Phil Harrison 2.12.07

[Kwaad]

You've got to take it for what it's worth. He is a PR zombie. Everything he says will be biased. However The improvements to the XMB... Are going to rock. (it's kinda bare right now) The added centralized PSN network is a gods grace. That will make the PS3 rival the 360... out of the box. Something about user created content... and it's distribution method coming in the next few months. Probibally 1.6 If not, then probibally whatever comes mid-spring. The KillZone demo. I ususally take rumors for what their worth. However IGNs sheer size allows them to get insider info... Stuff like "Hey I cant tell you this, so it's just a rumor, but the killzone2 Demo is coming with the Halo3 beta." They do it all the time to create hype. However what sucks is. It might not be true. About Singstar - It's not the game. It's the content. They will have hundreds of songs they couldnt normally put on the game because of the sick lisenceing fees. (think if they were to put 500 songs on the game... they would probibally have to pay around 70cents Royalties to the record companies. For each song. That would make the game cost Sony over 200$ just because of the lisenceing BS. So what you can do with the PS3 version. Is possibly get SingStar free. (I dont know if that's right now not) and then buy//download the songs and use those. I beleive I have also read about using the EyeToyHD to record you, and then you can share it with others... as a form of 'your own rock star video'. Kinda thing. Not much is know, but I have seen mention of the all that stuff. What stands out as nice to me. If there is a particularly nice song that I like that I would like to sing... that the PR side of the game would think that only 1% of people would want to sing. It wouldnt make it onto a game disc. (ever) However with online distribution of songs for said price. (.99? 1.99? 2.99?) And get that one song that I would just LOVE to sing. Not the stuff that 90% of people in the world would like to sing. And rember. Take the man for what he's worth. a PR zombie. Just like whoever that guy is for the 360. It's his job to make the PS3 sound good. And in all honesty. The fact he isnt selling Killzone, Lair, Motorstorm... and stuff like that on his press confreces. Means he isnt worried about those games. That is good for the sony lovers. Rember the PS3's online is in it's infancy. It took the original X-Box how many years to get the Live service the way it is today?