February Surprise Thread Pt 2 (post-CES)

[KiLLA2006]

If not id like to make this that thread...

I like the idea of one place to go to view all the news then we spread it out after... because its easier on us.

if anybody disagrees please lock close and send this thread to hell!!!!:susp:

[makeitlookreal]

I doubt any hard info will be posted about the PS3.

We will probably get...

A few more videos of games.
A little more info about the online aspect.
A lot more praise of the specs that are already published.
A whole lot more speculation!

What we won't get...

Any final price.
Any final specs.
Any final info on the RSX.
Any launch date.

Sony's probably going to even delay the launch.

Of course I hope I am wrong and Sony announces everything, an amazing RSX with SPE's, spec increases, the entire online system, etc.

But at this point I doubt it.

I wonder if some info might leak at that point from sources outside of Sony. If NDA's start to expire info might start to leak if Sony likes it or not. But who knows.

[julps31]

If not id like to make this that thread...

I like the idea of one place to go to view all the news then we spread it out after... because its easier on us.

if anybody disagrees please lock close and send this thread to hell!!!!

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=48303&highlight=event+cancelled

boom!!!...^

This thread kinda died out when the CES thread started. But it looks like its time re-up. And don't mind the event+cancelled..thats just the text I searched for under my user name to find the thread.

[julps31]

I doubt any hard info will be posted about the PS3.

We will probably get...

A few more videos of games.
A little more info about the online aspect.
A lot more praise of the specs that are already published.
A whole lot more speculation!

What we won't get...

Any final price.
Any final specs.
Any final info on the RSX.
Any launch date.

Sony's probably going to even delay the launch.

Of course I hope I am wrong and Sony announces everything, an amazing RSX with SPE's, spec increases, the entire online system, etc.

But at this point I doubt it.

I wonder if some info might leak at that point from sources outside of Sony. If NDA's start to expire info might start to leak if Sony likes it or not. But who knows.I guess you didn't read my post in the events thread...huh..let me quote myself again. And stop being so pessimistic lol.

Read:
"I wouldn't really worry about it if I was you..especially since the February event was annouced as the first place to play PS3 games and it was annouced that PS3 would be at CES (wich it was). So I wouldn't think Sony would snub us on this event (TGS was the only event that they actually didn't deliver on). CES was just an anti-climax because we wanted the information...but Sony never promised we would get it (wich they did with the February event). What they did say is the PS3 wil be at CES. And it was. And they said we'll get to play the PS3 in Febuary. So considering thats what the event is for I would deifiantly be comfortable with saying we "will" get information."

[xbdestroya]

Killa if you want to make a new Feb Surprise thread go ahead. I figure people have a whole new take on the whole thing post-CES anyway. :)

Just make sure you call it something like 'Pt 2' or something else with a different name/theme.

[Lekko]

Febuary suprise = Release date is....rightnow! SUPRISE!!!

[senas8]

Here it is: http://www.devstation.scee.com/
For 1st and 2nd March

[julps31]

Febuary suprise = Release date is....rightnow! SUPRISE!!!Nope... That wont be it. Like i've said in the other threads, the suprise wont be just one annoucment. It will be the event that will suprise gamers.

Here it is: http://www.devstation.scee.com/
For 1st and 2nd MarchWell if thats the February event theres nothing to show us that they actually changed the event date from February to March. Or that that's the event. From what i've gathered the event will be for gamers (not part of another conference). So I don't think thats it. Or until Sony officially annouces that that's the suprise event. I'm guessing that this event is the Playstation meeting? Considering the meetings are usually held in March (as far as I know) and they annouced the "suprise" event for February. I don't think Sony would hold the event so close to the end of February while missing it if this was it.

[xbdestroya]

Devstation is for devs - I don't expect it to have replaced the Feb Event (whatever it is) by any stretch, as the Feb Event will be the one aimed at the punblic.

[.®]

I doubt any hard info will be posted about the PS3.

We will probably get...

A few more videos of games.
A little more info about the online aspect.
A lot more praise of the specs that are already published.
A whole lot more speculation!

What we won't get...

Any final price.
Any final specs.
Any final info on the RSX.
Any launch date.

Sony's probably going to even delay the launch.

Of course I hope I am wrong and Sony announces everything, an amazing RSX with SPE's, spec increases, the entire online system, etc.

But at this point I doubt it.

I wonder if some info might leak at that point from sources outside of Sony. If NDA's start to expire info might start to leak if Sony likes it or not. But who knows.


Whoa dude it looks like they killed your spirit, you went from super it'll happen to dont look for it, c'mon man turn on your PS2 play acouple games and smile dude keep your head up.

[sif]

I doubt any hard info will be posted about the PS3.

We will probably get...

A few more videos of games.
A little more info about the online aspect.
A lot more praise of the specs that are already published.
A whole lot more speculation!

What we won't get...

Any final price.
Any final specs.
Any final info on the RSX.
Any launch date.

Sony's probably going to even delay the launch.

Of course I hope I am wrong and Sony announces everything, an amazing RSX with SPE's, spec increases, the entire online system, etc.

But at this point I doubt it.

I wonder if some info might leak at that point from sources outside of Sony. If NDA's start to expire info might start to leak if Sony likes it or not. But who knows.

Makeitlookreal, we are all impatient and dying for some PS3 info, but there is no need to get disheartened. Sony is following the schedule they always follow. As an example I'll outline the PS2 schedule (feel free to point out any mistakes I was only 12 at the time and my head has gone after 5 hours worth of Maths and Physics exams :ko: ).

Feb 1999 - PS2 announced
March 1999 - EE discussed, no games at all
Sep 1999 - PS2 videos, no games playable
Feb 2000 - PS festival - massive blowout with price and playables (PSP was only playable a month before launch as well)
March 2000 - PS2 launched

[frosty]

yeah, looks like ps2 had a feb. suprise also! wonder what that could mean.

[Metal Sphere]

Well, here's some post February 5th stuff that's bound to get all you tech heads (I'm looking at you, XB) all hot and bothered.


PS3 Developer Conference In March
Promise of more information driving fanboys mad.
by Patrick Klepek, 01/12/2006




6 of 8 users recommend this story.

Many hope next month is when Sony will finally take the wraps off PlayStation 3 and reveal release details and the holy grail: playable demos. Whether that happens in February or not, we're definitely close to information meltdown considering Sony's European branch is planning a developer conference in just a few months.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe holds DevStation annually as a means of showcasing different aspects of PlayStation-related development on a wide scale to developers. This year will apparently focus specifically on the important aspects of PlayStation 3 development relating to:

Cell and the OS
Audio
Graphics
Networking
Third-party presentations - Epic and unnamed independent developer
Middleware - including Havok and Ageia
Performance analysis
Art/content generation - with 3rd-party presentations
DevStation takes place on Mach 1st and 2nd this year and will include dozens of speakers from within Sony to discuss the aforementioned aspects of PlayStation 3 development. While the meeting is mostly about technical topics, there's definitely going to be relevant details to gamers, such as how Sony will handle online networking.

[xbdestroya]

LOL, I *am* hot and bothered for this... but it's like the fourth time someone has posted for this event. :)

There's even a thread now for it:

http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=50632

It probably deserves an appearance in this thread too though, so the more the merrier for Devstation.

[CARTIER90]

I hope Feb brings a bukkake-esque explosion of info .........yes that is the first time you heard that........

[xbdestroya]

I hope Feb brings a bukkake-esque explosion of info .........yes that is the first time you heard that........

I *definitely* hope it's the last also. :look:

[Metal Sphere]

Yeah, no time is a good time for a bukkake reference. It's interesting to see the entirety of the gaming community becoming so hyper-sensitive to any related to Sony since normally we wouldn't even hear of DevStation.

Damn, February 5th...

[Rizon]

oh god not bukkake references, i get to many of them from my estranged mate. *sudders*


Febuary should be very good if it does get annouced, and follows the path of ps2 launch wise, march, not long to wait.... brillianty.

[jaxmkii]

EDIT: Jaxmkii can you guess as to why I deleted your post? :help:

Ok everyone - stay on topic, and no more bukake references.


BUT IT WAS SOOO... artistic?

[Gounmckuber]

I thought everyone knew the Feb. suprise is 3-dimensional holograms ;) or Nintendo providing classic game downloads for Playstation fans and Sony providing classic game downloads for Nintendo fans :toad: :cheers:

[VG Aficionado]

I thought everyone knew the Feb. suprise is 3-dimensional holograms ;) or Nintendo providing classic game downloads for Playstation fans and Sony providing classic game downloads for Nintendo fans :toad: :cheers:What if Sony and Nintendo merge after next-gen to fight Microsoft and their Xbox 720 to form SoNyntendo? :heybaby:

This won't happen since Nintendo is still far away from bankruptcy, but who knows what will happen after Revolution... Not that I want it to flop, I plan to buy a Revolution console after I buy a PS3.

[Rizon]

If only, then i could have goldeneye again. *bliss*

I dont actually know will happen after the revolution. I just think ninty will be there always making fun consoles. Come on, how fun is mario football with mates?

[xbdestroya]

Well VG I think Revolution could make nothing but losses and Nintendo would *still* be profitable on GameBoy alone, so I think you're going to have to shift the focus of your Sony hybrid entity. :smoke:

[CrumCon]

To be honest, im pretty tired of specualtion we have made before the CES. We got NOTHING.. NOTHING!
we've throwing so many hours of our free time just to speculate what we're gonna hear from Sony @ CES.. but nothing :(

lets just stop speculating for a while and jsust wait.. cause its almost February anyway.

[OmniCloud]

whoaa...what the hell was that?!!

[julps31]

To be honest, im pretty tired of specualtion we have made before the CES. We got NOTHING.. NOTHING!
we've throwing so many hours of our free time just to speculate what we're gonna hear from Sony @ CES.. but nothing :(

lets just stop speculating for a while and jsust wait.. cause its almost February anyway.Thats all we can do right now. Otherwise the site would be dead until Sony's annoucment. Considering the wait is almost over..I think is an even better reason to speculate. We wont have long to wait to get our answers (if the February event is still happening).

Now let me think about a possible suprise. Hmmm... Maybe Sony will be releasing a new version of the PSP (next-gen?) thats playable at the show with the PS3. Hopefully that got your creative juices flowing lol. I think the suprise will be in the vein of something like that.

[RzrWire]

I posted this in another thread: Upcoming Conferences/Events (http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=50502&page=4) Post #61

My Personal "Big Surprise" Wish: Something along the lines of being able to chat with people all around the world at any given time through a central online service that Sony provides. Not only that but if you're typing to someone that only speaks Japanese, Korean, German, ect. Sony's servers will translate what your typing into their language and show up only on their tv and vis versa. On top of that Sony's servers would also translate what everyone is saying into a person's prefered language setting even in a large chat room environment. An added bonus would be voice recognition through a head set. So that way you wouldn't even have to type at all. Just speak through the headset and what you say is typed into the chat room or hub and translated into a person's prefered language that shows up on their tv. This headset feature would also work excellent in a game. For instance; you're playing MGS4 Co-Op and you want to tell your partner from Russia or Japan about a trap they will run into that only you can see. All you do is talk into your headset, Sony's online servers translate the warning into text on your tv and your partner's in their language, he then reads the warning and replies giving you a realtime translation of his response!!! How f*cking cool would that be!?

[venomv]

Jag that would be really nice, that remindes me of something I saw a few months ago. I can't remember what the name was, but it was an English-Chinese translater. You could speak into it in English and it would translate it, and show pictures (in case the translation was off in grammer) plans are made for other languages but they wern't finished.. If they can do that with two languages as different as English and Chinese, then there is no reason I can think of that they couldn't do something like that with at least the worlds major languages.

[Handycrap101]

Hey JAG, while that sounds like a cool idea and def would be a BIG surprise I really don't think that's what Sony is aiming for... That seems like a small feature that could be implemented into the BIG picture... I'm talking about Sony's online plan as a whole. Somthing similiar to Xbox live only without some stupid features (market place and gamerpoints). It would have the accesibility of Live but be more universal. Web browsing and pretty much everything a desktop computer has but with the addition of the Sony world... where you play games of course. Personally I would be more then willing to trash this comp and replace it with my PS3 and I could chat with my buddies, watch TV at the same time. Then when I play a game I would close the split screen real quick and play a game... and go back to TV... or browse the web while chating or whatching TV or all 3 at the same time.

For me that would be IDEAL... just me dream.

[stanDarsh]

I hope Feb brings a bukkake-esque explosion of info .........yes that is the first time you heard that........

You sick sick little puppy!

[RzrWire]

CARTIER90 ~ Bukkake...yes, + esque explosion of info...no. You are one sick little monkey!

Edit:
Handycrap101 ~ My wish + your wish = either one sexy little baby or one spectacular surprise!!!

[FLCL]

hmmm i think we should look back to the PS3 schedule revealed during the PS metting 05

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/635/635630/ps-meeting-2005-sonys-ps3-schedule-20050721020718112-000.jpg

I know everyone expected news at CES but look!! its not even on the schedule... Sony misled no one

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/635/635630/ps-meeting-2005-sonys-ps3-schedule-20050721020717331-000.jpg

CES 2006: According to Sony, over 4,000 development kits for the PS3 have shipped to developers.

and since sony is keeping up with their plans so far, i don't see a reason to be so pessimistic!!... looking back at those slides im now quite anxious about February :heybaby:

maybe its no wonder Sony been keeping silent!!!

[Red_Eyes]

Edited. Sorry. Outdated infor.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Hmm... I can't see the feb. surprise on there either...
Maybe it wasn't planned at that time?

[CrumCon]

lol dont speculate no more.. or we would end up like CES.
when no feb.surpsise arrive.. i bet we should speculate for E3 right"? lol

E3 will be the real thing. no guessing needed

[julps31]

Hmm... I can't see the feb. surprise on there either...
Maybe it wasn't planned at that time?They annouced the february event change at the end of September 05'. The PS meeting is held at the begining of the year. So it most likely wasn't planned at the time. But I wouldn't bank on it until Sony officially annouces it or Febrary 5th passes. February 5th is on a Sunday..? Weird day for an event. Well they never did say it was off either. So we play the waiting game.

[Handycrap101]

Wait... I'm confused, what are you guys talking about?? On that slide it says:

2006 2 PLAYSTATION Conference

Isn't this the event we are discussing??

[julps31]

Wait... I'm confused, what are you guys talking about?? On that slide it says:

2006 2 PLAYSTATION Conference

Isn't this the event we are discussing??I didn't look at the slides lol. So I don't know how everybody else missed it. Good eyes man.

[xbdestroya]

It's not that anybody missed it, it's that we all thought it was cancelled and replaced by a different event. :)

[Handycrap101]

It's not that anybody missed it, it's that we all thought it was cancelled and replaced by a different event. :)

Well was it cancelled? And/or was it replaced by a different event?

:matrix:

[jako]

Thanks for those "old" slides FLCL.
It should have been good to show them before CES because, thanks to theses slides we can see that Sony planned everething a long time ago.
These last few days I was woried about this Feb event (I even doubt about is existence), but this slide is clear: in February there will be a playstation conference. And this time they won't speak about the PSP, they'll talk PS3.
These slides are the best Facts I saw since a long time.

[xbdestroya]

Well was it cancelled? And/or was it replaced by a different event?

:matrix:


Well in this (http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=50502&page=4) thread Metal Sphere says it wasn't canceled, just added on to - so I'm willing to go with that answer myself, as I know I haven't been keeping track of all the quotes on the Feb thing until now.

[Metal Sphere]

Yeah guys, it hasn't been rescheduled. There haven't been any things of news that said that it was, only that Sony was planning to show a big surprise there. Needless to say, it looks like we're going to be in for a massive deluge of news after the show (DevStation, for one, and now rumblings of an April launch).

[xbdestroya]

I agree, I think this is all just the calm before the storm. From Feb on it's going to get wild.

And I want it to be noted for the record that I've been predicting a late April launch all along in Japan, to hit before the Golden Week holiday. It's documented all over, but here I'm saying it again. :)

[Metal Sphere]

Heh, and it's only 1 month later than the PS2's launch month, and if we go on from there we get a November launch here in the states.

[jaxmkii]

Sony just needs to at least tell us when are they going to say something

[Metal Sphere]

*sigh* How many times am I going to have to say this:

February 5th. The date of the event hasn't changed.

[Handycrap101]

23 Days Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raijin]

*sigh* How many times am I going to have to say this:

February 5th. The date of the event hasn't changed.


Hm sorry I havent followed everything but where did you see this?

[PlayBoy]

Hm sorry I havent followed everything but where did you see this?He played 16 hours of Lumines sessions in a row and accidentally saw the glimpse of the future in his faint.

[Nodieza]

And I want it to be noted for the record that I've been predicting a late April launch all along in Japan, to hit before the Golden Week holiday. It's documented all over, but here I'm saying it again.

I have also, I am still hoping sooner... but April looks good. Hooray for sooner!!!

[Ben-N1ce]

To be honest, im pretty tired of specualtion we have made before the CES. We got NOTHING.. NOTHING!
we've throwing so many hours of our free time just to speculate what we're gonna hear from Sony @ CES.. but nothing :(

lets just stop speculating for a while and jsust wait.. cause its almost February anyway.


CES wasn't even on there timeline graph for the launch.

[julps31]

lol dont speculate no more.. or we would end up like CES.
when no feb.surpsise arrive.. i bet we should speculate for E3 right"? lol

E3 will be the real thing. no guessing neededIf there was any event that we should speculate about..its this one. Remember. Sony never promised any information from CES. They just said the PS3 would be there..and it was. We just wanted more.

But with the February event they apparently annouced early in the year the PS3 would be playable and later in the year (late September) they annouced the event had been changed and the suprise. So even if they don't have playable games I would trust that we'll get some good info and it wont just be the PS3 on display with the same demos lol. Unless the event just doesn't happen. But if it does i'm 99% sure we'll get some juicy info on our favorite console.

[Metal Sphere]

Hm sorry I havent followed everything but where did you see this?

This is the last time I'll put this up (thought anyone is free to keep doing so), so I'll put this is bold letters:

Playstation Festival on Feb 5th according to articles

February event has never been rescheduled or announced as such, and it would be news if it had. As it stands, the date remains the original Feb 5th date, with whatever surprise thrown into the original schedule.

"As for when gamers will finally get to wrap their meaty fists around Sony's forthcoming PS3 titles, Saeki wouldn't be drawn, merely promising that the company has "a big surprise" in store next February, when its PS3 event was originally scheduled to occur."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=126586

"When asked if there would be any changes to the February PS3 event where playable demos will be on hand, Saeki did not respond directly. However, he did say that SCE is planning something for the event that is sure to be a "major" surprise."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/28/news_6134592.html

"On February event

It is a secret but you can be assured it is going to be very, very original, a super big surprise."

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1185&Itemid=2

In addition, Saeki reveals in rather non-specific fashion that a February 2006 Japanese event intended to showcase playable PS3 games has been re-arranged, but that a "secret" alternative is being readied that may surprise players.


http://ps3.qj.net/2005/09/sony-discusses-ps3-february-event.html

As you can see from above, the event had it's schedule rearranged in order to fit the surprise in. It won't be long to find out what that is.

[xbdestroya]

Ok yes but the 5th, where does the 5th come from? None of those articles mention that date whatsoever, and none of us can find where the original event was scheduled for the 5th to begin with. :)

[Metal Sphere]

Ok yes but the 5th, where does the 5th come from? None of those articles mention that date whatsoever, and none of us can find where the original event was scheduled for the 5th to begin with. :)

Hmm, Tokyo Game Show? That was the last big place where it was unveiled and the slides shown. Apparently my google skills have fallen off since I can't find any circa-TGS 2005 articles on it.

[VG Aficionado]

Sony has to officially announce a forthcoming event regarding PS3 prior to E3 2006. I'm surprised they haven't announced it yet, but there's still plenty of time for that. Let's be a bit (even) more patient, February should be a promising and exciting month, it's not that far away now.

[julps31]

This is the last time I'll put this up (thought anyone is free to keep doing so), so I'll put this is bold letters:

Playstation Festival on Feb 5th according to articles

February event has never been rescheduled or announced as such, and it would be news if it had. As it stands, the date remains the original Feb 5th date, with whatever surprise thrown into the original schedule.



http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=126586



http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/28/news_6134592.html



http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1185&Itemid=2



http://ps3.qj.net/2005/09/sony-discusses-ps3-february-event.html

As you can see from above, the event had it's schedule rearranged in order to fit the surprise in. It won't be long to find out what that is.Damn you stole my post. I'll let you slide though since it is informative lol. Plus those articals don't have the date of the event in them. *in soup nazi voice* No rep for you...

[Metal Sphere]

I was the one that first remembered the Feb 5th date, I simply used one article showing that it hadn't been changed (the Gamespot one). Plus, I'm sure the members here saw your original.

[xbdestroya]

The 5th date defintely goes to Metal (and Z a couple of weeks/months ago mentioned the 5th if I remember correctly as well) - but we still have to produce where that date is from. :smoke:

I mean obviously we're all well aware of the February event in general - I'll leave you and Julps to fight over that oen though. But guys realize that there've been like countless threads and posts on the subject ever since July's Playstation Meeting, so the question isn't really that it's coming - more that we might have the key to unlocking *when* in Feb it is.

Now Z and Metal both say Feb 5th, and I'm game for that since you guys have been following this like hawks. But I mean we still need to track it down somehow because... well you know - because!

Street cred and all.:Mrt:

[Metal Sphere]

Yeah, definitely. I wonder if PSINext still has their TGS articles so I could give those a run through. I'll also check IGN tommorow, as well as Gamespot.

[PlayBoy]

Yeah, definitely. I wonder if PSINext still has their TGS articles so I could give those a run through. I'll also check IGN tommorow, as well as Gamespot.Don't try hard, we'll get the big news in a month or two anyway...

[Illmatic]

Could this be the highly anticipated 'Feb event'?

Destination Playstation (http://www.destinationplaystation.com/main.asp?section=agenda)

Starts on the 27th of Feb and runs through to the 2nd of March :susp:

[stanDarsh]

Nice find Vejita. While I don't believe that is the main event as it is hosted by SCEA (USA) and not SCEI (Japan), I feel that will take place after the big announcement by the looks of things. Not necessarily true, just my suspisions.

[xbdestroya]

Vejita that looks like an event to be put on by Sony of America for Sony's retail partners - not the Feb event we're looking for I don't think.

But good find with that! That is really obscure.

[Illmatic]

^Yeah, i'd have to agree.

Seems like a pretty 'classy' event just going off their website, and the site gives away pretty much no information as to what will be going on.

It even seems a bit out of place too, i mean there's alot happening in Feb and even the start of March, with the whole Devstation thing starting on the 1st.

Well, not long to go know, and we'll all be able to stop speculationg, for a wee while anyway :afro:

[Domination]

I have been thinking about something which most of us seem to have forgotten about. The Super Bowl has not come up yet. Usually this is used for big advertisments to attract worldwide consumers. Since February seems to be the day of the event, I'm thinking maybe Sony might want to have the meeting before that before advertising their new console. I mean, it wouldn't make much sense advertising the PS3 when no one really knows much about it.

[Fillibuster]

I dunno Dom. I was thinking about the Super Bowl thing too, but wouldn't it be cool if the general public didn't know anything and just saw one of those really good Sony commercials and all they got was a "Be ready for chang3" I think it would pique their interest a lot.

[Domination]

I dunno Dom. I was thinking about the Super Bowl thing too, but wouldn't it be cool if the general public didn't know anything and just saw one of those really good Sony commercials and all they got was a "Be ready for chang3" I think it would pique their interest a lot.

That could be possible. I mean, I wouldn't wave it entirely out of the realm of possibility. Both events are close, though, with one staring only in Japan and the other globally. We'll see what happens, but i would suggest keeping a close eye open between now and the Super Bowl incase something unexpected comes up.

[venomv]

I dunno Dom. I was thinking about the Super Bowl thing too, but wouldn't it be cool if the general public didn't know anything and just saw one of those really good Sony commercials and all they got was a "Be ready for chang3" I think it would pique their interest a lot.

And add it the end a white light going across and flash Playstation 3 for maybe a quarter of a second. Or maybe the chang3 changes to PS3 and back really fast.

[julps31]

That could be possible. I mean, I wouldn't wave it entirely out of the realm of possibility. Both events are close, though, with one staring only in Japan and the other globally. We'll see what happens, but i would suggest keeping a close eye open between now and the Super Bowl incase something unexpected comes up.Hmm.. Thats a good one. Who says it only takes place in Japan anyway? Couldn't this be the suprise? :stirpot:

[Fillibuster]

And add it the end a white light going across and flash Playstation 3 for maybe a quarter of a second. Or maybe the chang3 changes to PS3 and back really fast.

Yeah. That'd be cool...in a frightening way?

[julps31]

The 5th date defintely goes to Metal (and Z a couple of weeks/months ago mentioned the 5th if I remember correctly as well) - but we still have to produce where that date is from. :smoke:

I mean obviously we're all well aware of the February event in general - I'll leave you and Julps to fight over that oen though. But guys realize that there've been like countless threads and posts on the subject ever since July's Playstation Meeting, so the question isn't really that it's coming - more that we might have the key to unlocking *when* in Feb it is.

Now Z and Metal both say Feb 5th, and I'm game for that since you guys have been following this like hawks. But I mean we still need to track it down somehow because... well you know - because!

Street cred and all.:Mrt:Oh about the post. I was just saying that he posted the links I had posted in another thread. Not the Febrary 5th date. Thats how he stole my post becuase he said he posted this plenty of times..and I didn't know if he was refering to the date or the links.

And @ Z...now that your online can you enlighten us to how you came to the February 5th date for the event?

[rog27]

I vaguely remember SCE showcasing either new hardware or a new line up of PlayStation software via traveling showcases in the past. Could this be the surprise....having PS3 show up in your back yard for you to play without having to go to some centralized venue.

[VG Aficionado]

I vaguely remember SCE showcasing either new hardware or a new line up of PlayStation software via traveling showcases in the past. Could this be the surprise....having PS3 show up in your back yard for you to play without having to go to some centralized venue.There were 360 vans that visited every important city here to showcase the console. That's nothing new, so I'd expect something different. Dunno what though.

[Z]

julps31
And @ Z...now that your online can you enlighten us to how you came to the February 5th date for the event?
yeah, I've been offline for a week or so.
about the exact day; I certainly read it somewhere. it was early on so I don't remember from where I got it. it wasn't somebody's speculation or I would have said 'someone said this or that'. let me do a quick search and see what I can find.

in the mean time, keep in mind that the 5th isn't 100% certain :)

[Z]

ah, I got a headache...

well, I couldn't find anything on an exact date. so I guess it's still open. oh well, Feb starts in two weeks and only lasts for 30 or so days.

I wonder if Metal Sphere can check on the date as he is the only one I'v seen here state the 5th with me.

in any case, just to be clear, Feb. is still on and to say it will be 'big' is an understatement. Sony has already confirmed a PS3 blowout AND a 'surprise' on the side. seeing what little info we got, it has to be big even if they only talked about online and the HDIP camera with a couple of playable demos on the side.

[rog27]

Vejita that looks like an event to be put on by Sony of America for Sony's retail partners - not the Feb event we're looking for I don't think.

But good find with that! That is really obscure.

That's a good a point XBD...it's with Sony's retail partners...

Retailers are given the heads up about what is going to happen pretty close or only after the details of PS3 will have been made public. Sony will not have retailers be the first to let details about their machine slip into the public's hands. Count on the big unveiling before Feb 27th IMO.

[cliffbo]

i'm not getting too worked up about the date. i don't care. i just want something concrete, but my guess is that Sony would love to show us something if Microsoft didn't see it. forget the 5th. we've been here before. chill everyone, Sony will deliver... eventually. by the time you track the article down it'll all be done and dusted. relax and smile in the knowledge that absense makes the heart grow fonder and he who waits, wins

[julps31]

ah, I got a headache...

well, I couldn't find anything on an exact date. so I guess it's still open. oh well, Feb starts in two weeks and only lasts for 30 or so days.

I wonder if Metal Sphere can check on the date as he is the only one I'v seen here state the 5th with me.

in any case, just to be clear, Feb. is still on and to say it will be 'big' is an understatement. Sony has already confirmed a PS3 blowout AND a 'surprise' on the side. seeing what little info we got, it has to be big even if they only talked about online and the HDIP camera with a couple of playable demos on the side.Alright.. Thanks man. I trust you lol. And theres only 28 days in February so it should be hear pretty soon. And i'd imagine that they'll spread it out between the begining of February and the end (too close to the Devstation March 2nd). So I would think it will happen within in the first or second (maybe third) week of February. So either way we don't have long to wait. The wait is almost over!!!

[Metal Sphere]

I'm with Z on this one. I'm certain that it was announced/stated in an official announcement by Sony either during TGS or shortly thereafter. More evidence is pointing to a big surprise really soon, thanks to a Killzone development team member offering this little tidbit.

If it's not on the 5th, it'll be the first week of February. Wow, it looks like even the developers are getting ansty for the NDAs to lift.

[Z]

if GG are excited about the event, you know they have good things to show!
*crosses fingures*

[FLCL]

Hey Z some people mentioned the 18th on the killzone forums, dunno maybe it helps u find ur missing date :beer:

motherh wrote:

Totao wrote:
motherh!!
which date u like better??
2/18/06 or 3/01/06

Ehm, for what?

Message Edited by motherh on 01-18-200601:29 PM


i dont know tell me. devstation or ps meeting?
My goodness you people are unrelentless. I am not saying any more.

Seb Downie - Lead Tester - Guerrilla Games

i guess any press is good press (or however it goes)
is that think youll get close or are/will?
are you or anyone involved in killzone 3 going anywhere in feb...maybe...even... some kind of....secret sony event?

A secret Sony event? On our Vulcano base? With Shergar and Bigfoot?
No comment.

Seb Downie - Lead Tester - Guerrilla Games

[Z]

A secret Sony event? On our Vulcano base? With Shergar and Bigfoot?
sounds like a party to me, lol

[FLCL]

just make sure u wear something light! :flamed:

[Z]

would bringing a flame-thrower be a little too much?

oh, and I got a spare bazooka if anybody wants a new toy.

[Fillibuster]

Z you can bring the weaponry and I'll bring the chips and dip...

[CreativeWriter]

I can't believe it'll be the 5th. That's the day of the Super Bowl and no one will be paying attention.

Hi by the way, first post. This forum is about a billion times more interesting than other boards I've been reading. A lot of you folks seem to know a heck of a lot about tech, and while I can't follow everything that's said it makes for good reading... so, err... thanks.

[The_One]

A lot of you folks seem to know a heck of a lot about tech, and while I can't follow everything that's said it makes for good reading... so, err... thanks. Well, that makes two of us, hehe :P. Don't worry, though, you'll soon pick up some CELL lingo here and some RSX rumour there.

And welcome to the forum, Creative Writer! Hope you enjoy your stay, however long it may be ;).
I can't believe it'll be the 5th. That's the day of the Super Bowl and no one will be paying attention. 5th in Japan would be 4th in NA ;).

oh, and I got a spare bazooka if anybody wants a new toy. Thanks for the offer, Z. I think I might take you up on it :D.

Hmm... Feb 5th... Hmm... Nope, I'm psychic, and I can tell you that Feb 5th won't be the day of the big surprise.

[CreativeWriter]

Well, that makes two of us, hehe :P. Don't worry, though, you'll soon pick up some CELL lingo here and some RSX rumour there.

And welcome to the forum, Creative Writer! Hope you enjoy your stay, however long it may be ;).
5th in Japan would be 4th in NA ;).

Thanks for the offer, Z. I think I might take you up on it :D.

Hmm... Feb 5th... Hmm... Nope, I'm psychic, and I can tell you that Feb 5th won't be the day of the big surprise.

4th in Japan. Sweet, maybe it's possible then.

[xbdestroya]

4th in Japan. Sweet, maybe it's possible then.

No no, the other way around. 5th in Japan = 4th in the US :smoke:

Anyway welcome to the forum Creative, with a name like that I'm certain that you'll be a great addition. :thumbr:

[The_One]

I just know we're gonna get along well, Creative Writer... I'm a creative Writer too, albeit a horrible one at times, haha :laugh:.

Ahem, sorry about the off topic post :P.

[julps31]

Yeah thats much more reasonable. Saturday would be good for me. I could keep my eye on the news as long as it came out. I think saturday is still an unusual day for a conferance (but much better than sunday) but I would be satisfied it that was the case. And I imagine that if both metal sphere and Z heard the date it must've been from a live feed or something that wasn't neccesarly documented.

[The_One]

Or the Feb 5th could have came out of nowhere... If it's not Feb 5th, I'm going to have a celebration on that weekend to celebrate my psychic powers... If it IS on the 5th, then I'm going to spaz out and blame it on the moon... Uh... yeah, the moon affected my psychich judgement... There, it's a no-lose no-lose situation for me, Bwahahaha :laugh:.

Okay, on the more serious side of things, that could be a possibility. Either a live feed or some interview vid that was floating around the net.

[jaxmkii]

MS=bean bags and soda cans...
Sony= well just look at that they have class

[venomv]

It is supposed to be a Japanese show, right? Now I know the Super is shown world wide, but how many Japanese people care, I'm willing to bet not enough to change Sony's plans. Not to mention they couls show some nice stuff during the Super Bowl, probably will cost like 4 million for a 30 sec segment though.

[Handycrap101]

Guys, if this event is supposed to be open to the public shouldn't we hear an announcement on the date in a week or so?? That is if it's on the 5th. Personally I think they will announce a date in the beginning of Feb and then have the event sometime around the 15th to the 20th. That my guess atleast.

[Garfunkel]

i wish they would just hold it today so we can have some bloddy news already.

[CreativeWriter]

I just know we're gonna get along well, Creative Writer... I'm a creative Writer too, albeit a horrible one at times, haha :laugh:.

Ahem, sorry about the off topic post :P.

Writing is so hard. It's easy if you don't want to be any good but becomes mind-wrenchingly tough when you're trying to speak to Faulkner and Hemingway and Fitzgerald, trying to add your voice to the grander literary conversation. This is probably too ambitious for a grad student to be thinking about, but what the heck.

I teach CW on the collegiate level by the way (or will, at the moment I teach Composition and Literature to Freshmen, though I've already been assigned a Junior-level CW course next year, which you can bet will be a whole lot more fun to teach than Comp). Anyway, nice to meet you The One.

The 5th in Japan is the 6th here, right. Thanks for the clarification. If Sony is smart they'll run a PS3 add during the Super Bowl... even a 15 second one, something like "It's Coming... PS3." That'll have all the kids watching the game excited.

[Garfunkel]

yeah and have kk walk out and hit a home run and than announce more stuff about ps3!

[xbdestroya]

The 5th in Japan is the 6th here, right. Thanks for the clarification. If Sony is smart they'll run a PS3 add during the Super Bowl... even a 15 second one, something like "It's Coming... PS3." That'll have all the kids watching the game excited.


Creative, it'll be the 4th here - the 4th!!! :smoke:

Like when you go to bed tonight, it'll be noon of Jan 21st in Japan, even though it'll be evening of the 20th in Kansas.

[koldfuzion]

I don't think Sony is doing much with the superbowl. I've looked around and read several articles for upcoming advertisers in this years bowl, and to date although several advertisers have been listed (Careerbuilder, Burger King) I have not seen Sony listed as one of them. (They also, I don't think have a Sony artist teed up for halftime either, I think it's Sprint or some other company sponsoring halftime.) It's on ABC this year, so typically it's usually a Disney "yes really this wasn't a stupid merger" tie-in lovefest. So don't hold your breath for a big announcement on super Sunday. (That said a 30 second teaser spot for PS3 would to me be a great idea, if in fact launch was April/May, which I think it will be in Japan, but I think the consensus is that there will be a US launch in late summer/Fall anyway so that would be a bit premature, especially at $2.5 million per 30 second slot.)

Anyhoo by the end of February/early March we'll certainly know much more than we do now, including whatever the surprise is, given the two Sony trade shows at the end of Feb/1st week of March, but I'm skeptical about this whole Feb 5th announcement at this point, since no one seems to have been able to nail down the source of that info. I would expect the marketing/hype blitz to start kicking into full gear in March. Just gonna have to wait until that all happens...

[cliffbo]

nearly there everyone. we'll soon find out if all this speculation was warrented. for me, i think what we've seen is only a fraction of PS3. Sony won't mess around this time. its the end game

[CreativeWriter]

Creative, it'll be the 4th here - the 4th!!! :smoke:

Like when you go to bed tonight, it'll be noon of Jan 21st in Japan, even though it'll be evening of the 20th in Kansas.

:banana: I'm a total idiot. Ignore me =).

Anyway, news before the Super Bowl then. Good.

[VG Aficionado]

Does anyone know PS Gamer at ps3forums? Because I've been reading his posts for a while and...

Hempeater wrote:
The Chocobo Kid wrote:
I just went to know if what the price is. gamer can you give us a idea of where sony is going to price the ps3 act.

The man is just an Animation Designer. Im sure he knows little to nothing about that.


Not true, I am just an animation designer for this particular project. My job focus' on my degree (Which is a Bachleors in Game Design) so mainly I could work anything from storyboarding, to director.

Although I still can't say anything about a price, just yet. (Get this even the Janitor in our building has a NDA contract as well)

About specific studio? I was hired by SCEA (For my Game Design degree, although I also provide help inside the technology department), so technically I could work with any first-party developers. About the Technology department, the only project that I have gotten into was the new cooling system that they were designing, but as you can tell new cooling systems come out ever couple of days, so it wasn't anything big.

Well since the date has not yet been told to the general public, I'll just say its between the 12th - 18th Around then.Link: PS3 forums (http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=13740&start=30&sid=cb241a040ce03beeb0f25eb34fbf145d)

...look what he said today talking about next month's surprises in that thread. Among other things, he has said that he's working on The Eye Of Judgement, one of those PS3 games which titles recently leaked.

[Handycrap101]

Does anyone know PS Gamer at ps3forums? Because I've been reading his posts for a while and...

[/B]Link: PS3 forums (http://www.ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=13740&start=30&sid=cb241a040ce03beeb0f25eb34fbf145d)

...look what he said today talking about next month's surprises in that thread. Among other things, he has said that he's working on The Eye Of Judgement, one of those PS3 games which titles recently leaked.

Is there any proof to this guys credibility? I'm not saying he is lying I would just feel alot better if someone actually knew who he is and that what he says is reliable.

If this is true though then I guess we have no coice but to be-head Z :evillaugh. Sorry bud.

[RavenFox]

Hmm first time Im hearing Of Eye Of Judgement. Sounds Cool. You great bunch of guys have any more info on this other than the name? :-)

[VG Aficionado]

Is there any proof to this guys credibility? I'm not saying he is lying I would just feel alot better if someone actually knew who he is and that what he says is reliable.I've been paying attention to him for a good while and he looks reliable to me. He had mentioned long ago that he had something to do with the design of PS3's cooling system and he reiterated so in that very thread, his posts always seem to be solid regarding PS3. In any case, although I don't have proof on who he really is other than his posts, I'd say he is much more than an insider.

Hmm first time Im hearing Of Eye Of Judgement. Sounds Cool. You great bunch of guys have any more info on this other than the name? :-)I guess it could involve Eye toy, but other than that, nobody knows.

[Raijin]

One thing is good though with all these insiders, it seems the Playstation Conference is still hold on February. So, we dont have to wait too long now before getting new info!

[frosty]

In one of his other posts PS GAMER said there is a new gameplay mechanic in EOJ that will either create a new genre or kill the game if the players can't handle the "work" involved. Sounds like and eyetoy confirmation to me.

[Z]

If this is true though then I guess we have no coice but to be-head Z . Sorry bud.
ah, come on, that'll be the 3rd time this week! stitching it back isn't a walk in the park. I always get a view tilt!

anwya, in my defense, I did state in some thread here that I couldn't find anything mentioning the 5th. so as any intelligent person would do in my shoes, I TOTALLY BLAME IT ON METAL SPHERE!! go chop his freaking head!


now, forget about EoJ, what did he mean by these dates:Well since the date has not yet been told to the general public, I'll just say its between the 12th - 18th Around then.
is it the Feb. event?

[Metal Sphere]

Bah, if you knew where my username came from, you'd know you'll have a hard time chopping off my head. Anyway, I'm glad we're hearing something.

We figured there was some insane NDA coverage going on, but the janitor? Heh, come on.

[frosty]

I'm psyched about it, I just wish a more conctete date would be announced. I clean the janitor's pool, and I had to sign an NDA as well! j/k.

[RzrWire]

I believe the Feb Surprise will be held the next weekend after the Interactive Achievement Awards (http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-9/default.asp) on Feb. 9th.

Snippet:
The Ninth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards will be held at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 9th. This will be the first year there will be a red carpet, celebrity host celebrity presenters from film, television and sports, along with musical acts directly from videogames.

It would be the perfect time to launch an all out assault for the PS3. Sony will let their PS2 & PSP games take the lime light for themselves one last time before PS3 games start hitting the shelves sometime this year. My Prediction for the Feb. Surprise is possibly 17th - 19th with early info. released on the 16th.

[BruceWayneIII]

Just a reminder about the February 2006 Japanese event:

In addition, Saeki reveals in rather non-specific fashion that a February 2006 Japanese event intended to showcase playable PS3 games has been re-arranged, but that a "secret" alternative is being readied that may surprise players.

That was in September 2005

[Yo MaMa84]

Just a reminder about the February 2006 Japanese event:

[QUOTE]In addition, Saeki reveals in rather non-specific fashion that a February 2006 Japanese event intended to showcase playable PS3 games has been re-arranged, but that a "secret" alternative is being readied that may surprise players.[/QUOTE

That was in September 2005


I remembered that quote.....i think :ohno:

[julps31]

Yeah most of the articals with that quote in it came out around September 28-29th of last year and theres nothing that shows us that the shows been cancelled. But we also don't have a date. But at least September will be hear next week.

[Shadow Voa]

^ " In addition, Saeki reveals in rather non-specific fashion that a February 2006 Japanese event intended to showcase playable PS3 games has been re-arranged, but that a "secret" alternative is being readied that may surprise players."

Huh wow thats the first time I read that, but it also sums up my point that this "event" isnt going to be happening. What with no date and all, and that rather convincing quote. But I'm happy to be proven wrong although I highly doubt that will occur. :(

[julps31]

^ " In addition, Saeki reveals in rather non-specific fashion that a February 2006 Japanese event intended to showcase playable PS3 games has been re-arranged, but that a "secret" alternative is being readied that may surprise players."

Huh wow thats the first time I read that, but it also sums up my point that this "event" isnt going to be happening. What with no date and all, and that rather convincing quote. But I'm happy to be proven wrong although I highly doubt that will occur. :(Why don't you think it'll happen? Just because you haven't heard the quote before? Time to be schooled my freind. The interview was from Famiatsu and I got plenty of links to the quote.

Originally, SCE was scheduled to hold a Japanese event in February that would give players a chance to play PS3 games. Earlier, we mistakenly reported that this event had been cancelled. However, Saeki actually reveals to the magazine that SCE will be taking a somewhat different approach in holding the event. It's something that will surprise gamers, but it's being kept a secret for now.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/654/654390p1.html

As for when gamers will finally get to wrap their meaty fists around Sony's forthcoming PS3 titles, Saeki wouldn't be drawn, merely promising that the company has "a big surprise" in store next February, when its PS3 event was originally scheduled to occur.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=126586

On February event

It is a secret but you can be assured it is going to be very, very original, a super big surprise.

Source: Famitsu Weekly

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1185&Itemid=2

[Garfunkel]

psgamer is legit, i am almost cirtain, he has never said anything out of whack.
and if he is right on the date than he must be trustworthy.

[BruceWayneIII]

Julps31:

Thank you for helping me out with those extra links. It didn't really occur to me that my post could be read in a rather pessimistic way, just trying to get you all a bit excited about a real surprise (super big surprise - in fact)

Keep smiling girls and boys :-)

[Shadow Voa]

^ "Why don't you think it'll happen? Just because you haven't heard the quote before? Time to be schooled my freind. The interview was from Famiatsu and I got plenty of links to the quote."

Huh o..k what I got out of your link is that there is no Feb event like I figured there wasnt going to be. However the event was "replanned" with a "secert" event that is still going to happen this Feb but all thats known is it is really big. Yea that sounds like the kinda news my sister would dig up and call fact. :shrug:

I'm blowing the whistle on Feb, there is nothing special planned for PS3 (this encompassing major news like games, cell, online...etc) during this month. I would furthur more speculate that nothing new regarding PS3 will be seen until the GDC or E3 at the latest. With that in mind its easy to guess my views on the Spring launch in JAP which I don't see happening at all.

[RzrWire]

^ Pessimistic much? February is the month but no one knows when, where, or what exactly will be revealed. Don't kill the moment for yourself just yet bud. You'll see...

I'm thinking along the lines of "replanned" because we are not just going to have one show in one country this time...think multiple shows in key regions at the same time so everyone can get some hands on experience with the console...

[Grandia]

psgamer is legit, i am almost cirtain, he has never said anything out of whack.
and if he is right on the date than he must be trustworthy.
he said killzone was real

[Handycrap101]

he said killzone was real

I REALLY don't think you want to talk about Killzone with some members on this board.:tardbang:

[Red]

Can we expect some really impressive PS3 material and info blowout this month or is the surprise just a dissapointment like the last shows?

[Crossbar]

Can we expect some really impressive PS3 material and info blowout this month or is the surprise just a dissapointment like the last shows?
Maybe the PS3 project just got delayed with one month and therefore also the PR machinery?

I mean it wouldn't be the first time in the history of mankind that a project got delayed.....

[Z]

well, the only Feb. event I know of that is official is the Feb. 22nd PS3 show in London. I think it is the Playstation Experience?
that is only 4 days from now :)

[Garfunkel]

I hope sony gives me a nice lil' birthday prezzy and holds the Feb event on the 19th (i know it is not possible but i like to apply my own logic to things)

I know many members will do the "sony let us down" thing again if the feb event passes us by, and it is getting so painful waiting.