New clues about Life PlayStation

The name of Life has recently been identified in the code of the website dedicated to Sony at E3. References to "PS Life" and lead to three subdirectories called "Games and Media" and "Features". The rumors and clues pile up for several days, but to know the truth will have to wait until E3.

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PS Life as dell'NGP: new clues

Since the registration of certain web domains shows that the name of Next Generation Portable, the new portable console, Sony PlayStation could be life. As reported by GamesPundit, confirmation would come from a source from which also comes with the logo image and the device. Another domain registered by Sony Life.

SCEdev. net, also points out Joystiq. Sony is expected to announce the name, price and launch date of the Next Generation Portable during the conference at E3.

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Rumor: NGP change the name ...

According to a recent rumor, Sony will announce during E3 dell'NGP real name, which might be called PlayStation Life. Then an Italian name, which seems to have popped out of this booklet. Of course Sony has not commented on the cards and not find out first before giving an opinion on the choice (positive or negative) it is better to wait for the E3 conference.

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Specific basis for reducing the NGP?

There is a rumor that in the last hour has gone around the world, under which Sony would be thinking of lowering the technical specifications of the model based NGP/PSP2, in order to compete on price with 3DS. As the price of the Nintendo console is 259 €, the audience begins to wonder about what will cost the different models of NGP.

IndustryGamers states that a "very reliable French source" refers to a basic model without 3G support and a reduced from 512 to 256MB RAM. The same model could sacrifice the internal flash memory to a storage medium outside the bargain. The graphical capabilities, however, should remain intact.

History "parallel" to Uncharted NGP

The history of the chapter of Uncharted for Next Generation Portable will take place during the period between the first and second in the series born on PlayStation 3, Naughty Dog made it known. In an interview with gameblog. fr and translated by Videogame Source. fr, co-president of Naughty Dog, Christophe Balestra, said that Uncharted NGP probably share certain features or characteristics with Uncharted 3.

Sony Japan: no return to NGP

The rumors that Sony could postpone the launch of Next Generation Portable due to the earthquake that hit Japan last month are "wrong," according to Sony Japan. The company spokesman, Satoshi Fukuoaka, told the Wall Street Journal at the time that "the earthquake had no impact on plans for Sony to NGP.

In recent days the president of SCEA, Jack Tretton, told Bloomberg that was because of earthquake damage to some factories involved in the production of NGP, the console could blow up the appointment in 2011. Tretton, however, has stated on occasion that the console could still get at least one market by the end of the year.

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SOE: NGP perfect for the MMO

According to the boss of Sony Online Entertainment, John Smedley, Next Generation Portable is perfect for the MMO. In an interview with GamesIndustry. biz, Smedley talked about a bright future for the MMO on both the PlayStation 3 that Sony's new handheld console. "In the past many people have associated with the free-to-play to the poor quality, but this is no longer true.

There are excellent free-to-play and I believe that the model is also intended to land on the console. And I do not think only in PlayStation 3 but also to other devices. " "Sony announced Next Generation Portable, and it seems to me a perfect car for the MMO." "Maybe it's too early to talk about it, but I think that in future free-to-play console will also come up.

NGP postponed to 2012?

During an interview with Bloomberg, the chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Jack Tretton said that due to the earthquake some factories involved in the production of Next Generation Portable were damaged and that the new portable Sony console could arrive a few months later than the plans of the Japanese company.

Tretton said that the postponement of the console will also allow developers who have been affected to varying degrees by the earthquake last month of complete games for Next Generation Portable. "Maybe we can launch the console in one market," said Tretton confirmed the statement from Sony some time ago.

Simultaneous launch for games NGP

Sony seems to have learned from the mistakes made with PSP and announced that the digital versions of the games NGP will be launched simultaneously with those "packaged". This was announced by the company's European boss, Andrew House, during an interview with MCV. "The PSP had taught us many things, especially with regard to marketing strategies.

So we decided that the same day the game arrived 'physically' in the shops, will be simultaneously available to their digital versions. House explained that the developer was not imposed any constraints on this standpoint. May, for example, to freely decide to make a game only in digital.

Dell'NGP revealed the price?

According to a survey released by the company on behalf of Ubisoft Toluna, the Next Generation Portable Sony could cost $ 250 in its base model, which will become 350 for the 3G. Sony has not announced the official price of the new console and no company representative declined to comment on the entry.

The feeling is that to know something very specific we wait for the next E3, during which Sony will announce important details about price and release date dell'NGP.

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NGP in Europe in 2011?

Next Generation Portable Sony could arrive in Europe in 2011, according to rumors. The rumor already set the launch date of the successor to the PlayStation Portable, which should arrive in shops in the old continent on 11 November 2011. Anonymous sources have told MCV that the roadmap Sony expected to be completed by the end of summer in some key games for the western market.

The company wants Japan to prepare for the autumn launch of the device in Europe. Some time ago, SCEA boss Jack Tretton said that Sony would launch NGP "at least in a market by the end of 2011."

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Mark Rein praises NGP

Despite the success of Infinity Blade device IOS, Epic Games seems very interested in developing games for handheld consoles, especially for Next Generation Portable from Sony. "It's an incredibly exciting," said a source Videogame during the Game Developers Conference, Epic vice president Mark Rein.

"Just get your hands on the console and you'll see what we will turn over the want at all costs." "I love console games. I love playing Gears of War, Call of Duty and Borderlands, and to do it properly I need a controller like the Dualshock," said Rein. "NGP can offer this, makes you play for long sessions.

NGP can not match PlayStation 3

During the Game Developers Conference, Sony has stated that Next Generation Portable will not be able to match the performance of PlayStation 3. "The press spoke of a console as powerful as PlayStation 3," said David Coombes, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Well, can not reach the 2GHz because otherwise the battery would last five minutes, and probably your clothes catch fire." Coombes said that memory cards will be sold on which games will be available in 2GB and 4GB versions, and that the files of the games for Sony's new handheld console will therefore not exceed 4GB of data.

New Monster Hunter for Westerners

Capcom said they did not want to overlook Western consumers and has made it clear that Monster Hunter Portable could get 3rd in Europe and the United States. "All I can say is that for fans of Western Hunter Monsetr the future will be bright, but there was a gap in time between the launch of Freedom of Assembly and the Portable 2nd, and so could happen again this time," said Christian Svensson of Capcom.

"3G subscriptions a problem for NGP"

According to Sony, support for 3G networks will be a selling point of the Next Generation Portable, but Nintendo, the need to pay a monthly subscription for the service might to deter many consumers from purchasing the new handheld console from Sony. As reported a few weeks ago, Sony plans to launch 3G and 3G versions of NGP.

The company has admitted that Japan's 3G service users will incur some additional costs. In an interview published by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun (translation Andriasang), the boss of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, said that a monthly subscription for the use of 3G could reduce the catchment area of the platform.

Media Molecule working on NGP?

The developer of LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule, is recruiting staff for a project dedicated to a "portable platform." Possible that the study owned by Sony is working on a version of the platform for Next Generation Portable LittleBigPlanet. The franchise, now in its second chapter on PlayStation 3, also debuted in 2009 on the PlayStation Portable, at that time, however, the handheld game was developed by Sony Cambridge.

After announcing Next Generation Portable, Sony is back to talk about the PSP's successor to try to reassure consumers that are legitimately wondering what it will cost the new handheld console. A few weeks ago, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Andrew House spoke of a price "accessible" to NGP, but until now we did not have more precise information on the value of the console.

But it seems that Sony is not willing to adopt strategies that have led the company to launch the PlayStation 3 with a recommended price of € 600. "We had to give up some features that we find interesting to stay in the target," he told the magazine Edge president of Sony Computer Entertainment, Shuhei Yoshida.

Sony: "PSP and NGP can coexist"

The new Sony console, now known to all as NGP, coexist with the PSP and not replace it. A state was the company president, Shuhei Yoshida, during an interview with Edge. Yoshida made it clear that it would be stupid of the company to retire the "old" console as demand from the public is still high. "The NGP is everything that Sony wants to make at this time," he said, "is a platform that looks to the future with great ambition." "I do not however replace the PSP, a console on the market for about seven years for which there is still a huge demand." In terms of price, Yoshida has indicated that the NGP will not be sold at the price of the PSP because it has now become commonplace, and its cost has settled down.

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Why not develop Uncharted ND NGP?

Since Uncharted NGP was announced you're wondering why a development is not the team Naughty Dog? A representative of the company wanted to make clear that ND is happy to put in the hands of other developers to develop its franchise on the new Sony platform. In this way the team can continue to concentrate on plans for PS3.

"We can achieve only one game at a time, and then to develop Uncharted NGP would be too much for us," said Arne Meyer at Naughty Dog. The development of the game was awarded to the team Sony Bend, who previously worked on Resistance: Retribution for PSP, not for newbies then. "Sony Bend is a great study and we have a fantastic relationship with them," said Meyer.

Rebellion working on NGP

According to Develop, the developer of Alien vs. Predator, Rebellion, is working on a TPS for the new handheld console from Sony, NGP. The British study was also amended the Asura engine owner to ensure full support for Next Generation Portable. To demonstrate the potential of Engine sull'handheld, Rebellion has achieved a playable demo of tps that, although at a mere tech demo, it could become in the future in a complete game.