Looks like Sony has found a smart little way to hawk its PlayStation Eye product to budding game builders who might want personally captured images in LittleBigPlanet. It seems that using Sony's peripheral is the only way to get custom imagery into the game, so you better save up some extra pennies.
The news was caught hidden away in a comment made by PlayStation Blog writer Chuck Lacson. When one pussy stroking gamer asked if he'd be able to import pictures of his cat, Lacson answered with: "Yes (If you have a PS Eye, that is.)"
This is a great idea for Sony, since it's guaranteed to shift some extra PS Eyes, but is it a good idea for gamers? Cost aside, I can't see using the Eye as a particularly convenient way of uploading images when you could have some high quality files exported directly onto the HD. Looks like some pretty blatant peripheral flogging to me, and not the good kind either.
Jim Sterling serves as reviews editor for Destructoid.com, head of the Podtoid podcast, and produces a number of news stories, original features, one-of-a-kind videos. With his passionate argumentative style, controversial opinions, harsh delivery, and dedication to brutal honesty Sterling is a name that you can't help but recognize.
Likes
PS2, iPod Touch, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid, Dynasty Warriors 3
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
36 comments | showing # 1 to 36
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
2:22 PM on 08.07.2008
| 
Besides, why would I want a picture of my fucking cat in the game?
How are you supposed to capture high quality textures with the PSEye? At very least, the game is going to need photoshop built in to compensate.
So, on that note, wouldn't you be able to find where your pictures are saved, find your own "custom" pics convert them, load them up on the hdd then go into the game to use them?
Maybe...just maybe....
Its definitely worth the money.
I like the way you think. I'd be surprised if someone wasn't able to figure that out.
On a side note, how good is the picture quality of the PSeye?
Otherwise, fuck you, again, Sony.
Oh, wait. They're not Nintendo. I must be mistaken. Sorry, fellas.
However, I'm gonna wait 'til we get an actual press statement about this. "Yes (If you have a PS Eye, that is)" could easily mean that you'd have to take a picture of the cat, and that we should pay money for the camera to do it. He didn't say we absolutely can't import pictures.
If it's true, though, then that's garbage. The PS3 offers a ton of freedom, and that's why it's so nice. This would be the opposite of what we've seen so many times before.
First, you don't need to have custom textures to create cool levels. Trackmania does not let texture import but last time I heard there are lots of good user created levels, without penis photos in them.
Second, they might not have made it possible for users to use custom pics, *at all*, and everybody would still be happy, using game's built in stuff. But now the cat is out of the bag, and you just can't please everyone. You must admit allowing custom photos is quite a bold move, an actual hairy dick photo is probably worse than a fallic shape made of fluffs or wood.
Wait for a press release before you go crazy over this, everyone. And yeah, if in the extreme case this is something to care about, it will be hacked.
@others
And one more thing.. Do you seriously think you will be able to use your 7.2 megapixel images for textures? It would be scaled down anyway, I'm guessing 512*512 for the textures, because you should be able to plaster many different ones aroudn.. The pseye resolution will just do..
EVERY TIME YOU BOOT THE GAME UP
Thank you for being reasonable and saying what should be said to try and make people less angry and stressed about a media that's primarily about fun, leisure and relaxation.
@everyone else
Thank you for STICKING IT TO THE MAN!
I thought stupid peripherals that applied to half a game were gone with Power Glove and Super Scope and stuff, but companies don't seem to get over it. Still beats fragile, unstable console add-ons with bare improvements(looking at you, Genesis) though.
Come to think of it, my Wii needs some gangraping now that I mentioned it.
Plus Sackboy.
Sony, you suck. I don't even have a PS3, but the level of dickery it must take to sell a peripheral for a basic multimedia service like importing images is ridiculous.
If the dude who asked the question asked if he could import PHOTOS of his cat, then perhaps Chuck was saying the only way to import PHOTOS, directly from a camera, in to the game is through a Playstation Eye peripheral. And perhaps importing other IMAGES will be supported.
I don't know, just seems like everyone leaped to their own conclusions.
i figured it would be eye only when i saw the low res pics of the PS3, PSP, etc.. at that E3 LBP powerpointesque level.
btw, Wal-Mart is selling Eye Of Judgment which comes w/ the PS Eye for $30 on clearance. Which is a decent deal considering the cam by itself retails for $40.