A big thank you to all those who attended last night’s Three Speech event over at PlayStation’s 3Rooms venue and for making it such a huge success - especially those who travelled all the way from Nottingham, Leeds, Plymouth etc just for the occasion!
We’ll be getting some film footage and other info taken from the event up on Three Speech asap. In the meantime, we’d love to hear your thoughts on the evening, on what Phil had to say and on playing the PS3s. Also feel free to send in any pics you took - we’ll get some of them up on the site.
Here’s a couple to start with from Amit Tida:
bloody hell…missed ya by a day!!
anyhow…there is mucho speculation at the moment with regards to the european release (march) pushed to ’september!’ NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
guys…could you possibly go back in time and plead with Mr Harrison to make sure, for crying out ‘loud’ to please make the march date!! i dont know if i could hold out on buying ‘alternate’ consoles for much longer!!!!
seriously….people ARE pissed by the wait…dont lose the european territory sony!!
(read any gaming forums/posts)
fingers crossed x (launch with 3 consoles for all i care!just frigging launch in march!)
ahem…rant over…thank you…
p.s jammy buggers on the PS3 event
Comment by seedaripper — Dec 13, 2006 @ 2:33 pm
Just a quick note and to say thanks to everyone that made the event something to remember.
We had a fantastic time.
Anyone feel free to sign up to our PS3 forum to say Hi.
Thanks again to everyone at Three Speach.
Good luck in everything you do and to Sony for the Euro launch.
Thanks.
Kris
http://www.playstationonline.co.uk
Comment by Kristain — Dec 13, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
It was a great evening! Thanks to everyone for organising the event, to Phil for coming along and to the staff who had worked a very long day and were friendly and helpful all night.
I’m in the middle of writing a long blog post about the event
Cheers and thanks again.
Comment by Pete — Dec 13, 2006 @ 3:18 pm
Wow, what a night! A fantastic evening setup by the team at Threespeech and Sony. A lot of people like myself watch videos, read articles, etc online and thorugh other various media outlets / publishers, but the truth is you have to see it for yourself to truly appreciate what the PS3 can do, and the capabilities that it holds for the future.
A big thank you to David and the team at Threespeech, and also to Phil Harrison for taking time out of his busy schedule and answer some questions and hang around for a while.
Keep up the good work on the site, will be in touch soon.
Take care and thanks again.
Comment by Abbas — Dec 13, 2006 @ 3:53 pm
A great evening. I came with the intent of not getting over-awwd by the occasion and my first encounter with the playstation 3, I cracked and am still grinning ear to ear with excitement.
Im some-what repeating a previouse statment by saying- You truly can’t apreciate what this machine has to offer untill you have seen it in the flesh.
A HUGE thankyou to David and the Threespeech team, Phil Harisson for his time and everyone else that attended. I had a great chat with a variety of people. (I was wearing glasses and a checked shirt)
dont hesitate to get intouch, hopefully we can build a tight-nit community for future threespeech events.
sig-gotyouth@hotmail.co.uk
p.s. What BRAVIA model was being used for the demo? I need one
Comment by sigmund judge — Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:50 pm
Thankyou so much for the chance to go last night - it was great, what an event! I’ll be sure to keep looking out for the next one.
I’m in the progess of setting up a blog at the moment, and I’m going to email you my pictures, I got quite a few.
If anyone wants to contact me add me on msn - tom@dsclan.co.uk. I was the young one wearing a grey top, black jeans.
Keep in touch!
Comment by Tom Eccles — Dec 13, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
Whoops, there I am!
Thanks again for the night out guys, had a great time. It was cool to meet some of the other attendees too! I hope that there will be many more in the future.
Cheers again!
Tom (in the midst of blogging)
Comment by Tom — Dec 13, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
To reiterate what the other guys said, anyone who wants to please do keep in touch. I’ve just updated my blog with a post about last night and am just sorting out all the photos.
I was wearing glasses and wearing a green striped shirt, playing a lot of Motorstorm. And big thanks to everyone who chatted, hung out and enjoyed playing games. It was great to talk to all you guys.
Comment by Pete — Dec 13, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
Sounds like you all had a great time. Please post links to sites/blogs where we can see the piccies!
Comment by Timeless — Dec 13, 2006 @ 7:09 pm
just gotta click my name for mine!
http://www.petecullen.net
Comment by Pete — Dec 13, 2006 @ 7:57 pm
Amazing evening! Phil seemed pretty open and willing to answer anything (though there were a little too many Linux questions) the people were amazing and like what has been said before, You can’t understand how good the PS3 is until you see in in person.. Amazing!
I need that BRAVIA TV
Thanks to all of the Sony guys, David, The whole Threespeech team and the people i met yesterday
Comment by Johnny boy — Dec 13, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
*Pete* Nice write up - particularly interesting to read about the remote play to PSP and online gaming aspects. Regarding homebrew, what is the lowdown on that? And must admit, when I’ve heard him on videos Phil Harrison has never come across as arrogant to me - single minded maybe but quite inspired as well. Thanks again for the report.
Comment by Belfast Steps — Dec 13, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
Thanks a lot Belfast Steps, I appreciate the feedback!
Homebrew lowdown is..watch this space from what I remember! It’ll happen for sure.
Single mindedness can be perceived as arrogance in some people, I know exactly what you mean. Fair play to him, Phil was a nice guy, and nice to see a Brit so high up in a huge company like Sony, got to give it to the guy!
Comment by Pete — Dec 13, 2006 @ 8:57 pm
[...] Posted by Curtis on December 13th, 2006 Sony recently threw an PR event of sorts in the UK at their PlayStation’s 3Rooms venue at which Phil Harrison was on hand to assure the Brits that yes, they still plan on launching the PS3 in March…they just don’t know when…yet. Apparently, Sony may be keen on releasing the PS3 on the 3rd day of the 3rd month. How cheeky. Here are some other noteworthy things to, umm, note…. [...]
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Can anyone who was there last night confirm if all of the below is accurate please
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PS3 to Launch Earlier and Cheaper than expected in EU - 4 Hours Ago
This is great news for the pal region.
Quote:
INFO GATHERED FROM LONDON’S http://www.threespeech.com event with Phil Harrisson (December 12th 2006)
Playstation 3 european launch within the first 2 weeks of March 2007, as explained to me, Sony’s financial year ends on the 3rd week of March and therefore they want to launch before the next finanacial year begins. Judging that UK consoles always release on a friday expect the european launch on either the 2nd or 9th of March. Though a strong hint was that they are hoping to drop the playstation 3 on the 3rd day of the 3rd month (march 3rd).
On the same day as playstation 3’s euro launch SCE are to distribute there march firmware update with features including:
multi-tasking (included will be audio/video conferencing while browsing the xmb and its features/ gameplay).
new xmb display options
new animations for audio playback.
new photo album options.
playstation store auto ressume
psp remote play advanced access option (so that you can have access to your ps3’s content anywhere that has a internet connection)
Firmware will be constantly updated, with the view of a tv tuner and tivo like service to be available in the 3rd quater of 2007.
Also it is hoped that the same week as the euopean launch of the system will also see the worldwide launch of the ps3’s HDip Camera (specifications to be announced at a later date). In terms of other accessories, Sony dont see it as a necesity to manufacture playstation branded headsets, keyboards or mice, as put to me by Jonathun of SCE’s threespeech.com ‘Third party companies can offer these accessories to the consumer at a price which SCE could not compete’.
A extension to the Sony online store will also make its debut in march. Titled ‘Sing Store’, PS3 owners will be able to purchase songs for there ‘Sing Star’ kareoke programme from a slew of artists and will also be given the option to view the songs purchased as music videos via the video playback option within the xmb.
In terms of the european online store, while still being extremley vague, a spokesman for SCE europe was able to explain that Sony would have no defense if they were to charge the european consumer more than in other regions as there are no extra costs on digital distribution as apposed to a product with packaging etc. So expect a $15.00 download to cost people in the UK around £6.50.
other notes-
PS3 will be sold at £425 or lower, meaning we could have it cheaper then the previousley stated price.
Dont expect to see 20GB models available in europe.
No VGA cables to be released.
No plans to make RSX available to Linux OS, due to security issues.
A service to reserve your playstation online id will be up and running this weekend or next.
Sony make a much smaller loss on European PS3’s, so expect production to be diverted there, if needed.
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Comment by Jam Toast — Dec 13, 2006 @ 9:32 pm
Hey guys, was a great evening. I was the guy in the red hoodie and red t-shirt. There will be videos, photos and a whole essay almost about the evening and a recap of any news/confirmations. I’d be in for the community. ThreeSpeech can we have a forum please. And a podcast!
Ben
P.S: My blog is on http://www.red-riot.net
or just http://benfurneaux.blogspot.com
Comment by Ben Furneaux — Dec 14, 2006 @ 12:15 am
cool, they used my pics, had a great time, thanks to threespeech and sony, dream come true, c you guys at the ps3 queue. come on launch day
Comment by Amit T — Dec 14, 2006 @ 12:34 am
*** MY EPIC BLOG POST IS UP NOW ***
http://benfurneaux.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-went-on-in-3rooms.html
I’ll also post a link to my Flickr when photos are uploaded
B
Comment by Ben Furneaux — Dec 14, 2006 @ 1:02 am
Yeah cheers guys, good night. Free beer, woo. And that food was awesome.
Can anyone remember the name of that game, I assume it’ll be an eDi release. Was a kinda top-down cops and robbers game.
Comment by Soong — Dec 14, 2006 @ 3:26 am
Soong: That’s Calling All Cars. It looks fun, if you ask me.
Sounds like everyone had a great time. I wish I could have been there, but travelling from Sweden would have been too much of a hassle
Comment by Toby — Dec 14, 2006 @ 9:48 am
Soong think it was Cash Guns Chaos or Calling All Cars.
Comment by Pete — Dec 14, 2006 @ 9:52 am
Calling all Cars is in this months Next3 UK Magazine
Comment by Tony Nibbles — Dec 14, 2006 @ 4:25 pm
[...] A week ago Sony held a PlayStation 3Rooms event for the UK press to play the latest PS3 games, since it’s not out in Europe yet. At the event Phil Harrison, Sony Worldwide Studios President, got interviewed by Threespeech and let go of the latest PS3 European launch details. Here they are summed up: [...]
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Nice flush-mounted screens !
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