Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Wedbush Morgan Securities analysts predict the cost of Sony's next systems, with the PS3 weighing in at a possible whopping $700 if it includes PVR features.
From Spong, "Whilst the $249.99 estimate for the PSP launch price seems reasonable enough, the possible $700 price tag for the PS3 seems markedly more radical. If the PS3 is to incorporate PSX-like or TiVo facilities, it would apparently cost $500 to manufacture in the early stages. However, by 2006, Pachter and Woo have suggested that production costs could be brought down to around $250, which would enable a launch price closer to the $500 mark. Even if this is the case, such costs may prove to be prohibitively expensive, with the study concluding that 'At this level, we believe that many consumers will be alienated.'"
The full report can be read here.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Elder Scrolls series developer is looking for staff for new project on "future-generation consoles" and PC.
From GameSpot, "Bethesda Softworks, makers of the award-winning Elder Scrolls series of role-playing games, circulated an e-mail asking for new members for a 'team that is pushing the bleeding-edge of RPG development for the PC and future-generation consoles.' Specifically, Bethesda is hiring for three positions --two game programmers and a world artist--in or near its Maryland headquarters. Besides asking for the usual skills associated with such positions, two of the three positions also mention that 'knowledge of Role Playing games and The Elder Scrolls [is] a plus.'"
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Monday, June 14, 2004
Two additional games are in the works, one for current consoles and another for next-generation systems.
From Ferrago, "After the success of Enter the Matrix, we assumed more trilogy-related cash-ins were inevitable from the games industry, a fact confirmed by Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell at a conference last week. One game is currently being developed for the current generation of consoles, whilst another title is also being planned for future generation machines, making three Atari Matrix games in total."
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Sunday, May 30, 2004
EA Canada is working on a Need For Speed title for the PS3, Xbox Next, Nintendo Revolution, and teases that it will revolutionize driving games.
From Computers and Video Games, "Having added his own voice to a growing body of opinion that next-gen will no longer place such emphasis on creating visual splendour - since all next-gen games should easily achieve a high level of quality, Osieja gave insight into how his team is using development kits to change to face of the racing genre:
'We're seeing with the specs of the new hardware we can do some pretty amazing stuff; for us it's figuring out how to harness the laws of nature in basically a 2D gaming environment. Even though it's a full 3D environment on screen you're still limited by a TV screen, so how do you harness those things that you experience naturally in the world and translate them to a videogame experience?'
'Needless to say it's really, really exciting and I don't know if anyone else is going to do it, but I think EA, well, we're putting a lot of effort into it. I think it's going to be pretty cool.' Hell, yeah."
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Thursday, May 27, 2004
In commenting on Sony's Cell processor, chairman Nonuyuki Idei indicates that its first use for consumers will be the PS3.
From GamesRadar, "After Sony's somewhat obscure comments at their E3 conference regarding their forthcoming Cell processor - which will be used to power PlayStation 3 - Sony chairman Nonuyuki Idei has revealed more of their plans for the chip. And he's confirmed that their first consumer application for it is going to be PS3, which now looks set to appear in March 2006."
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