Cheesemeister
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a presentation today, Sep. 19th at 1 pm in Japan, covering announcements related to its domestic PlayStation business sales strategy.
When does it start in my time zone? Click this link for worldwide times. (The video stream goes live 10 minutes before the event.)
Where can I watch it? Right here: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108525135 (no registration needed)
I will be providing live translations here in the OP and on my Twitter feed, @Cheesemeister3k.
Official updates in English will be provided via @PlayStationEU.
13:00 The presentation is running late.
13:01 Click the button with the text bubble on it to disable the flying user comments.
13:02 Five-minute delay.
13:05 The presentation has begun. This presentation will summarize the PlayStation message. Andrew House takes the stage.
13:06 PS3, Mobile, Vita information. PS3 first. New PS3 model.
13:07 We're stopping for pictures with the new model PS3.
13:08 50% size reduction vs. original PS3, 25% vs. previous. HDD upped to 250 and 500GB.
13:09 Charcoal Black and Classic White colors. 10/4 and 11/22 respectively. Black in both 250 and 500.
13:10 PlayStation Mobile now. 10/3 PlayStation Store opening in JP, NA, EU. Low-cost games.
13:11 Sharp and Famitsu tie-up announced.
13:12 Vita now. PlayStation Plus coming to Vita.
13:13 PS+ starting for Vita in Nov. 500 yen/mo. JP, $17.99/3 mo. US.
13:14 PSN stats being shown. Gaikai acquisition mentioned.
13:15 Reducing cloud gaming latency is important. PS potential will expand.
13:16 Development of cloud gaming is happening at a rapid pace to be deployed ASAP.
13:16 New games, services to be announced now. PS3 first.
13:17 Classic White on 11/22 in 250GB only for 24,980 yen.
13:18 Everybody's Golf 6 PS3 pack for 15th Anniversary on 11/22. 250GB 25,980 yen.
13:20 FIFA 13, Okami, DmC, Ken's Rage 2, Hitman, GoW, MinGol, LBP, Ratchet, Wonderbook, Dream Club, Tales, AC.
13:22 Biohazard 6 10/4. Tales of Xillia 2 11/1. Ken's Rage 2 12/20. Yakuza 5 Dec. Sony Smash Bros. Winter.
13:22 Rocksmith 10/11 introduction.
13:24 Wonderbook introduction now.
13:26 Swish and flick movement with the Move controller.
13:27 Home Entertainment on PS3. Music Unlimited intro.
13:29 PlayStation Store video delivery includes exclusive titles. Hulu service already on PS3.
13:29 Joysound Dive karaoke service, daily or monthly (1000 yen) time periods.
13:30 Torne DVR for PS3 has sold 1 million units, 9980 yen. Nasne networked DVR released 8/30 for 16,980 yen.
13:31 That's it for the PS3.
13:31 PSP now. It doesn't feel old at all. Many titles, many users. PSP new price: 13,800 yen starting 9/20. Value pack for 14,800 yen.
13:34 One Piece: Romance Dawn RPG coming to PSP 12/20. FFIII 9/20. SD Gundam G Overworld 9/27. Cardboard Senki. Winning Eleven 11/1.
13:35 Vita now. Vita now. 65 packaged titles, 91 in all thus far.
13:36 P4G was a big hit, as was Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f.
13:37 Hatsune Miku festival, limited edition Vita. Samurai & Dragons successful F2P game.
13:38 Vita 3G Miku campaign in Oct. and Nov. Game Archives for PS1 started.
13:39 Now playing: Crash Bandicoot PS1 on Vita.
13:39 Over 600 titles are up, 180,000 downloads so far.
13:42 Cross-Play, Cross-Controller, Cross Save via cloud, Cross Goods (item transfer), Cross-Buy functionality.
13:43 Buy other version of Everybody's Golf 6 for an extra 2000 yen. LBP Cross-Controller demo now.
13:44 Cross Platform features brought to life by developers. Expecting lots of exciting titles.
13:44 Kadokawa Games: Project Discovery on Vita, 12/7 application deadline, spring awards, summer debut DL sale.
13:45 Cosmic Red, Sapphire Blue Vita colors.
13:47 Nico Nico Douga Live streaming video from Vita functionality being shown.
13:48 Manga reader. Now reading One Piece. Use the touchscreen or LR buttons to turn pages, zoom, pan, rotate to vertical view. ReaderStore, arriving in Vita Store in the middle of October.
13:51 Fate/Stay Night, SFxT, PSO2, LBP, Soul Sacrifice, GoW, Sony Smash Bros., ACIII, etc.
13:51 CODBLOPS: Declassified trailer now. December.
13:53 New Vita titles now. Keiji Inafune takes the stage to talk Soul Sacrifice.
13:54 4P gameplay available, sacrifice scenes to be shown. Release delayed to spring.
13:55 Adding new experiences, making it a better game, extending development at Sony's request. Demo this winter. Soul Sacrifice trailer now.
13:59 New game announcement from Marvelous AQL.
14:00 3 new titles from Marvelous. Valhalla Knights 3 early 2013, 6980 yen.
14:01 Valhalla Knights 3 screenshots shown.
14:02 Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus. [sic] 2/28/13, 6980 yen. It's the start of a new Senran Kagura series. Senran Kagura anime coming next year.
14:03 Senran Kagura anime coming next year. Oboro Muramasa: The Demon Blade, 3/28/13 4980 yen.
14:04 DLC (or just new content?) coming to Oboro Muramasa.
14:05 Koei-Tecmo games is next.
14:07 Omega Force team game trailer: Toukiden. Toukiden is a new IP in which you destroy demons with your sword.
14:08 Vita & PSP simultaneous release, Vita ver. is full quality. Cross-Platform play. Coming 2013.
14:09 Bandai-Namco is next.
14:10 SD Gundam Generation: Overworld 9/27. Gundam Battle Operation online released in June: 600k accounts. And, we're looking at the wall during the Gundam trailer.
14:12 The next game's motif is "GunPla," or Gundam plastic models.
14:13 Battlefield for various-scaled GunPla models: Odaiba, Tokyo.
14:14 PS3/Vita Gundam Breaker site open.
14:15 New info for God Eater 2. Trailer now. We're looking at the wall again.
14:16 Hey, the cameraman panned up. Amazing. God Eater 2 Cross-Play for Vita/PSP. God Eater 2, 2013 simultaneous releases on PSP and Vita. Exchange data, ad-hoc multiplayer.
14:17 Vita ver. at full quality, both versions have same content volume. God Eater 2 supports save data transfers.
14:20 Ys: Celceta, EDF 3 9/27, Legend of Heroes Evo 10/18, FIFA 13 10/18, Cardboard Senki 10/18, SFxT 10/25.
14:21 ACIII, Fate/Stay Night 11/29, AKB 1/153 12/20, Sony Smash Bros. Winter.
14:22 Vita is being positioned to be a long-lasting platform in cooperation with developers.
14:23 TGS play demos available tomorrow: 30 PS3, 3 PSP, 27 Vita titles. 20 Soul Sacrifice stations. 15 PlayStation Mobile titles.
14:24 One Play Nyu-Kon on PSN: SFxT, BH6, Rocksmith, Soul Sacrifice, Sony Smash Bros. events and more.
14:26 TGS Detective Club special mini-game for Vita. 100 players who complete it will win 2000 yen voucher. Stage events to be streamed on Sony's TGS site.
14:27 The presentation is over. Thanks for following!
When does it start in my time zone? Click this link for worldwide times. (The video stream goes live 10 minutes before the event.)
Where can I watch it? Right here: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108525135 (no registration needed)
I will be providing live translations here in the OP and on my Twitter feed, @Cheesemeister3k.
Official updates in English will be provided via @PlayStationEU.
13:00 The presentation is running late.
13:01 Click the button with the text bubble on it to disable the flying user comments.
13:02 Five-minute delay.
13:05 The presentation has begun. This presentation will summarize the PlayStation message. Andrew House takes the stage.
13:06 PS3, Mobile, Vita information. PS3 first. New PS3 model.
13:07 We're stopping for pictures with the new model PS3.
13:08 50% size reduction vs. original PS3, 25% vs. previous. HDD upped to 250 and 500GB.
13:09 Charcoal Black and Classic White colors. 10/4 and 11/22 respectively. Black in both 250 and 500.
13:10 PlayStation Mobile now. 10/3 PlayStation Store opening in JP, NA, EU. Low-cost games.
13:11 Sharp and Famitsu tie-up announced.
13:12 Vita now. PlayStation Plus coming to Vita.
13:13 PS+ starting for Vita in Nov. 500 yen/mo. JP, $17.99/3 mo. US.
13:14 PSN stats being shown. Gaikai acquisition mentioned.
13:15 Reducing cloud gaming latency is important. PS potential will expand.
13:16 Development of cloud gaming is happening at a rapid pace to be deployed ASAP.
13:16 New games, services to be announced now. PS3 first.
13:17 Classic White on 11/22 in 250GB only for 24,980 yen.
13:18 Everybody's Golf 6 PS3 pack for 15th Anniversary on 11/22. 250GB 25,980 yen.
13:20 FIFA 13, Okami, DmC, Ken's Rage 2, Hitman, GoW, MinGol, LBP, Ratchet, Wonderbook, Dream Club, Tales, AC.
13:22 Biohazard 6 10/4. Tales of Xillia 2 11/1. Ken's Rage 2 12/20. Yakuza 5 Dec. Sony Smash Bros. Winter.
13:22 Rocksmith 10/11 introduction.
13:24 Wonderbook introduction now.
13:26 Swish and flick movement with the Move controller.
13:27 Home Entertainment on PS3. Music Unlimited intro.
13:29 PlayStation Store video delivery includes exclusive titles. Hulu service already on PS3.
13:29 Joysound Dive karaoke service, daily or monthly (1000 yen) time periods.
13:30 Torne DVR for PS3 has sold 1 million units, 9980 yen. Nasne networked DVR released 8/30 for 16,980 yen.
13:31 That's it for the PS3.
13:31 PSP now. It doesn't feel old at all. Many titles, many users. PSP new price: 13,800 yen starting 9/20. Value pack for 14,800 yen.
13:34 One Piece: Romance Dawn RPG coming to PSP 12/20. FFIII 9/20. SD Gundam G Overworld 9/27. Cardboard Senki. Winning Eleven 11/1.
13:35 Vita now. Vita now. 65 packaged titles, 91 in all thus far.
13:36 P4G was a big hit, as was Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f.
13:37 Hatsune Miku festival, limited edition Vita. Samurai & Dragons successful F2P game.
13:38 Vita 3G Miku campaign in Oct. and Nov. Game Archives for PS1 started.
13:39 Now playing: Crash Bandicoot PS1 on Vita.
13:39 Over 600 titles are up, 180,000 downloads so far.
13:42 Cross-Play, Cross-Controller, Cross Save via cloud, Cross Goods (item transfer), Cross-Buy functionality.
13:43 Buy other version of Everybody's Golf 6 for an extra 2000 yen. LBP Cross-Controller demo now.
13:44 Cross Platform features brought to life by developers. Expecting lots of exciting titles.
13:44 Kadokawa Games: Project Discovery on Vita, 12/7 application deadline, spring awards, summer debut DL sale.
13:45 Cosmic Red, Sapphire Blue Vita colors.
13:47 Nico Nico Douga Live streaming video from Vita functionality being shown.
13:48 Manga reader. Now reading One Piece. Use the touchscreen or LR buttons to turn pages, zoom, pan, rotate to vertical view. ReaderStore, arriving in Vita Store in the middle of October.
13:51 Fate/Stay Night, SFxT, PSO2, LBP, Soul Sacrifice, GoW, Sony Smash Bros., ACIII, etc.
13:51 CODBLOPS: Declassified trailer now. December.
13:53 New Vita titles now. Keiji Inafune takes the stage to talk Soul Sacrifice.
13:54 4P gameplay available, sacrifice scenes to be shown. Release delayed to spring.
13:55 Adding new experiences, making it a better game, extending development at Sony's request. Demo this winter. Soul Sacrifice trailer now.
13:59 New game announcement from Marvelous AQL.
14:00 3 new titles from Marvelous. Valhalla Knights 3 early 2013, 6980 yen.
14:01 Valhalla Knights 3 screenshots shown.
14:02 Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus. [sic] 2/28/13, 6980 yen. It's the start of a new Senran Kagura series. Senran Kagura anime coming next year.
14:03 Senran Kagura anime coming next year. Oboro Muramasa: The Demon Blade, 3/28/13 4980 yen.
14:04 DLC (or just new content?) coming to Oboro Muramasa.
14:05 Koei-Tecmo games is next.
14:07 Omega Force team game trailer: Toukiden. Toukiden is a new IP in which you destroy demons with your sword.
14:08 Vita & PSP simultaneous release, Vita ver. is full quality. Cross-Platform play. Coming 2013.
14:09 Bandai-Namco is next.
14:10 SD Gundam Generation: Overworld 9/27. Gundam Battle Operation online released in June: 600k accounts. And, we're looking at the wall during the Gundam trailer.
14:12 The next game's motif is "GunPla," or Gundam plastic models.
14:13 Battlefield for various-scaled GunPla models: Odaiba, Tokyo.
14:14 PS3/Vita Gundam Breaker site open.
14:15 New info for God Eater 2. Trailer now. We're looking at the wall again.
14:16 Hey, the cameraman panned up. Amazing. God Eater 2 Cross-Play for Vita/PSP. God Eater 2, 2013 simultaneous releases on PSP and Vita. Exchange data, ad-hoc multiplayer.
14:17 Vita ver. at full quality, both versions have same content volume. God Eater 2 supports save data transfers.
14:20 Ys: Celceta, EDF 3 9/27, Legend of Heroes Evo 10/18, FIFA 13 10/18, Cardboard Senki 10/18, SFxT 10/25.
14:21 ACIII, Fate/Stay Night 11/29, AKB 1/153 12/20, Sony Smash Bros. Winter.
14:22 Vita is being positioned to be a long-lasting platform in cooperation with developers.
14:23 TGS play demos available tomorrow: 30 PS3, 3 PSP, 27 Vita titles. 20 Soul Sacrifice stations. 15 PlayStation Mobile titles.
14:24 One Play Nyu-Kon on PSN: SFxT, BH6, Rocksmith, Soul Sacrifice, Sony Smash Bros. events and more.
14:26 TGS Detective Club special mini-game for Vita. 100 players who complete it will win 2000 yen voucher. Stage events to be streamed on Sony's TGS site.
14:27 The presentation is over. Thanks for following!
