PSN Content 8/16/07

[Epix]

Japanese content is up now.
Europe content is up now.
North America content is up at about 6PM EST.

Full list for NA is still unknown.

We're not getting Fatal Inertia. If you read the PR release a little closer, you could see that they are talking about the 360 version for Europe.
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THIS WEEK:

North America

Games:
-Dirt demo
-NCAA Football 2008 demo

Trailers:
-Heavenly Sword - Animated Prologue: Legend of the Sword (part 2 of 5)
-Heavenly Sword - Making of... (part 2)
-Folklore "A tale of two strangers" trailer
-Timeshift

Wallpapers:
-Heavenly Sword Anime, pt. 2
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research (2 of them)

Europe/PAL (UK mostly)

Games:
Armored Core 4 demo

Trailers:
-Heavenly Sword - Animated Prologue: Legend of the Sword (part 2 of 5)
-Heavenly Sword - Making of... (part 2)

Japan

Games:
TBA

Trailers:
TBA
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COMING SOON:

Demos:
-Folklore - English demo - August 23rd
-Ratchet and Clank - demo will be released in the "Near Future"
-Home - open beta in August
-Jericho - demo in August
-Stranglehold - demo in August
-Lair - demo not likely until after release
-Little Big Planet - "open beta" by the end of this year

PSN Games:
-Release dates that are known:
--WarHawk - Aug. 28th (also on Blu-Ray)

-Later this year:
--Aqua Vita
--Elefunk
--Everyday Shooter
--Go! Sports Ski
--Gran Turismo: Prologue
--Loco Roco PS3
--PixelJunk Racers
--Snake Ball
--SOCOM: Confrontation (also on Blu-Ray)
--Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD
--Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD
--Tekken 5: DR Online
--Toy Home
--WipeOut HD

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STUFF YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:

JAPAN:

Games:
-No Hot Shots 5 demo anymore
-BladeStorm - demo
-Folklore - demo
-Mainichi Issho - full game
-XI[sai] - demo
-Japanese PS1 game list (http://www.consolewars.de/messageboard/showpost.php?p=1567856)

Trailers:
-White Knight Story (Shirokishi)
-Lair - Making of
-Lair
-WarHawk
-Uncharted
-Ratchet & Clank Future (for people who like bushy eyebrows)
-Blazing Angels
-Devil May Cry 4
-Wangan Midnight
-Hot Shots 5
-Folklore (cool song - think Japanese Linkin Park, has English VA)
-Virtua Fighter 5
-Ridge Racer 7
-Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

For help on creating a Japan Store account, CLICK HERE (http://blogs.ign.com/xheavenxsentx/2006/12/09/39684/)

Some JGAF-ers are willing to pick up a PSN card for you to download some of those PS1 games.


UNITED KINGDOM:

Trailers:
-PSN Showcase (shows many current and upcoming PSN games)
-PSN Event (the event in Europe that happened around the same time as Gamers' Day)
-Assassin's Creed
-The Darkness (Annihilation)
-Haze (gameplay footage)
-Wipeout HD
-Rainbow Six: Vegas

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PENDING TITLE UPDATES:

Ninja Gaiden: Sigma:
315 yen for the first expansion (US pricing and price on other 2 packs should be comparable)
-Weapon Master - Survival Mode - Ryu-only (September 6th)
-Speed Master - Time Attack Mode (September)
-Rachel Master - Survival Mode - Rachel-only (October)

MotorStorm (August):
For $$$:
-Eagle's Nest (new track)
-Coyote Revenge (new track)
-New unlockable vehicles
-Eliminator game mode

Gripshift:
-Level creator is in the works (no time frame for release)

(credit to tanod @ GAF)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Jericho demo coming??? Oh I hope so.

[Sephiroth_VII]

We should sticky something like this.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

No.

[Passive]

can we sticky every thread lali? please? :D

[Nameless]

Another week of wack updates...
I'm really worried about Lair since the developer refuses to release a demo prior to the game's release.
*I know this may be unfair, but come on there’s no excuse for the lack of a demo IMO.*

A good demo can make or break a game and in the case of Bioshock & Stranglehold the great demos have made me want to purchase those games on day one. Since Factor 5 refuses to offer a demo prior to the game's release I will not purchase the game on day one considering the mixed reception regarding the game's controls...

Also, what's the hold up on a stranglehold demo it was released on Live 2 weeks ago and why are we not getting an online Warhawk demo prior to release? It should not be that difficult considering they held a beta...

I just want to see more solid releases on the PSN, because it still seems like demos are few and far between for the PS3...

[satriales]

Another week of wack updates...
I'm really worried about Lair since the developer refuses to release a demo prior to the game's release.
*I know this may be unfair, but come on there’s no excuse for the lack of a demo IMO.*
I'd also love to see a LAIR demo as I'm still undecided on the game, but I remember they said the levels alone were 2GB and if you add music and everything else it would be a very large download.

I have been wondering about the size of demo's increasing as games try and fill a blu-ray. I recently got a warning form my ISP that I had downloaded 45GB in the last 30 days and that if I ever reach 50GB in a rolling 30 day window my speed would be drastically reduced. Most of that 45GB was down to my brothers downloading movies and streaming football (soccer) matches, but as we get more and more demo's that are over 1GB it starts to become a problem (atleast here in the UK where the internet network is not too good).

[OmniCloud]

Weak update....

No demo love...

When will PS3 catch up with the frequency of demo:huh:

Then again, I still haven't finished Odin's Sphere yet:shrug:

[GTAce]

Games:
Armored Core 4 demo
At least a new demo for me lol... 8(

[Fats]

^I think that I downloaded that ages ago from the Japanese or American store. Can't remember.

[GTAce]

Yeah you did i know lol.


Its a bit ridiculous....

[qzak]

You can ALL stop whining:

DiRT Demo
NCAA Football 08 Demo
Heavenly Sword Anime 2
Heavenly Sword Making of 2
Folklore video
Timeshift trailer
Some movie trailer crap

[OmniCloud]

U.S store?

[satriales]

Some movie trailer crap
It's not crap, it's Wall E

[makeitlookreal]

I'm downloading the Dirt Demo now.

I'm curious if it will look better than Motorstorm.

[orbtronik]

i refuse to stop whinning til i get my dam Dark Resurrection Online!!!

[saud264]

dirt demo

download 3% go go go !

after 5 hour will finish downloading :thumbl:

[mokmok]

MILR - could you also report back on the framerate, I hope it's better that the 360's...

[user friendly]

MILR - could you also report back on the framerate, I hope it's better that the 360's...

Im still dl'ing but I've been hearing that it's silky smooth.

[Nameless]

I guess I spoke too soon, because it looks like we got a demo...
It's still not any demo I am anticipating, because I already played the Dirt demo on 360 several weeks ago. Since everyone does not own both console it's better than nothing... I may download the demo to compare it to the 360 version, but I want to see some exclusive demos in the near future.

[makeitlookreal]

So far the frame rate is very, very good. The graphics also look good, but they seem to be a little less sharp that I would like. I think it would look better on a HDTV.

[Nameless]

^ :duh: Ya think...

[makeitlookreal]

Well, Motorstorm looked sharper than Dirt on my standard definition TV. Although, I think Dirt has better effects and lighting.

[Fillibuster]

I liked the DiRT demo on 360, I'm downloading now to do a comparison. Course it might not be fair since my PS3 is hooked up HDMI/DVI as opposed to component...

[OmniCloud]

Cool demos, but still, not really my taste...

even one demo a week would be nice Sony...just give a little taste every update.

[section]

There was a DIRT demo released?!? Man my stomach started to ache here at work just now :D

Can you rich b*stards owning 1080P sets confirm it's native 1080P? Maybe even a few images could be appreciated.

I wonder if it gives worse results to downscale 1080P to SD than 720P to SD resolution? I mean if it looks fuzzier or something.

[KnightRiderX]

nope.

it's 720P.

[frosty]

Not true, it runs at full 1080p. The 360 version is 720p. Not only that, but it maintains a better frame rate at 1080p than 360 did at 720p. I've got a video interview with the dev stating that posted on the main page.

[B Dizzle]

Who at Sony has overall responsibility for the Store?

As it stands it pretty much replicates the shitty retail treatment we receive from Sony(ie late generally sub-par 360 cast-offs) with the added bonus of mobile(cell) phone games upscaled to 1080p.

When is a supposedly global-multinational like Sony actually gonna start operating as such? Yes, Europe is a tricky market but everyone else seems to manage.

Games that come out on the 360 or Wii for that matter have to go the same processes that PS3 games do, yet they turn up a matter of days after the US launch not weeks or months later. I mean, even Nintendo, for whom Europe hasnt even existed for the past 2 generations went out and bought themselves a new map.

The fact that we are getting excited about trailers and demo's like they were actual triple A title releases and forumites creaming themselves because a multiplat title will look identical to the competition says a whole heap about the state of SCE and its genuinely alarming if you consider that, apart from the OPU, the hardware was finished 2 years ago.

And to those of you that love to take regular dips in the "stop whinging, just wait, its coming...." jacuzzi of like.no.other. branded K.Y.(you wont find any of my stray pubes in there), my $720(£360)(pre-tax) tells me I've been waiting too long and am entitled to bitch.

[masteratt]

I agree completely but you are the one who bought one mate, no-one made you (at least I hope not, lol).

I like Sony as much (or probably more) than the next guy but I didn't invest in the PS3 because there is nothing to invest in it for other than "potential" and I'll be damned if I'm paying £350 for potential.

You should have waited before investing instead of investing and then waiting.

[B Dizzle]

preach on, bro, preach on

That would mean that I'd still have a 360 and be able to play BioShock whilst its still culturally relevant.

You lose some and then you lose some more.

[qzak]

OK so I'm not usually on the "just wait and you'll see" bandwagon, but there's a shitload of games (good ones, exclusive ones) coming down the pipe starting at the end of August. Too fast for me (personally) to be able to play all the ones I want.

I wouldn't insult you by mentioning something that was months away, etc etc. But for cryin' out loud...two weeks? Two weeks isn't "potential," it's "imminent."

[Jay Gee]

Warhawk at the end of Aug, HS and Lair in September, R&CF: ToD and Folklore in October. The wait is over, mang.

[GTAce]

Is DIRT in the Euro store?
PLEEAASE im way too lazy to create an US account lol.

[Epix]

OP Updated.

[qzak]

Warhawk at the end of Aug, HS and Lair in September, R&CF: ToD and Folklore in October. The wait is over, mang.

From IGN:

Aug 28: Warhawk
Sept 4: Lair
Sept 12: Heavenly Sword
Oct. 4: Folklore
Oct. 23: Ratchet + Clank: TOD
Oct: 25: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Nov. 6: Unreal Tournament 3
Nov. 13: Singstar (for my wife...really)
Nov 20: Haze
Nov 20: Uncharted

Something for everyone. Famine will soon be feast. Oh, and Home on Oct. 4, but that's more of a diversion not a game...

[GTAce]

October cant be here soon enough.

[Nameless]

^^ All I can say is that Warhawk & Heavenly Sword better not get delayed...
*Good reviews would help!*
We should already be playing Lair and all of these delays are starting to become absurd especially when you have a title like Bioshock hitting on the 360...

[Segitz]

Is DIRT in the Euro store?
PLEEAASE im way too lazy to create an US account lol.

Nope, US only up until now...

Played it just now... Looks okay-ish... The "damage" system doesn't look as good as in the trailers imho (all of the body parts blown off, but the lights are still attached??) and the controls are _BAD_ (imho). It just plays not well, I can't tell why. It's neither arcadey nor real, so a cooky cutter somehow.

The NCAA is still loading... (my wifi crapped out while I was taking a nap :( )


And, Eurogamer says, WarHawk DL version will "etail" for 30€ (now THAT's a price for the Europeans!!)

[Heinrich4]

thanx a lot for good thread and information and im down folckore and bladestorm in psnstore jap and a like (the bad thing is try understand kanji ...) this demos.

[Jay Gee]

The GUI for DiRT was pretty awesome. I was digging the presentation for it.

[Raitei]

it is a pretty slick menu system, but its not as fun as motorstorm really, looks nice though.

and if warhawk is 30euros, that's £20 or $40. though hopefully ill go halfs with someone =]

[KnightRiderX]

Not true, it runs at full 1080p. The 360 version is 720p. Not only that, but it maintains a better frame rate at 1080p than 360 did at 720p. I've got a video interview with the dev stating that posted on the main page.

well the game might be in 1080p but the demo was sure as hell in 720p.

[Leedogg]

I actually really enjoyed the DiRT demo, even though the controls do take a little bit of time to get control of the cars properly.


*Adds DiRT to buy list*

[section]

Having played all of DIRT demo now I can say with words of fellow forum member: doesn't leave a dent in MotorStorm. Although not prolly meant to compete, this doesn't match even a quarter of ms's intensity, feeling or overall fun. It's pretty though but there's a tad too much HDR lighting to my taste.

Now to wait for first PS3 WRC game, will most likely skip this, unless it's bargain.

If it looks like a CMR game, plays like a CMR game it must be a...

[Nameless]

well the game might be in 1080p but the demo was sure as hell in 720p.

If the demo is native 720P I will not bother downloading...
I was curious to see the visuals in native 1080P compared to the 360 demo.

Can someone please confirm if the demo is native 720P.

[woundingchaney]

If the demo is native 720P I will not bother downloading...
I was curious to see the visuals in native 1080P compared to the 360 demo.

Can someone please confirm if the demo is native 720P.

The devs said it runs 1080p during the interview, although with all the talk of 1080p and games these days Im not sure if we are talking native or using the upscaling feature. Visually there wasnt a large difference between the two consoles, where the PS3 seemed to shine was in refinement to more of the technical features (quicker loading, some AI improvement, environment and car effects added, etc).

[karibu]

Neat menu, but craptastic game. Horrible I say. Not even that good looking.
Motorstorm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DIRT

[OmniCloud]

Dirt is too simi for me, in fact the only thing I liked about the game was the camera options--in car view is fun and Motorstorm 2 better have it!!

and yep, that's about it, played Motorstorm after that...lool

I literally turned on NCAA, received a kick, and quit and deleted the demo shortly after...

Honestly I don't see how these franchises stay so popular, it looks like a last gen game!!!

[Sephiroth_VII]

The demo is 720p on my TV, that's all I know. Maybe the demo is from before they locked the resolution at 1080p?

[user friendly]

What's the reason for a non sticky again? Is it because it would clutter up the top of the forum? Or is it because it just isn't needed?

If you could get someone to keep it ipdated every week, I think it would be a good idea.

It's actually very easy and sometimes creates lesss clutter overall because people tend to post PSN related discussion in that thread, thus not creating a thread just ask a question about a demo and whatnot.

It's not like it's a big deal but some weeks people will post 2 or 3 threads related to PSN without seeing the other one or 2 threads.

Anyway, this is how mine looks if you haven't seen it yet.

Link (http://forums.qj.net/f-ps3-news-71/t-psn-store-content-081607-102304.html)

[LaLiLuLeLo]

User Friendly, it's simply because we always have too many stickies at the top of the thread to begin with and would like to keep them to a minimum. And besides, if the topic is relevant and of interest to everyone here, it's gonna stay alive. We don't need to sticky every topic of moderate relevance, especially when it's constantly changing on a weekly basis. We have 5 stickies, we don't need 6.

[fastasleep]

DIRT is basically Colin McRae Rally 5 or 6 or whateve number it would be at now. Not entirely sure why they're changed the name over to DIRT. Got tired of paying Colin for the licence, I guess.

The game insn't meant to compete with Motorstorm. Its rally racing with some dirt buggies thrown in for extra. Just to let people know, if you go online, you'll actually be competing with other people's times, not the actual racers themselves. Rally racing, by its nature is one long series of time trial events.

[GTAce]

DIRT is basically Colin McRae Rally 5 or 6 or whateve number it would be at now. Not entirely sure why they're changed the name over to DIRT. Got tired of paying Colin for the licence, I guess.
The game is called Colin McRae: DIRT btw.^^

[Fazares]

dirt looks quite good to me...specially in the subaru event...the menus were very impressive as well...

[my name is Nobody]

I was playing Dirt for about twenty minutes and then I had to stop just
way to dull for me. NCAA was just garbage.

[Dradien]

Dirt looks nice, menus are awesome, but the physics...come on.

You just dont stop like that. OR turn, or slide. MotorStorm gives you a much bigger and better "Oh shit, Need to win" Feeling...

[Smokey]

the demo is 720p not even 1080i

[OmniCloud]

I was playing Dirt for about twenty minutes and then I had to stop just
way to dull for me. NCAA was just garbage.QFT

[Fats]

I'll be getting Dirt, looks like an enjoyable Muddy romp. Sold Motorstorm ages ago, so this should fill the void.

[jako]

Can someone remind me how I can create an account for the US PSN ?
I want to try this Dirt Demo.

[BruceWayneIII]

EU PSN update Wednesday night. Folklore (English - for a short period of time) and trailers:

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/08/20/eu-psn-update-due-on-wednesday-folklore-demo-included/

[GTAce]

That must be an LGC remoted update....
Im nervous, ALMOST the feelings that i had before E³.

[Jay Gee]

So wait...Europe gets Folklore and I get...DiRT? Wow, I just don't understand why the damn stores can't get the same releases everywhere. I DO like RPGs, Sony.:/

And yes, I do know about creating overseas accounts, but this is goofy on Sony's part. Oh, AND it's for a limited time. WTF?

[OmniCloud]

So wait...Europe gets Folklore and I get...DiRT? Wow, I just don't understand why the damn stores can't get the same releases everywhere. I DO like RPGs, Sony.:/

And yes, I do know about creating overseas accounts, but this is goofy on Sony's part. Oh, AND it's for a limited time. WTF?I kinda understand your frustration, but it's really, really easy to just make another account:huh:

So its more like "why aren't the stores merged Sony? that's stupid:huh:"

"meh...whatever, just log in on this "other" name here;)"

[Fats]

I'm looking forward to Folklore! :)

[BruceWayneIII]

I kinda understand your frustration, but it's really, really easy to just make another account:huh:

So its more like "why aren't the stores merged Sony? that's stupid:huh:"

"meh...whatever, just log in on this "other" name here;)"

Answer is: legal issues in a big set of different countries and their regulations.