Sony presentation reveals some nice surprises

by Jem Alexander { Jun 26th 2008 at 9:15AM }

Sony's Strategy presentation today revealed more than just a video download service. Some other little tid-bits of info spilled out as well. Firstly, as seen above, White Knight Story is aiming to be out this fiscal year. That means sometime between now and April 2009. No doubt we'll be seeing more of the game, as well as a less-vague release date at E3 next month.

A weather and news service was also revealed as part of a new Life With PlayStation brand. This will feature an interactive globe showing real time weather reports and headlines from all over the world. This feature will also support geo-tagged photos (awesome) and other features which will be released over time. Again, we'll probably hear more about this whole Life With PlayStation brand at E3.

Finally, it's been confirmed that the PSP will gain direct access to the PlayStation Store at some point during this fiscal year. Sadly, there are no more details than that. While this is definitely getting us excited for E3, we have to wonder whether Sony are keeping back any actual surprises for the event. Is it possible that they could have all this and more to reveal to us next month?

Source - PS3Attitude
Source - IGN

Tags: Life-with-playstation, Sony, white-knight-story

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mario @ Jun 26th 2008 9:19AM

First! More features the better! PSN is looking better and better...

Ves @ Jun 26th 2008 1:33PM

You mean the US PLaystation store, as the EU version still isn't on the same lvl a the US (by design of category I mean)

Tru-blu @ Jun 26th 2008 9:25AM

second. this is real exciting news. especially accessing the PSN Store directly from the PSP.

Tru-blu @ Jun 26th 2008 9:26AM

second. this is real exciting news. especially accessing the PSN Store directly from the PSP.

Shayde @ Jun 29th 2008 10:30PM

LOL U saw that movie too huh? TruBlu

Dan Davis @ Jun 26th 2008 9:28AM

Can't wait to not have to hook my PSP up to my PS3 everytime I want to download a game or demo!

Lars @ Jun 26th 2008 2:28PM

Huh? You don't have to have your PSP hooked up to your PS3 when you download that stuff.

That's the whole reason I ignore the PC store and only download PSP stuff through my PS3... because then I can copy it to my PSP at my leisure.

Dan Davis @ Jun 26th 2008 2:32PM

Sorry... not download, TRANSFER.

I am looking forward to being able to access the PS Store via my PSP.

Lars @ Jun 26th 2008 2:44PM

Ah, yes, it would be cool to wirelessly transfer games/demos... or just directly download them (though I like to keep a copy on my PS3, so I'd prefer the first option).

Not a huge deal for me though, because I always keep a mini-USB cable dangling from my PS3 for charging controllers or my phone, or transferring stuff to/from devices, etc.

True_Darknight @ Jun 26th 2008 9:40AM

I say they require you to log in everytime that way if someone goes ape shit and steals your PSP then they won't also get a bunch of free downloaded games if your account is set up....

Just a thought

nosix @ Jun 26th 2008 10:00AM

well on psn when u want to buy something u have to input your password. So pretty sure it'll be same for the psp. Sony got you covered

True_Darknight @ Jun 26th 2008 11:08AM

That's actually a setting... U could put it auto and just buy what u want anytime.

There is a setting where you are asked for a password to buy things.. I put mine like that.. don't be trusting the kids with my PS3!!!

adolson @ Jun 26th 2008 9:54AM

WHOA. A news service via a spinning globe? Innovative! I can't wait! What next, a motion-sensing contr-- oh yeah, lol.

I love Sony. Take the best ideas and make them better. :)

Dopple Boppler @ Jun 26th 2008 10:38AM

Hahahahaha.

People were making fun of Nintendo for doing the News and Weather stuff on the Wii, but now they're excited about it for the PS3. I know this will probably be downvoted, but I'm not a fanboy, I'm just stating this funny situation~

Noshino @ Jun 26th 2008 11:42AM

Meh, I ll stick to my trusty PC for the news...

"I love Sony. Take the best ideas and make them better. :)"

Hasn't Nintendo done the same? otherwise we would still be using cartridges...

Popfrogs @ Jun 26th 2008 11:49AM

Personally I'd like to see RSS feed support on the PS3 also. The weakling PSP has it.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Jun 26th 2008 11:54AM

lol i thought it was hilarious too. even as a huge Sony fan, people are such hypocrites! my Wii already has an interactive spinning globe with tags on it as well as weather.....and i use neither. sure it looks cool but by the time i boot up my Wii and the channels, i could have just gone to weather.com or the AP site. whatever, pile on the features Sony, cant really complain about free stuff.

Pete @ Jun 26th 2008 3:56PM

But the graphics on that spinning globe will TOTALLY PWN the one on the Wii.

;-)

adolson @ Jun 26th 2008 12:59PM

Well, I'm hoping they make it better.. I used the news thing on the Wii for all of two days. It's just a pain to track and lacking in content. And don't get me started on the Forecast Channel - I should say Backcast Channel, since it's showing what the weather was 8 or 9 hours ago. :\

And Popfrogs, I totally agree. I am confused why RSS support is missing from the PS3, especially given the fact that it's hooked up to a TV, has a hard drive, and always has a power source... I'd love it if my PS3 could be set to download the Totally Rad Show, Diggnation, 1UP Yours, and other shows like that automatically.

Another thing that the PS3 is missing is that cool video feature where you can skip ahead with thumbnails every 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc. Come on, Sony, feature-sync that PS3!

deaftly @ Jun 26th 2008 1:16PM

Fanboy Rule #1

Bash anything that your console doesn't have but the other one does and when your console gets it its a great idea and totally innovative.

Rule #2

Always look like a moron.

adolson @ Jun 26th 2008 1:40PM

deaftly, why do you bother trolling here? I have a Wii, and I had it for over a year longer than my PS3.. I have a right to say that the Wii's implementation sucks balls, because it DOES.

Lars @ Jun 26th 2008 2:34PM

Wha? In my experience it's been the opposite. People say "ooh, neat, a weather globe on Wii." but with this news they're like "lame! Nice try Sony, you suck!"

I've never heard a single negative thing about the Wii Weather Channel. I actually use it once in a while --though pretty rarely since I don't usually care about the weather unless I'm planning something outdoorsy, and where I live we don't really have much weather to speak of. It'll be interesting to see this new PS3 thing.

Jerses @ Jun 26th 2008 11:05AM

mmm.. this is strange...all mayor games from this year aren´t from japan... strange times. But those game are amazing who needs japan.

Eggy @ Jun 26th 2008 10:26AM

WHITE KNIGHT STORY!!!

erhm sorry for the caps but that is just crazy exciting news.

Devin @ Jun 26th 2008 10:30AM

Pretty cool. I want to learn more about this White Knight game.....I hope they unveil a new SKU or something w/ the DS3....I'm getting very anxious....

Twinturbo120 @ Jun 26th 2008 10:39AM

tell us something we don't know...

GRT @ Jun 26th 2008 10:49AM

The problem with a weather thing on PSN is that by the time you download the latest weather update, the weather will probably have changed. Hell, the SEASON might have changed.

They REALLY need to beef up their network infrastructure if they want the PSN to really take off. PS3 is the only device in my house where I have to do downloads over-night.

Eggy @ Jun 26th 2008 11:10AM

Strange. I'm from Europe, the oft neglected region, and if there is anything I can't complain about it's the download speeds.

Tim Parsons @ Jun 26th 2008 11:55AM

I'm in Canada and the PSN downloads speeds are equal to that of my PC. DL speeds is no problme with PSN whatsoever maybe you need a better ISP

Vcize @ Jun 26th 2008 12:56PM

Tim, that doesn't make any sense. Why would it be his ISP if it only happens on one device in his whole house?

For what it's worth, I have the same issue. Downloading a 1gb file on every device in my house, the PS3 will take extraordinarily longer than everything else, and I have my router and all set up right. It seems to only be an issue when the PS3 is hooked up through wireless, but some of the other devices that are much faster are through wireless as well.

This is a wide-spread and widely known issue, so don't play it off like some individual guy just has a slow connection.

Lars @ Jun 26th 2008 2:40PM

Sounds like GRT has a specific problem, because I have no problem with PSN download speeds. They're not blazing fast, but not slow either. A 1GB game demo takes about 15 min to download. Overnight is just unacceptable... unless you're on dial-up?

I stream the HD game/movie trailers from PSN with no buffering interruptions. I did set up my PS3 in a DMZ on the router, but still, I had no issues before that either.