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Is the developer Rockstady already equipped with the PS3 Slim?

videogameszone.de writes: "In the current Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer is somewhat veiled at minute 1:36, which suggests so far a not well-known console." Playstation 3 Slim, maybe? Screenshot inside!

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Megaton5403d ago

That is kinda strange, blurring out what appear to be PS3's in their office.

Trollimite5403d ago

that second one in the backround was silver or white. and it does look smaler than the regular ps3.

talltony5403d ago

they also blurred out a 360 if you look closely.

Blaze9295403d ago (Edited 5403d ago )

even if it was the slim, I don't see why developers would have it as it really doesnt benefit them at all to have. Unless Sony made some revisions to the debug units like Microsoft did by adding extra ram for development, its really useless and a waste of money for Sony to send out new units just becuase its slimmer.

And talltony is right, at 1:35 to the left of that burred black figure is a blurred out white figure as well. Probably just debug PS3/360 kits they think the public arent allowed to see.

phosphor1125403d ago

I mean, the game IS multiplat.

celtics3455403d ago

Phosphor's most likely right guys, Its a sony trailer & their probably blocking the xbox's for that reason. I've seen a trailer(can't remember what for) that had some guys playing a game using the 360 controllers, & they were blurred out.

InFAMOUS15403d ago

They probably don't have the rights to use the name... I see it all the time in tv and such.. Someone drinking a can of pepsi but the can is blurred out.. I highly doubt its a slim

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y0haN5403d ago

It's obviously a regular PS3 blurred out so they can use the video to show 360 owners. Gosh.

Pika-pie5403d ago

More like PS3 Fat.. that thing looks huge, doubt its a PS3 Slim

G3TDOWN5403d ago (Edited 5403d ago )

even the mice are blurred, the mice could have the DELL logo on them for example

I don't think there was a PS3 slim there

Christopher5403d ago

It's likely that they're custom units of some sort with logos on them that they don't want to advertise. Likely custom skins of some sort.

Giriath5403d ago

Maybe Gabe Newell didn't want anyone to know they actually have PS3s in their office.

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TheColbertinator5403d ago

Interesting.It might just be a normal PS3 with a dev kit attached

Unicron5403d ago

A PS3 devkit looks nothing like that. They are massive beasts.

Raf1k15403d ago

Could be but wouldn't that make it look bigger?

PirateThom5403d ago

Sony reduced the size of the PS3 dev kits when they cut the price, the "slim" Dev kit is the same as the normal PS3.

http://www.engadget.com/200...

Unicron5403d ago

That's technically a test kit. They look like production PS3's. A devkit is about the height of a retail PS3, but a good 3 times longer (front to back).

Eiffel5403d ago

It is a PS3 Devkit. You can see based on the size and detail you can make out from the blur. It's standing upright is all.

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Elven65403d ago

If they went through the trouble of blurring it out why not remove it completely during the editing process? Or even yet, cut the scene out altogether?

Perhaps it may have something to do with legalities, perhaps the kit was branded with a sticker or something similar that would require blurring?

Finalfantasykid5403d ago

Ya I thought of that as well. This would be a pretty pathetic way of avoiding a ps3 slim leak, since the blurring will create very obvious rumours and conspiracy theories.

PirateThom5403d ago (Edited 5403d ago )

It could be a PS3 slim... it could just as easily be a box of drugs or a porn stash.

lloyd_wonder5403d ago

Yeah. wtf they blurring dev kits for?

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Nordic Game has just revealed the winners of Nordic Game Awards 2024

"Nordic Game has revealed the winners of this year’s Nordic Game Awards, which took place on Thursday, May 23, during NG24 Spring and streamed live from Slagthuset in Malmö, Sweden." - Nordic Game.

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Anyone else not blown away with graphics these days? Me neither

Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."

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OptimusDK1d 14h ago

There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.

It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.

GamerRN1d 6h ago

It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!

Lightning771d 6h ago

Pretty much my thoughts. They were technical marvel's on PS and still are. The moment Xbox puts out a graphically intense game is doesn't matter suddenly.

4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. Glad to finally see it in its glory.

fr0sty1d 4h ago

FFS, gaming journalism has really gone downhill. At least hire people with a basic grasp of grammar... "Me neither" means the exact opposite of what the "author" is trying to say. That's like saying "I could care less"... lol.

S2Killinit1d 4h ago

Maybe because the gameplay being dull allowed it to have the amazing graphics and people are not as impressed by graphics alone anymore? I mean there is a lot of sites saying the story and the gameplay are lackluster. So what are we supposed to enjoy then? Cgi graphics are beautiful but since they arent interactive, they dont impress me as much as they used to. Thats an extreme example, but you get my drift.

Terry_B23h ago

When Playstation (Sony) does it..its usually a great game and not a cinematic experience..or at least something new at the time..like Until Dawn back in 2015.

1Victor22h ago

@gamer:” It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!”

The game looks as good as any other PlayStation game in my eyes why can’t you and the other hardcore Xbox be happy about it and drag PlayStation into every conversation and force PlayStation hardcore to look into the game and find flaw that most games have in one way or another.
@light: “ 4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. ”
Yes at that time it was only possible on PlayStation SSD how ignorant of you to think that after 4 years the technology wouldn’t evolved and move to a industry standard 🤦🏿I wish your mentality wasn’t so naive and narrow to post stuff like that 😩 in a year or 2 a new game will come out that might look better, it’s the nature of the industry.

Now that the distraction is gone I feel that is a good thing that the graphics in games are starting to hit the rooftop and hopefully the developers will put more thoughts into story and gameplay mechanics than just the next shiny oily skin of old.

Reaper22_22h ago

So true. Not surprised by all the negativity. It's a really good game and looks better than any game I've ever seen. GOTY nominee for sure. Like I said before, sony screwed up big time by not purchasing Ninja Theory.

Asplundh16h ago

Pretty much. It's like how the Switch and Steam controller using haptic feedback in their controllers wasn't a big deal but then Sony did it and it was then a "game changer".

fr0sty16h ago

The game runs at as low as 21fps... That isn't much to brag about no matter how good it looks.

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MajorLazer21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

We've had graphical gamechangers before, such as Crysis but those games still had gameplay to compliment it. Hellblade pretty much has none, and only achieved such graphics through being incredibly linear and having very small, closed off environments where very little is happening.

Vx_17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

GFX does not mean anything if the game is boring. It is simple like that and these major companies need to understand this simple concept.

Games are like your lady, she may be beautiful to look at for a while but then it gets boring if her character isn't interesting and fun to be with.

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Kneetos1d 13h ago

Mario kart 8 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Sonic18811d 13h ago

Horizon forbidden West has great graphics and great gameplay

GamerRN1d 6h ago

Yeah but graphics don't matter, remember?

anast15h ago

@RN

I've been pretty consistent in saying that we need both.

VincentVanBro1d 7h ago

I agree and I actually think Forbidden West looks better than Hellblade 2. I easily prefer looking at it at least.

Sonic188116h ago

It does look better in my opinion as well. I don't know why it looks better but there's something about the Decima engine or that guerrilla games is using tricks that we don't know of

Abear2113h ago

Can you fly a mount under water in Hellblade 2? I think not! One of the best moments this Gen

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The Indie Games Scene Is Carrying The Gaming Industry At This Point

Indie games are single-handedly carrying the gaming industry right now and it's about time they get their deserved recognition.

shinoff21831d 13h ago

Idk about numbers but it certainly seems so. I'm cool with indies so no biggie.

anast1d 11h ago

I'm cool too, but perception is just that.