Remember the old Playstation 3 commercials the one's that even had a weird scary baby in them? Well, thanks to Son'y Marketing PR team, we don't see those on TV anymore. With the new Kevin Butler campaign going on, the Playstation 3 has been a huge success especially with the release of the Playstation 3 Slim. IGN had a chat with Peter Dille, whose SCEA's Head of Marketing about the progress of the campaign.
The ads, which feature fictional Sony executive Kevin Butler, were intended highlight the PlayStation 3's features to consumers more clearly and inject some humor. Dille said console sales are going up and that consumers are more aware and educated about the PlayStation 3's offerings.
"The campaign is working to drive hardware sales," he said. "PlayStation 3 sales are up 184 percent in the three months following the price drop, and while a lot of that has to do with price itself, we know from research that consumers are more educated as well."
"Purchase intent went from 19 percent prior to the price drop, to 36 percent after this campaign started. And we've also tracked our competitors and they've fallen during the same time."
Is LucasArts planning something behind our backs? A new ESRB rating was spotted today concerning the 1996 release of Star Wars: Dark Forces. Is LucasArts planning on bringing this classic back from the grave? Will we see a remake or a PS1 classic added to PSN? Time can only tell at this point as we await word from LucasArts.
Some new titles have been added to the growing list of "Greatest Hits". These titles are price drops of games that have outgrown their need for full price on the store shelves. These titles are for the very affordable price of $29.99 and include:
That God of War Collection looks mighty tasty at this point especially considering when your trying to jump right into God of War 3. Originally Walmart had accidentally revealed the news via a scan of their latest newspaper sales ad found here on Kotaku. It's a total of ten new titles to hit the price drop.
The Playstation Move is Sony's latest effort into digging the motion control world that has been kicked started by the Nintendo Wii. Here, Sony hopes to take a strangle hold on the market base Nintendo has and stretch it then some. Here at GamePlasma we took all the details we could find an put them all into one report so you could see for yourself how the Move works and what we can expect from the Move this year.
Sony currently has its press conference going on now over at the Game Developers Conference. They have officially named their motion controller, Playstation Move. The Move will also be avaialble in store shelves for what everyone wants to hear; under $100!!
"The Move is fast precise and accurate. From the tiniest twist to the strongest punch, you can express yourself. This is the next generation of motion gaming," said Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing and the PlayStation Network. "Nothing has been this precise."
The system uses the PlayStation Eye, the Move wand and the PS3 itself to register player movements and translate them into on-screen actions. Dille said Sony plans to launch the system this fall. A bundle will be available that includes the Move controller, the PlayStation Eye and an unnamed game.
Have you heard about or experienced any problems with the Playstaion Network if you have a fat PS3? Well, your not the only one. Since last night, PSN has been suffering what is being called the dreaded Error: 8001050F. A statement from Sony has said that they hope to fix the problem in 24 hours. It is highly reccomended you do not use PSN if you have a fat PS3. Sony also said that it seems to have been caused by a clock error and you are unable to reset the clock and sign into your account. Here is part of the statement from Sony regarding the issue.
We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.
As mentioned above, Please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused.
You can check out more updates on the Network error over at the Playstaion Blog. [Update: Although it appears that looking at some comments the Network seems to be working properly now, so you shouldn't have a problem. ]
MTV Multiplayer has been providing some entertaining coverage for the upcoming highly anticipated release of God of War 3 exclusively for the Playstation 3. This time it appears they found out just how huge the size of God of War 3 fits on the Blu-Ray disc. Tim Moss, who is the Director of Technology at Sony Santa Monica put this in his account on Twitter.
"#GOW3 35Gb of goodness. Thank heavens for Dual Layer Blu-Rays"
With that much space, one only knows how long it would take for the game to actually install on your HDD. Along with that, how long loading times would during gameplay itself.
The cell-shaded JRPG, Valkyrie Chronicles will be having its own downloadable content quite soon as announced by SEGA of America today. The new content called, “Challenges of the Edy Detachment,” gives players the opportunity to work with;
Six new maps to play through, with each map designed for the different soldier classes within Edy’s team. Whether you’re a Scout, Lancer or Shocktrooper, you’ll be able to use the skills of each class to fight your way through various battles.
You should find the DLC available for download on the Playstation Store on Feburary 25th.
Speaking in an interview too TechDigest, Square-Enix continues to provide us with entertaining comments regarding a possible remake of the infamous Final Fantasy 7 from the original Playstation. Here is such quote...
If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it! But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate Final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we'd imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together! So it's looking pretty unrealistic! But if any such situation came about by any remote chance, then yes, we'd do it!
So, is it possible to provide the remake for Playstation 3 owners and Final Fantasy fans? Only time will tell at this point. With the amount of time put into Final Fantasy 13 and its impending release finally upon us, we can only imagine how long it would take for Final Fantasy 7 to make its way to a Blu-Ray disc. For now though, you'll have to just settle with the original game which is available for download now on the Playstation Network Store.
Fans all over the US are still clamroing over Sega's announcement that they were bringing Yakuza 3 stateside which will hit store shelves March 12th, 2010. That's only a short time away folks. Here are some of the details for the "Battle Pack" premium edition which you'll find containing all sorts of goodies.
4 pieces of DLC
1. Battle for Survival – Take on all the bosses of Yakuza 3 as Kazuma
2. All-Star Tournament (7 character tournament)
3. All-Star Tag Tournament (8 team tournament)
4. Haruka’s Request - This unique series of challenge missions will send you on a task of exploration throughout the entire Yakuza world, playing mini-games and entertaining Haruka.
31 track soundtrack
Yakuza Who’s Who – learn how all the characters are connected and who turned from rivals to allies in this fully animated guide
Also when you pre-order the game at Gamestop you'll receive a Challenge Pack which gives you the opportunity for a 2-player mini games competing against their friends at Pool, Bowling, Darts and Golf.
