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TGS 2007: Sony keynote on the quick photo

Here's Kaz Hirai's Sony Keynote speech, filtered down to only the bullet points:

Good vibrations:
You may have heard about the new DualShock 3 controller, which basically adds rumble to the PS3 SIXAXIS controller. Kaz says that they originally didn't mess with rumble because they felt it would be too difficult to add that functionality, but they've since been able to overcome those problems. They didn't change the design of the controller because they feel that it has worked great so far for the 300 million DualShock users out there. Look for rumblings to begin in November.

Even though this new feature was just recently announced to Sony's partners, several games on the TGS show floor are already sporting rumble, such as Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet and Clank: Future, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, echocrome, Toy Home, and more. What's more is that many more titles will be easily updated with a simple PlayStation Network download, and the list of titles to recieve the upgrade is already so long already that we have no doubt that most titles will get some rumble action in the near future.

Hit the jump for the skinny on GT5:Prologue, the PlayStation Store, teraflops, and more.

Some Gran news:
Kaz also told us to expect the online multiplayer teasefest Gran Turismo 5: Prologue in both disc and downloadable form on the 13th of December.

More in store for the PlayStation Store:
Starting today, the PlayStation Store is now available on a personal computer, and with a quick USB connection, purchases like wallpapers and games can be moved directly to a PSP.

Sony's Evolution:
As you may have already heard, Sony talked about their recent acquisition of Evolution Studios (Motorstorm) and bigBig (Pursuit Force) to make their first-party powers even stronger. 

Folding findings:
It seems that Sony has been making a major contribution Stanford University's distributed computing project Folding@Home, with PS3 users pumping more processing power into the project than even PC users. 

That's it! The rest was Boringfest 2007. 

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thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 12:57
thisissami
i'm guessing the gran turismo demo is only in japan? or is it also for europe/NA?
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:00
Aaron Mxy Yost
Jesus Kaz, stop the bullshit about the lack of rumble being "technical problems". And Sony wonders why people are giving them shit all the time, it's because they act like we're morons.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:01
B-Radicate
Sweet. Why play games when you can fold homes. Great news. Where are the games?
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:04
AngelsDontBurn
"FEEL THE VIBRATIONS! COME ON, COME ON! FEEL IT, FEEL IT! FEEL THE VIBRATIONS!"
Skeeter's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:05
Skeeter
Will the rumble make me want to play those old games again that didn't have rumble? Probably not.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:10
BluDesign
I can't wait for more racing action with no damage modeling. Plastic cars FTW!
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:27
KamikazeTutor
Indeed, still not admitting the Immersion thing.
JesusXP's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:30
JesusXP
I haven't used my PS3 much for the fact I love forcefeedback in the 360 controller. The fact that they so uninspiringly chose to just throw in rumble, instead of tweak the feel of the controller even SLIGHTLY (Those analog sticks are god awful), is just kind of another piss off. I'll probably finally play through Resistance now. But thats when I decide to even pick one of these up.. And I might just be alone in this, but is anyone else feel like Sony gives less and less of a shit about its consumers or changing the industry for the better - as opposed to lining their pockets, and stealing others ideas & tech?
JesusXP's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:37
JesusXP
here comes another phagg0tfest ^
DOOM's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:41
DOOM
You guys forgot to mention that HOME WAS DELAYED TILL SPRING 08!
FuriousGeorge's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 13:45
FuriousGeorge
HEY!

remember when sony said this?

"Pursuant to the introduction of this new six-axis sensing system, the vibration feature that is currently available on DUALSHOCK and DUALSHOCK 2 controllers for PlayStation and PlayStation 2, will be removed from the new PS3 controller as vibration itself interferes with information detected by the sensor"

will the 6-axis work now?
Spectral's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 14:16
Spectral
old technology
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 15:36
Bob Muir
Sony press conferences are always boring, so no surprise there.
iRaf 's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/20/2007 15:48
iRaf
i better be able to trade my sixaxis for these new ones.
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