Sony Announces 34 PS3 Games At Gamer's Day

destinyland writes "Sony just announced a whopping 34 titles that are upcoming for the PlayStation 3. Despite record losses for the game group, their stock shot to a five-year high and they promised to eliminate 80% of their operating loss within one year. Analysts think that Sony's plan for that might include eventually lowering prices for the PS3." The 'Gamers Day' event featured a great deal of new information about Sony products and services, including the new PSP Store. Joystiq had some hands-on time with highly anticipated titles like LittleBigPlanet and Heavenly Sword.

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Duh

[Adam Zweimiller]

Maybe if they cared enough to fix some of the HUGE issues with the PS3, consumer adoption would be higher. Like the 720p problem. I have a Panasonic 27" 1080i CRT HDTV in my bedroom. It does NOT suppose 720p and goes black when a 720p source is fed to it over component. Therefore, I can only get 480p out of my console for games designed to run at 720p. The games that do run at 1080p take a huge hit in framerate and are downscaled to 1080i. Sony has put out many updates to the PS3 and is even now working on firmware 2.0. They have had ample time to fix this and have not. I do believe the presence of a scaler chip was proven to exist in the PS3, however sources conflict on this. On another note, I think the price point of the PS3 is insane considering its competition. It is true that consoles in the past, when counting for inflation have been just as expensive if not more so. Therefore, the $600 price tag is not inherently insane, but considering the $400.00 and $250.00 price points of the X360 and Wii respectively, it is absurd. Proponents point to the BluRay suppose and the cost of the HD DVD addon for the X360 as proof that the consoles cost the exact same in the end. Yeah, but the difference is I opted for that functionality. That's good for two reasons. 1) By the time I got my X360, two games, an extra controller, I wasalready at almost a $600.00 cost for the console. Honestly I wouldn't have had another $200 right then and there to get the PS3. I loved being able to go pay the extra $200 months later and get the HD DVD addon (which I can use with my PC!) at my leisure and choice. Even now, becuase I got my HD DVD drive first, I am a staunch supported of the format. I don't care to buy BluRay movies at all. So when I bought my PS3, I had to shell out $200 more for functionality I don't need or want. And no, I don't buy the argument that next-gen games just absolutely NEED that kind of storage capacity. So yeah Sony, stop shoving your Superior Formats(TM) down our throats and rootkitting our computers, you might actually start making money!