E3: Sony’s press conference

I’m watching Sony’s press conference and will try to blog live.

  • Jack Tretton enters Home (president of Sony)
  • 80GB $599
  • 60GB $499
  • PlayStation2 – 180 million consoles worldwide
  • PSP – 90% rise in sale since price reduction this Spring
  • PSP games: Sucom, WipeOut Pulse, Syphon Filter: Logan’s shadow, NBA 08, God of War: Change of Olympus, Silent Hill – Origins, Patapon, Tiger Wood PGA Tour 08, Sonic Rivals 2, Sims 2 – Castaway, Swat – Target Liberty, Final Fantasy Tactics, Castlevania
  • Kaz Hirai enter the stage
  • Eveloution of the PSP (new moddel) – It’s lghter and slimmer, better battery life. It also have a video out. Comes in Black, Ice Silver.
  • Chewbacca enters shows a StarWars PSP
  • StarWars Battlefront Renedage Squadron – PSP trailer
  • PlayStation Network – PlayStation Store – HOME – PS3/PSP connectivity
  • Phil Harrison enter the stage
  • PlayStation Store download games: echochrome, WipeOut HD, Pain, WarHawk, Sucom: Confrontation
  • Playstation HOME – the Home client is running on mobilephone
  • Phil Harrison is taking a photo of the audience and send it to a picture frame in HOME
  • You can use your PSP in HOME to launch a game in PS3. When you quit the game, you get back to HOME where you started it.
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  • Tretton talks about the price cut and the new 80GB PS3
  • He also talks about Blue-ray
  • 200 Blue-ray games worldwide
  • Haze trailer
  • Unreal Tournament 3 trailer (PS3 exclusive)
  • Trailer show: Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare, Assasin’s Creed, Kane & Lynch – Dead Men, Resident Evil 5, Burnout Paradise, Madden NFL 08, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Simpsons Game, Guitar Hero III – Legends of Rock, Medal of Honor – Airborne, Rock Band
  • Hideo Kojima enters the stage. He’s the creator of Metall Gear Solid 4 – Guns of the Patriots and shows a trailer (Metall Gear Solid fransiche is 20 years this summer). This is the last game in the series.
  • PS3 exclusive titles: Rachet Clank Future – Tools of Destruction, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, NBA 08, Little Big Planet, Uncharted – Drake’s Fortune.
  • Infamous trailer
  • Grand Turismo trailer
  • Killzone 2 video
  • Jack Tretton wraps it all up