one?

[sheng long]

it's probably option (C): the fact that you're trolling a ps3 related article with nothing to contribute.

beast: that makes sense.

[SJL480]

how about
eye of judgment now
any upcoming ps eye interactive games
various games over 9 gigs on one disc (I know u don't wanna count music and sound effects cause silent games are so cool)
and anything that uses six axis

I know MS could design a six axis control and interactive cam and the 360 could also grow balls but until then there's allot that can't be done

wipe the egg off your face son and get out of my sight

[phoenixtilt]

everyone else trolls cough cough Shaka2K6 cough cough and you dont say nothing ..so drink some water and move on..or shut off.. go play warhawk...

[harpua]

awwwwww, is someone about to cry over the PS3 again?

[Relcom]

I'm confident Sony will make this available for all games. I don't think its a coincidense these titles have these.

[RadientFlux]

great... I can listen to dark electro and play bowling. I guess I am stuck using my mp3 player for a little bit longer.

[sheng long]

I can go play my ps3 or my 360 if i want to, but i don't right now.
btw, why did you even click on this thread? honest question.

[MikeGdaGod]

the Home BETA already has in-game messaging

[crazy25000]

so is this game worth buying to those who already played it? whats fun, lame, bad, good?

[sheng long]

fun: it seems like a good sim. each character has their own style and plays different. graphics are cool and custom music is sweet.

lame: no online multiplayer(at least not yet) but it does support 4 player in case you have friends over. I like it better than the wii bowling.

[rofldings]

hmm, you say there's no online play (yet?)

So does that mean it's coming or what?

I might get it with online play...

[sheng long]

all signs point to the fact that it's coming.
when you read the EULA
#7 is online conduct:
when you play, you agree to be respectful to your fellow players and never engage in any behavior that would be abusive or offensive to other players.

based on that, i assume online play is on its way.

[Relcom]

Thanks for the info. How are the the motion controls for the game?

[Kyur4ThePain]

What struck me when I was playing bowling is how well the controller emulates the physical act of gripping a bowling ball, with your thumb, middle and ring finger curved in and your index and little finger extended.

It's pretty cool and challenging...don't think for a second it's simple. Each character plays differently, each ball is different and the lanes also play differently.

I find the controls pretty much perfect.

[NanoGeekTech]

Hopefully all the Trolling can die down now(maybe next gen) But It has been finally been proven it can be done and it is in the developers hands.....Very glad the hear this.....

With an open system that can be upgraded forever.....I am really Loving my PS3....It seems that Sony will be able to do things that we can heardly begin to contemplate..

PS3 ID: ProPaPerPusher
360 ID: KMJFNIGUY

I love Next-Gen wars....it better for everyone....especially when you truly love games...

360 will make the PS3 better......and the PS3 will make the 360 looked dated in the not too distant future...2009-2010

[Kyur4ThePain]

Guess who's got top score with Tiffany as of 11pm EST !!!!!
Yeah baby! :)

[solidt12]

Sweet, Im gonna buy Bowling and get the Multiplayer demo. I played the single player demo on the 360 and it was pretty good.

[timmyp53]

XMB access
We all know its coming probaly with Home. Yet we want to know when.

[Clinton514]

Haha.

[blu3print]

having problems installing this...downloaded twice already... any suggestions

[Salvadore]

Where are the Timeshift screenshots.

[The Wood]

if it works well show the rest how to do it properly and that's how to implement these features with minimal problems. Kudos to sony for the bowling. who makes timeshift. Kudos to them for putting in the extra work. Pity i wont be buying that game anytime soon. Too many fps's makes me feel like I'm being drilled for war by the powers that be.