Live from gamescom: SCEE Press Conference

im impressed with the amount of typing, Jem. good job.

That news of PS3 slim, video store, PSP go (GT Mobile) and so many more.

i want to watch a video version, i’d better search!

Jem, I hope you could write an article highlighting all the areas that were covered at the gamescon, for people who just came here, as having them in the comments section might be hard to follow.

What’s about the vocal chat ingame with 3.0 firmware ?

That’s the priority for everyone so it’ll be up with the 3.0 firmware ?

Sony did it again.

299 euros=299 dollars.

No new games (because GT5 and the motion controller were left for TGS).

You can close Cologne at this point, it’s useless. I hope Microsoft will do better.

For me changes are good, i wanted fixed cloak and i have it, for addition dynamic themes and messages indicator.

I LOVED THIS, THIS IS WHAT INFO. I WAS EXPECTING THOUGH AND I GOT QUITE A LOT OF IT = ):->
1. Heavy Rain
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
3. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time
4. VidZone Extended WorldWide!
5. Video Store Extended World Wide!
6. Remember Me Option on PlayStation Sites using the PlayStation Network and other new features etc.
7. Assassin’s Creed II
8. LittleBigPlanet PSP
9. Gran Turismo PSP
10. PlayStation Home News
11. PlayStation Home enhanced into the XMB = O
12. Batman: Arkham Asylum
13. ModNation Racers
14. EyePet
15. PS3 Motion Controllers (I was sweatin on this part like WOW = O )
16. THE SONY PLAYSTATION 3 SLIM PLUS PRICE CUT!! THIS WAS THE GRAND PRIZE AND MADE ME PEE MY PANTS!!!

Is the Video Store going to launch in Ireland in November?

Forgot to write. Why there is no Vidzone for Poland? No Polish xmb, no Polish letters and no Vidzone for Poland, why?

Norway is not in EU!! So i’m happy we even get anything… Don’t you want our oilmoney Sony? So again same practise with video store as Vidzone…. They say they will release it in EU, but they only release it in core countries, Why? I would rather they wait until all can get it at the same time!! They could at least do all the PAL regions stuff at the same time…

Europeans pay 421$ for a ps3 slim.
Americans pay 299$ for a ps3 slim.

Does Sony think europeans are dumb?

Europeans pay 299 EUR

Americans pay 209 EUR

I will never buy a Sony Product again

Thats why Sony is going bankrupt as
happened with
all companies who didnt care
for their customers.

VIDZONE FOR FINLAND!

I TAKE BACK THE COMPLAINTS I’VE MADE REGARDING VIDZONE FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. ALL IS FORGIVEN.

(Sorry ’bout the caps. You know how it is)

Thankyou.. this is a good news

(From page5)
The fantastic people at Gamescom have just announced a further rollout of VIDZONE to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal during Q4 2009!! And as promised, you lot are the very first to know!

Great… No VidZone for Poland this year. We are 3rd world country for Sony or what? Is it so hard to do? Is it zaiks, who is making some problems in PL? Just tell me why we won’t get VidZone this year?

PORTUGAL ITS ON THE LIST? ITS A MIRACLE.YEEEEESSSSSS Hey guys,The fantastic people at Gamescom have just announced a further rollout of VIDZONE to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal during Q4 2009!! And as promised, you lot are the very first to know!We hope you’re looking forward to this as much as we are!

Europeans pay 421$ for a ps3 slim.
Americans pay 299$ for a ps3 slim.

Is Sony racist or just dumb ?

Oh,and Jem… you did great!!

” Posted on 18 August, 2009 at 7:05 pm by mattmayhew
“Its a little funny to see the dollar versus euro price comparison on the posts here. Yes they are not the same, do you really expect Sony to switch to a strategy where the price of the ps3 varies on a daily basis as the exchange rate fluctuates?”

It’s not fluctuating THAT much! ”

Ohh really? Then i think you wouldn’t mind to have the PS3 and PS3 slim rated at £299 in UK would you? ‘Cause it seems to me, like you said, there’s no big difference between dollars and pounds too…

Open your eyes and go learn some maths before you talk something you don’t know about.

Why do americans pay 209 EUR and europeans pay 299 EUR for a ps3 ?

Everybody today is educated enough today to see that Sony cheats europeans and the Sony CEO deserves to be put in PRISON FOR FRAUD.

I want some dates, not just Q4 or 2010, this way it can be delayed to next gamescom, btw next year – one (actually 2) words LIVE VIDEO – it’s an EPIC fail that a company as SONY wanting to branch out doesn’t have this and a waste of time conference like EAs did.

//WhiteWolf

I have a playstation 3 for sale.

No Vidzone in MALTA
No PlayTV in MALTA
No movie download service in MALTA

Heck, we don’t even a PSN STORE in Malta!!! We use Euro and we speak English (so no ‘translation’ excuses please).

Lets see, this comment will be ignored?

Live rates at 2009.08.18 18:19:54 UTC
299.00 GBP = 495.553 USD
United Kingdom Pounds United States Dollars

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Live rates at 2009.08.18 18:19:54 UTC
299.00 USD = 180.407 GBP
United States Dollars United Kingdom Pounds

You uk ppl can speak now

So, do you still think its a fair price?

Learn once for all:

$299 =/= €299 =/= £299

Period!

299 euros is 255 GBP, which is 421 USD.

We pay 75 quid more than the US.

Great job on the conference i’ll be watching in home when its up.. This is a very exciting day for ps3 owners around the world!!

@tompain
Its not about complaining the lack of GT5 and saying about change console to 360,but I am a fan of racing games and thats why I bought PS3.Specially for GT5 and few others games which now will be available on 360(Final Fantasy series,Tekken and MGS) there are couples interesting titles still lest in Sony,but its maybe a 2-3 games.So with this constant waiting for the GT5 and next games for which I am waiting, and which will release also on the 360 I am really tired.

so there is a meaning to hold PS 3 for these 3 games? My answer is NO,still there is many multiplatform games with better quality on 360.And these are substantial arguments

Sorry for my gramma

Live rates at 2009.08.18 18:23:54 UTC
299.00 USD = 211.506 EUR
United States Dollars Euro

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Live rates at 2009.08.18 18:24:54 UTC
299.00 EUR = 422.778 USD
Euro United States Dollars

Yeah, i can see the similarities from here…

Jem ,that PSN cards and another stuff will come to Poland?

The US price is without tax. In the EU we have VAT that’s why there is a price difference.

It was the same situation with the current PS3 hardware, people still bought them though.

PS3 slim doesn’t do anything better than the current PS3 (apart from maybe fitting in a smaller cabinet!) so you don’t need to rush out and buy one.

At least stuff on PSN store is more consistently priced.

When will us North Americans be seeing Vidzone? WE WANT IT SOOOO BAD!

@Kratos300_PL
Nie sadze,skoro nie mamy jeszcze oficjalnie polskiego XMB,to nie będzie i kart w PLN’ach.

Sony ma nas w dup..

Will PSN Store ever be available to Malta? Everyone here makes fake accounts to download demos and purchase online games. Its ridiculous.

It’s good to see they’ve finally moved the battery indicator from floating on top of the clock.

@kingkenny, regardless of taxes it isn’t going to make the price for the PS3 in mainland Europe any better… it’s shocking the price they are offering, I don’t expect Sony to give an exact conversion bearing in mind shipping costs, translations etc but they are pushing people away.

Am happy to see a video ondemand service finally coming to the PS3, ’bout time it arrived, though Sony need to really get all the ball with releasing update/features to the whole of Europe, isn’t fair to the countries that lose out.

I don’t care if it cost’s more! We earn more… My first 60Gb PS3 cost about 975 USD (Yes, that’s correct). If i have to pay that much for a PS3 slim i would still get it! Just because i want one…

Stop yelling about the prices, it’s not gonna help complaining about that here. Buy a older one or save up some money if you want one, you always have to pay up for good things!!

have they put the ps3 on sale yet

i HOPE M$ total kick sony behind tomorrow & that was polite, as for home pfft i make my response known in the official forums, SCEE you suck. :p

When is PSN store coming for other countries please? This is not fair!

I definitely can’t stand all the stupid comments, by people who can only blame themselves for being disappointed with this conference.

It is NOT E3. PS3 Slim has ALWAYS been the main point of that conference.

GT5 release date will come, one day or another.

Can’t wait to see the Heavy Rain trailer

neodeosx have they put the ps3 on sale yet

One question
Does SCEE have any kind of control over prices in non-EUR countries? Becouse according to Sony Computer Entertaining Poland PS3 Slim is about to cost 1400PLN = 335PLN?

why does sony rape europeans with the prices? we pay 35% more for a slim than americans

So PS3 slim gets Bravia sync – who feels ripped off by Sony now? Me as I bought a PS3 and a Bravia EXPECTING this to work straight off. Can someone confirm that this feature will or will not come to the current PS3?

http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/news/articles/detail/ite m229653/Entertainment-on-PS3-has-a-new-look/

Other features of the new PS3 include:

Bravia® Sync™ Feature
The new PS3 system is also equipped with the Bravia® Sync™ feature. By connecting the new PS3 system and a Bravia TV with the HDMI cable, users are able to directly operate the XMB on PS3 using the TV remote control. Other functions include System Standby that will automatically turn off the PS3 system when the Bravia TV is turned off.

did they put the ps3 on sale

PlayStation-show @ GamesCom is insane, now i remember why i love PlayStation so much.

And big thanks for VidZone (finland thanks!)

What I was trying to say was that the markets aren’t fluctuating to the extent where dollars equal sterling or euros. So to have their strategy to price at 299 Euros and 299 Dollars due to fluctuating markets does not hold – they could price it at 250 Euros and they’d still be ripping us off – but at least that’s better than 299 Euros. Plus they wouldn’t need to worry about 250 Euros being less than 299 dollars because LIKE I SAID – the markets aren’t fluctuating to that extent.

Thank you VERY much

(Where 299 dollars = 211 Euros)

Just awesome guys. Glad that FINALY the PSN-cards are comming. Some people wanted a cheaper PS3. Well…,here it is. Infact…,”Now, you CAN choose. Think about that.
Some apps for the XMB like vidzone(in the Netherlands,lekker hoor) and other stuff. PSPgo plus GT5p together for les money (what do you want more?). Again…,AWESOME!!!

PS Store has been updated with some trailers.