It’s not looking exceptionally good for companies like Sony and Samsung who’re vehemently trying to force 3D on consumers. A recent survey in Japan shows that nearly 70% of respondents had no interest in purchasing a home 3D TV set at all. While a potential adoption figure of 30% is certainly higher than I’d imagined, it’s got to come as …
Sony has insisted that wearing glasses to view 3D content is a minor quibble – and wants Nintendo to stop harping on about the magical, glasses-free nature of their Nintendo 3DS. "If you really want a big theatre experience, of course you have to wear glasses," president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida said to IGN. "With the latest technology, …
Speaking to VG247 at E3, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has questioned whether the market is really ready for consumer-level 3D. Sony’s doing their hardest to push 3D technology, incorporating native support for the feature in its TV’s and the PS3. Microsoft, it seems, is keener to take a “wait and see†approach. Last Updated: June 23, 2010
Nintendo’s 3DS had a really good showing at E3. It caused stampedes of gamers trying to get in to the long queues to play the device. By all accounts it works – and it works really well. Despite that, and despite not actually seeing or using the device himself, Sony’s Kaz Hirai has downplayed the technology, calling it imprecise. Last …
3D is going big this year. Putting aside my trepidations that it’s still a bit of a gimmick – and that it gives me a pretty sizeable headache – it’ll be interesting to see if this time around they manage to make 3D stick. Sony’s been pushing 3D heavily – the PS3 received an updates to enable 3D blu-ray and …
Yesterday we heard about Aaron Greenburg shooting his mouth off about the ludicrously high number of Halo 3 sales compared to the top 3 exclusive IP’s on the PS3. Well today it’s time for Sony to respond and up steps Sony Computer Entertainment’s UK boss, Ray Maguire, to answer back. According to Ray Last Updated: June 11, 2010
That scheduled PS3 maintenance yesterday? that was to prepare the system for 3D, apparently.The PSN is now serving 3D games, with the first 3 available today, and a demo coming tomorrow. If you’ve already jumped on the 3D TV bandwagon, you’ll be able to download 3D enabled versions of WipEout HD, SuperStardustHD and PAIN, with a 3D-enabled demo of MotorStorm: …
Today isn’t Friday, which means you probably wont find your self passed out in a ditch tomorrow morning, dressed in a tuxedo and scuba gear. On a more positive note, at least it’s not Monday! Below you’ll find the stuff we couldn’t find time to squeeze on to the site today, probably because we were all drunkenly scuba-diving in our …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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