Impress AV Watch - sister site to Game Watch - recently spoke with two of the engineers on the PS3 firmware team, Sony Computer Entertaiment CTO Kawanishi and AV bigwig Kanehide who reveal a good deal about the past, present and future of the system's non-game capabilities.
In addition to clearing up misconceptions about in-game soundtrack support which is already in place, the duo hint at future firmware updates that will further improve DVD and Blu-ray upscaling, provide Wake On LAN support and much much more.
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
Used to own all these quirky JRPG on ps3 good times. Wish I would have kept them all
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
Best interview I've ever read, the guy is truthful and straight forward. Lots of questions answered.
This is a great interview. Not to start any type of flamewar on this topic but I really wish MS dashboard dev team were as forthcoming about their plan for the future of the dash. They are vague at best and leaves little confidence in the choices of improvements they make. I really think the PS3 dashboard in general has caught up to the 360 and is about to surpass it. Considering Sony seems to be releasing new futures all the time vs MS waiting for their 2 updates a year that are usually feature lacking.. MSN support? Who the hell asked for that?
This is probably one of the most informative things i've read about the PSN. Great Find. I can't wait until all of the "you'll see" answers will be answered.
"Q.Linking to games, the 360 has a feature to allow music in the HDD and network to be played back as game BGM."
"K1: PS3 already has such function in the system software. It is up to the game developers to use the function. Same goes for pictures and videos."
Interesting, I hope this comment stops people from complaining that Sony doesn't do this with its games. Yell at the developers now! :-P
What part of the startup sequence is the dashboard?