ps3.an evolving world

Just a casual and general post to let ya all know that i havent tumbled of the face of the world, but hey, it´s summer here in Sweden and we´re as always during summertime all enjoying our great weather (the northern parts of sweden that is) and cheering that we dont live in the southern parts of sweden, which is as always, plagued by storms and bad weather.

Anyway, in the world that is sony and playstation 3 things are always improving and evolving, as we all know but some seems die hard to neglect or atleast pretend to wont happen :)

So what´s new, well a 100us$ pricedrop on the 60gig ps3 is a new thing, and a nice one to for all of you that havent picked one up yet, great system(in my humble opinion, by far, the best media and console system) and now for an even better price.

The addition of the 80gig ps3 bundled with motorstorm for the price of the 60 gig systems old price is another nice addition, but even better and far more important is the firmware changes that sony has been pushing out.

Ps3 as of today isnt what was launched earlier this year in europe and in november in usa/japan, it´s a far, far better product with alot more features and quality.

Just look at the simple fact that until now here in europe you havent been able to buy a hdmi 1.3 enabled blue-ray player, except for the ps3... and the same thing goes for the full rgb, super white features and native 1080p 24fps, all supported by the ps3, and now with the latest sony stand alone blue ray players you can purchase another blue ray player capable of the same thing and quality as the ps3, but for more then twice it´s price!

Now, aint that great value when picking up the ps3... Granted, most videophiles and stores and salespersons just dont realice this because they look at the ps3 as a console, nothing more and nothing less, a shame but their loss of course, just wish sony would spend alittle money highligting this area of the ps3, because alot of people do pick it up for it´s media capacity aswell as it´s game capacity, but im sure 10 times more would if they knew the quality of the ps3 when it comes to this area.

Anyway, super white, native 1080p with 24fps support and full rgb wasnt part of the ps3´s featureset back with it´s original firmware, but it is now and has been for a few updates, the addition of the media server feature is another new feature that has strenghten the playstation 3´s place as your households media center cornerstone.

Tons of improvements has been made to this already impressive hardware media toy and tons more will be done, the addition of home will be another great update and since it´s free every single ps3 user will be able to enjoy it.

Nice sales in europe and australia is another neat feat, but of course media only covers the slower sales in usa and japan and seems to avoid the fact that the ps3 is selling faster then anyother sony console in europe and australia despite it´s pricetag (you do know it´s even more expensive in europe and australia then usa and japan).

Another interesting read in usa based media is of course that no one seems to cover that the ps3 sells alot better then xbox360 in japan, only loosing out to wii and it´s older brother, the ps2, nothing to care about of course, but a fun observation never the less.

Anyway, enough of that.

It´s great fun being a ps3 owner and the calling all cars release on the playstation store made it even funnier, a so so single player game, but if you have kids, a loved one or simply friends that actually visit you in real life as oposed to only showing up on msn or your cell phone, then calling all cars is most likely the best spent 70skr:- you´ll ever dropped (not sure what the price is in use but i guess 7-8 us$).

Simple game, simple graphics, simple gameplay, but very well made and easy to get in on, but if you have real life company, it´s just one of those games that will always work, firing up and humiliating your friend(s) for an hour or two or just a few minutes, great fun!

As for the future, we´re all looking forward to the 2.0 firmware upgrade and the inclusion of home, singstar for the ps3, assasins creed, nhl08, final fantasy 13, little big planet, killzone 2, heavenly sword and possible haze and lair.

gta 4 is of course another interesting title but im not so sure that it will provide anything new compared to it´s older sybblings, if it does we´ll pick it up, if not, we´ll sidestep it.

Ah yes, need for speed pro looks realy nice aswell but for now it´s back to reality and enjoying our vacation and the sun together with the rest of the family, me and my gf have spent time redoing the house aswell, nothing major but small and very nice improvements here and there and we have some more to do aswell before we´re 100% satisfied, but oh boy it´s realy neat so far :)

cheers