HD DVD wearing down - Blockbuster goes Blu-Ray
According to El Paso Times Home rental giant Blockbuster will be renting out high definition DVD’s only in the Blu-Ray format in 1,450 of its stores in next months update. This, of course, is a huge step for Sony and a massive blow to the HD DVD format. Blockbuster have been renting out both Blu-Ray and HD DVD in 450~ stores only to find that 70% of the time the consumer was choosing Sony’s Blu Ray Disc.
“The consumers are sending us a message. I can’t ignore what I’m seeing,” Matthew Smith, senior vice president of merchandising at Blockbuster.
HD DVD isnt completely out though,as Blockbuster will still be renting them at 250 stores and online. Huge movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spider Man 3 and Casino Royale are all exclusive to the Blu Ray format which also helps Sony along the way. Can we say the format war is over? Not just yet. But its getting close and I think we can see the winner…
New Folklore / Folksoul PS3 Scans
Here are some new scans of the Playstation 3 Exclusive Folklore, or Folksoul in Japan being developed by Team Genji. The scans mention monsters, name a couple of Non-Playable characters, downloadable monsters from the Playstation store and other things. Of course, they’re japanese so thats all I can tell you without knowing any Japanese. :P Enjoy the scans, thanks to GameBrink.
Magazine Scan for Folklore / Folksoul for Playstation 3 - Click to Enlarge
Magazine Scan for Folklore / Folksoul for Playstation 3 - Click to Enlarge
Korean 80 GB Playstation 3 Launch - Koreans know marketing
Today, the Sony Playstation 3 launched in Korea. Those lucky buggers exclusivly have an 80GB system which is available to purchase as of today, and damn do they know how to market a console. :P
Kotaku earlier posted that the Korean PS3 launch was “A bust” with a lacklustre attendance at the pre-launch event (No one forget people saying the same thing on the Eurolaunch…160k units sold. Ha.) but now, PS3Fanboy have posted updated pictures of the launch which more respectable attendance.
Only sales figures will sort this one out, but considering 200 pre-launch consoles used to tempt the Koreans by Sony were sold in 3 minutes, I think the numbers should be pretty good.
To be honest, I think they got the console at a good time. The US got the Playstation 3 back in November — the amount of games was poor. We got it in March and while there were some good titles, they’re starting to loose their edge. Korea have their Playstation 3’s now just as some pretty good games like Ninja Gaiden: Sigma, The Darkness and Folklore come out. Good times.
Team Ninja to do more Playstation 3 games? + Euro Sigma demo
Ninja Gaiden Sigma director Yosuke Hayashi has constantly defended Playstation 3 and hasn’t had a bad word to say about it, despite blowing up a few dev kits in the development of Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Good news is that his kind words continue!
In an exclusive interview with Eurogamer, he states:
“As I said, people who complain about the difficulty of creating games for PS3 should get out, right?” Hayashi commented. “While I’m saying that kind of thing, if I get out myself, then what I say doesn’t mean anything! So, I should stay - right?”
Yes, Hayashi. Yes you should stay! Read the full interview here.
As well as this, PRO-G.co.uk is reporting that the European store will get the Ninja Gaiden Sigma demo “some time in the next few weeks”. Yeah, like we haven’t already downloaded it from the U.S store.
Sony claims 91% BluRay sales in Q1 2007
APC Mag is reporting that Sony have sold 91% of the total HD media format sales in Austrillia, which is very impressive.
This information was released along with Sony’s new Blu-Ray player, BDP-S1E which retails at $1399 (AU) but despite the heavy price tag, looks rather sexy.
Blu Ray Disc player BDP-S1E by SONY [Image]
So where does HD DVD stand in all of this? Only time will tell, but at the moment it looks like the Blu-Ray disc is in clear runnings to defeating its rival, HD DVD.
Dark Sector Delayed
D3 announced yesterday that Dark Sector which was previously set for an end-of-the-year release has been pushed back to early 2008. They’re not remodeling, they’re not redesigning and they’re not improving… they’re waiting.
“The official word is that we did decide to take it out of a very crowded holiday season,” said Megan Korns, a D3 publicist.
Basically, there lots of games coming out this holiday season for Playstation 3 and they dont want to be overshadowed and want their game noticed, with is fair enough. As well as that, it’s probably fair to say that any Xbox 360 game coming out anywhere near this september is unlikely to be looked at with Halo 3 on the shelves.
Higher Quality Time Crisis 4 Playstation 3 Scans
GamePlanets have come across the scans we saw yesterday of the Guncon for Time Crisis 4 but im much higher quality!
The scans aren’t really high res enough to judge the graphics, but the game does look interesting so far. I haven’t played Time Crisis for years, so im sort of looking forward to this. :P
IGN US Release date revisions
IGN.com have reviewed a few of their released dates. Some in our favor…and some really not.
Heavenly Sword: Sept 4, 2007
Warhawk: Sept 4, 2007
The Orange Box: October, 2007
RCF: Tools of Destruction: October, 2007
Eight Days: Dec, 2007
Burnout Paradise: Jan, 2008
Unreal Tournament 3: Jan, 2008
Killzone 2: Feb, 2008
MGS4: March, 2008
Here’s their full list. They have Time Crisis 4 for Playstation 3 slated for a November 2007 release! Lets hope so. :p
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII: Yuffie Confirmed
From the latest Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Scans, it appears that Yuffie will appear in the game. Since you don’t know her in Final Fantasy VII when the game begins, Im not sure how they will tie it into the storyline… but whatever. ;P
You can see these scans here:
Via NeoGaff
UK Game Charts: all platform top 10
June 9ths top 10 selling games on all platforms:
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney Interactive Studios)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
- Wii Play (Nintendo)
- Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
- Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
- Cooking Mama (505 Games)
- Shadowrun (Microsoft)
Chart track doesn’t state what console they’re on, so theres no way of telling what console Pirates or Tomb Raider was the best seller, but it looks like this weeks new release, Forza Motorsport 2 has taken the top place.
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