The Sony PS3 thread (apparently *still* obnoxious!)

[HGFB]

...also, Firmware 1.90 due tomorrow, according to threespeech:

• Ability to rearrange games on the XMB
• Option menu now includes “eject disk”
• Press triangle to eject games/CDs/movies in the XMB
• XMB backgrounds
• Change the folder classification
• Emoticons
• Change CD output to 44.1/88.2/176.4kHz
• Force 24Hz output for Blu-ray over HDMI
• Change PS3 video settings in-game
• “Bit Mapping” in the “Music Setting”
• Save AVCHD type animations from a Memory Stick
• Change settings like upscaling while playing PS and PS2 games
• Add bookmarks
• Web browser security function in the browser’s tool section
• Avatar moves during audio visual chat

Bit of a dull update really.

[WiteWulf]

Aye, but the AV geeks are gonna be frothing over the forced 24Hz output for BD. That's been a long time coming...

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Aye, but the AV geeks are gonna be frothing over the forced 24Hz output for BD. That's been a long time coming...

But in laymans terms, what exactly does it mean?

[WiteWulf]

It means that movies on BD that run at 24fps (high quality transfers from 'proper' film, generally) won't get displayed at 25fps or 30fps which causes jerking of the image.

[Dio]

Movies are filmed at 24fps but TV runs at 50 or 60fps. The results (particularly for the 60fps cadence change) look pretty horrible. In DVD this was baked onto the encoded disk, but Blu-ray discs can do the cadence changes in the player, rather than on the disc.

Some LCD TV's have support for 24fps display, so the player can send the data at that right. That's already there in the PS3 firmware, but it can be set to 'force off' or 'auto' only. Some of the TV's, notably the Samsung M8 series with early firmwares, have busted EDID data and don't report they support 24Hz even when they do, so the PS3 refuses to send 24Hz data.

People have then successfully forced it to 24Hz through an AV amp and it works fine. So they're adding a Force On option because avforums have begged 'em to, basically.

[Samus]

Pixel Junk Racers is looking like nice, simple, fun:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22451.html

I really like the feel of that

[Flabio]

Pixel Junk Racers is looking like nice, simple, fun:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22451.html

I really like the feel of that

I'm not sure. I've heard that it plays like one of those old TCR lane changing scalectrix knock offs rather than a Super Sprint clone. We shall see.

[WiteWulf]

I'm not sure. I've heard that it plays like one of those old TCR lane changing scalectrix knock offs rather than a Super Sprint clone. We shall see.

Here, maybe?

I didn't expect it to be like the old Scalectrix on a lane idea (Well TCR with the old lane changing gizmo). I was expecting more super sprint.

[Duck Turkin]

Is that going to be US or Europe? Eurogamer don't say and Sony hate Europe so it's not clear.

Apparently, according to this:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/23/sony- ... -thursday/

The demo is coming out this Thursday in Europe.

I also heard (same site) that Heavenly Sword is a trilogy. Is this true?

[Misfit]

I'm not sure. I've heard that it plays like one of those old TCR lane changing scalectrix knock offs rather than a Super Sprint clone. We shall see.

Here, maybe?

I didn't expect it to be like the old Scalectrix on a lane idea (Well TCR with the old lane changing gizmo). I was expecting more super sprint.

Bizarre how these rumours can start isn't it!

I'm just guessing of course, but looking at those vids it has to be. No human could navigate a course like that and that much traffic at the speeds shown in the demo plus the car sticks to it's racing line like glue.

[Bod]

Loco Roco coming to PSN. Sold!

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[Samus]

The idea of only lane changing and speed adjusting is what's exciting to me here. And of course 20-30 players multi. I've heard 80 is the max online, that seems too much for me right now, will have to see.

[Guru-Meditation]

Aaaah now with 20-30 players it becomes a smart game. The game would take off once you get 4 or more players in there. Showing it with 2 isn't doing the game justice.

[Kronos]

That new "value pack" PS3 is now showing up here in Norway.
2nd Sixaxis, Motorstorm, and Resistance.
Still getting shafted - 6K NOK.
(Yeah, I want a PS3, but I can do without the extra controller and Motorstorm.)

Nasty. 6000 SEK, which makes Norway's a fair bit more expensive. Then again, my price is taken from Webhallen, which is just about the cheapest you'd find it in Sweden. Christ knows what Game will charge for it.

http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=77282

Not sure about abroad but here you get a choice of almost any 2 PS3 games and 2 BluRay movies aswell as the extra Sony controller for the same price as the console alone (425 sterling) in HMV stores in the UK.

I have no time for Game and their "sorry we don't price match anymore" overpriced bundles and their less than friendly returns policy these days.

[Bod]

Just updated mine to firmware 1.90.

(didn''t expect it to be available this early in the morning!)