JANUARY
1st of January 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Mod]
M37R01D a member on the scene site MaxConsole posts an image of a LED mod he did of the Six-Axis.
Source – 115
3rd of January 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Hardware Mod]
A user by the name of “Playstation 3 HDD Mod” releases a guide on how to mod a 3.5” Sata HDD enclosure to use it as internal PS3 storage.
Source – 116
4th of January 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
GripShift
5th of January 2007
A rumour is started claiming that Sony are working on a PS3 with no Blu-ray drive.
Source – 117
7th of January 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
rerofumi releases a homebrew game called lunavader for the PS3 that utilises OtherOS without the need to install Linux.
Source – 118
8th of January 2007
SCEA announces that over 1 million PS3s have been shipped to retailers in North America.
Source – 119
9th of January 2007
The Consumer Electronics Show(CES) starts today and Sony wins a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for the Sixaxis.
Kaz Hirai is interviewed at the show, here is what he says regarding the PS3:
“I have heard many people say our competitors’ systems are just as powerful as the PS3. That simply is not true.
No other next generation entertainment system pushes the envelope on advanced technology like PS3.
I have heard people say that a high-capacity game delivery vehicle like Blu-ray isn’t necessary in a next generation computer entertainment system. You just can’t expect that 9GBs of storage capacity found on today’s DVDs are going to have enough space to hold tomorrow’s games.
I don’t think anyone could have foreseen the difficulties we encountered in the production of the blue laser diode for the PlayStation 3, which ultimately delayed the launch of PlayStation 3. We were asking our teams to develop millions of components for the PlayStation 3, like the Blu-ray Disc player and cell broadband engine, that had previously only been produced in the thousands.”
Source – 120
10th of January 2007
Microsoft’s Peter Moore and Chris Satchell in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz attack the PS3, here is what they had to say…
Peter Moore:
“It’s going to take Sony a couple of years to get up to speed on this, and I’m not sure that they necessarily have the talent, or it’s built into who they are as a company.
They’re struggling with some of their hardware issues, and apparently they’re going to deliver another five million in the next 90 days. But this business is about hardware, software and services now. And the consumer expects that.”
It’s taken a company like Microsoft four solid years to get where we are today – the richness of the experience, the consistency of the experience, constantly updating features and making it feel fresh – and we’re a software company and this is a software plane.
It is not in Sony’s DNA to be able to get that up and running from zero.”
Chris Satchell
“If I wanted to make my online service better, and I wanted to give Sony a little piece of advice, it would be to copy Xbox Live a little more closely.
My honest opinion is that it’s pretty much a disaster. They keep saying that they have a free service. Well, if they don’t have anything, of course it’s free. And you know what: what’s free about $600?”
11th of January 2007
Sony admits that they did not actually win an award for the Sixaxis, but for the DualShock instead SCEA’s PR chief Dave Karraker said:
“I accepted the award myself and all they said was that the award was for ‘technological innovation for device controller’ … but looking back, they never really did say for which one.”
11th of January 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Homebrew Game]
rerofumi releases PS3 ONScripter, a novel-game for use with OtherOS.
12th of January 2007
Sony’s Dave Karraker speaking to GamePro, hit back at Microsoft’s attack on the 10th of January 2007, here is what he had to say:
“I would argue that consumers worldwide, to the tune of over 200 million PlayStations, PS2s, PSPs and PS3s, have decided whether or not Sony has the DNA to deliver hardware, software and services to suit this industry.
Microsoft views ‘sold’ as what has been sold to retailers but could be sitting on pallets in warehouses or stacked on store shelves. ‘Sold’ to Sony has always meant what the consumer has actually purchased. I think many people have incorrectly viewed our competitor’s ‘sold’ figure to believe it was actually sold to consumers, which it was not.”
16th of January 2007
SCEI announce that they have shipped 1 million PS3s in Japan since launch.
Source – 121
17th of January 2007
PS3 Blog ThreeSpeech reveal that they have been told the price the PS3 will cost in European markets.
Ireland – €629 (60GB)
Europe – €499 (20GB) / €599 (60GB)
UK – £425 (60GB)
They also state that the PS3 will be released on the 23rd of March 2007, however the 20GB model will not be available to the UK at that date.
Source – 122
19th of January 2007
Media Create Co, reports that sales of PS3 consoles in Japan are down 63%, with only 25,531 units being sold between the 8th and 14th of January 2007, compared to 69,944 units the week before
24th of January 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.50]
This Firmware fixes some graphical glitches, present in PS1/PS2 games
24th of January 2007
Sony and Namco Bandai set up a games company, called Cellius, the company will utilise the Cell Broadband Engine in the PS3 to create games for the console and Mobile Phones, Ken Kutaragi is the CEO, if you want to read more about this story
Source – 123
25th of January 2007
SCE spokesman Nanako Kato confirms that the PS3 will be released in European, Middle Eastern, African and Australian territories on the 23rd of March 2007, the 60GB model will cost 599 euros, £425, $999.95 Australian, and $1199.95 New Zealand, the company also plans to have 6 million units shipped by 31st of March 2007.
Source – 124
25th of January 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Enchanted Arms
30th of January 2007
SplitFish GameWare announce that they are to release a control pad with Rumble Function for the PS3.
31st of January 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Xecutor confirm that Paradox Loader is legit and that they will be releasing a small adapter.
FEBRUARY
2nd of February 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.51]
This Firmware expands support for PS2 games.
2nd of February 2007
HMV in the UK start taking pre-orders for the PS3, but state that you must also buy a PSP, the PSP is bundled with two games and would take the overall price from £425 to £674.99.
Source – 125
4th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
naoneo released a video showing proof that she had an ISO loader called Ferrox Loader for then PS3, they were in direct competition with Paradox, who had yet to release theirs, here is a video:
Source – 126
5th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The Ferrox Loader video disappears from YouTube, with many people now labelling it fake, however the developers claim they informed Sony of the flaw.
Source – 127
On the Qj.net forum a thread is created discussing whether Ferrox Loader is fake or not.
Source – 128
8th of February 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Virtua Fighter 5
10th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
hacked2123 posts a method on how to backup Blu-ray movies using the PS3.
Source – 129
11th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
arnezami releases the processing key for HD-DVDs and Blu-Rays, meaning access to all AACS locked discs.
Source – 130
12th of February 2007
Sony announces that it will give the first 500,000 Europeans a free Blu-ray copy of the James Bond movie Casino Royale, if they sign up to the PlayStation Network(PSN) on release day in Europe.
Source – 131
14th of February 2007
Guy Wilday, head of Sega Racing Studio states that “the whole tilt control thing is rubbish”
Source – 132
15th of February 2007
Online retailer play.com claims that the PS3 is the most pre-ordered console yet, with 6 times more pre-orders for the PS3 vs Xbox 360 and 15 times more pre-orders for PS3 vs Wii, they are offering a PS3 with MotorStorm, Resistance: Fall of Man and Genji: Days of the Blade for £524.99.
Source – 133
21st of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
BRDGen v1.00 is released, this PC application allows you to create or edit PS3 game discs and Blu-ray discs.
Source – 134
22nd of February 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
flOw
Q*Bert
23rd of February 2007
Sony announce that the European PS3s due to be released on the 23rd of March 2007, will use a mixture of Hardware and Software to play PS2 games, unlike the US and Japanese PS3s that use full Hardware to play PS2 games.
“The European PS3 will feature the Cell Broadband Engine™, 60 GB hard disc drive, Blu-ray Disc player, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, SIXAXIS™ wireless controller. It also embodies a new combination of hardware and software emulation which will enable PS3 to be compatible with a broad range of original PlayStation® (PS) titles and a limited range of PlayStation®2 (PS2) titles.”
Source – 135
26th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
CJCP releases PS3 SAK(Swiss Army Knife), which lets PS3 owners back up PS3 Games and Blu-ray movies, without the need of installing Linux.
26th of February 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Major League Baseball 2K7
26th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Team Xecutor speak more on Paradox Loader, here is what they said in an interview with SoftMods.com:
“Soft-Mods
It seems like you guys have some knowledge about the upcoming Paradox Loader, can you share some of that with us? What firmware versions it will work on? How it will boot? And if it is a full blown exploit?
Team Xecuter
Just wait till the European release of the PS3. imsure more will happen around then.”
27th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Someone called PSPHaCkErAOD says he will release a PS3 ISO loader, he calls it ps3load3 v0.5 beta.
27th of February 2007
Sony release a statement regarding the PS2 backwards compatibility of European PS3′s, here is what they had to say:
“(Q)Does this mean that the PS2 hardware chips have been removed completely and replaced with software-only emulation?
(A)The original PS3 used the Emotion Engine/Graphics Synthesizer to emulate PS2 titles. With the latest European specification we have removed the Emotion Engine, retaining the graphics chip. This has an impact on the number of PS2 titles that will be backwards compatible.”
They also revealed the model numbers for PS3s in the SCEE territory:
Europe: CECHC04
UK and Ireland: CECHC03
Australia/New Zealand: CECHC02
Russia/India: CECHC08
Source – 136
28th of February 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.54]
This Firmware added USB web cam support and added individual icons from the photo menu.
28th of February 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Seen the very first method of running PS2 backups on the PS3, this was quite a dirty method and involved the console being half taken apart, overkill for a brand new console.
Source – 137
MARCH
1st of March 2007
Information about a new application or service is leaked to Kotaku, this is something called PlayStation Home, this is what the leaker claimed:
“Basically, you get to make an avatar for your console (like a Mii) and this avatar has a room. As you play games and accomplish certain tasks, you will receive items with which to adorn the room that are specific to the game (achievements). The kicker is that this is going to be a new requirement for every PS3 game…”
Source – 138
1st of March 2007
Sony settles their dispute with Immersion, the company that owns the patents to the rumble feature in the PS1 DualShock and the PS2 DualShock, this dispute stopped Sony from using the rumble feature in the PS3 control pad.
“We are pleased to have put this litigation behind us,” said Immersion CEO Victor Viegas. “Our new business agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment is specifically intended to enable advanced vibration capability for the benefit of the PlayStation gaming community. We are happy to provide our technology in this regard and hope to make technical proposals very soon with respect to use of our technology in the PlayStation products.”
Source – 139
1st of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
3rd of March 2007
The Wall Street Journal writes an article on the PS3 and the problems it has had, the article was very supportive of Sir Howard Stringer, however extremely critical of Ken Kutaragi, calling him a “renegade” and suggesting he was very uncooperative with other departments within Sony.
Source – 140
4th of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
A website dedicated to the hacking of the PS3, called PS3HaX is created, the sites main aim is to bring Homebrew to the PS3.
5th of March 2007
SCEA release a press statement discussing their presence at the Game Developers Conference(GDC) 2007, in the statement they mention “Game 3.0” and “Tuner for PS3”.
Source – 141
7th of March 2007
Sony reveal that they will be bringing an online social world to the PS3 called PlayStation Home, something similar to Second Life.
7th of March 2007
Gamesindustry.biz speaks to Shiny Entertainment’s Dave Perry on his opinion on the PS3, he was very happy with the hardware, not so much so with the software.
“I haven’t seen a single game that shows me the power of PlayStation 3. I haven’t seen anything even close to what the machine’s capable of doing. So that’s the sad part for Sony – I feel really bad for them that somebody hasn’t really stepped up to show us the hardware all singing, all dancing.”
Source -142
8th of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Virtua Tennis 3
NBA Street Homecourt
9th of March 2007
Daniele Paolo Scarpazza, Oreste Villa, and Fabrizio Petrini publish an article on Dr Dobb’s titled “Programming the Cell Processor”
Source – 143
10th of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Paradox release a statement on Paradox ISO Loader
“Hmzzz i think we have news to give do we? Ever wondered why the PS3 is such a better machine than a xbox360? simply because they implement too much stuff in one time! “SCEI” dont do that, you need to learn a bit more from Microsoft on this part even when they have forgotten a hypervision hack on kernel 4532 and 4548 they fixed it very fast! And what do we see on the PS3? Up until |firmware 1.51 we still see holes! Why? You guys dont have the right persons to work with or is it just the pressure from the big boss? So for now dont update higher than 1.51 since 1.54 hasnt yet been tested, and 1.51 had a few tiny things fixed, but it didnt stop us much 😀 Ohhh btw ever wondered if those updates are required on a disc? Actually all games up to now work without any update At least work fine on 1.32 🙂 Thats all for now! So seeya tiff tiff and bye bye”
Source – 144
13th of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
College Hoops 2K7
13th of March 2007
Gamesindustry.biz speaks to Sonys Phil Harrison about the previous weeks GDC, here is what he said about PlayStation Home.
“Q.) How long has it been in development?
A.) We’ve been working on it for a long time. In fact, it started on PS2. It was something we were developing in London initially to be a 3D lobby for a multiplayer game.
Then we thought, ‘Hang on a second, we could make a 3D lobby that would solve multiple games,’ and then we started to come up against the technical glass ceiling of what PlayStation 2 could do – particularly in the areas of user-created content and streaming.
The Cell processor and hard drive in every machine on PS3 really allowed us to break through that glass ceiling and take it to another level. We’ve been working on PS3 [Home] for nearly two and a half years, so that was always our intention – but it’s certainly grown and snowballed since then.”
Source – 145
14th of March 2007
In a second interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Phil Harrison speaks about the PS3s backwards compatibility.
“Q.) The backwards compatibility issue has been talked about a lot in Europe recently. You made comments some months ago saying that backwards compatibility was important, something that you wanted to give consumers and that they wanted… Why has that strategy changed?
A.) The strategy has not changed. We have made a technical change to the machine which moves us from being a hardware-embedded backwards compatibility solution to one which is a combination of hardware and software.
While that has unfortunately reduced the total number of games that will be compatible from the PS2 catalogue, it’s important to remember that the PS1 catalogue remains unchanged, and definitely, March 23, we expect over 1000 titles to be playable for PlayStation 2. Within that list is the vast majority of games you would want to play.
So I think everybody just needs to calm down and be comfortable that the strategy is still in place.“
Source – 146
15th of March 2007
SCEI announce that the PS3 will be able to connect to Stanford University’s Folding@home program.
Source – 147
19th of March 2007
In an interview with The Times Online, analyst Nick Parker predicts that Sony will have sold 4 million PS3s in Europe by the end of 2007.
Source – 148
20th of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
20th of March 2007
SCEA launches a website so that Europeans getting a PS3 on the 23rd of March can see which PS2 games are playable on their PS3.
Source – 149
21st of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Godfather: The Don’s Edition
21st of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
hacked2123 releases a PS3 LibMPEG Exploit Proof-of-Concept that works on firmware v1.10, here is an explanation from him:
“Very simply I had a .h264 encoded video file, and encapsulated it through VLC with M2TS, and transferred it to the PS3; it claims the file is “Corrupted Data”. When selected the PS3 prompts the screen with “The data is corrupted.”
Here’s the good part, that same file, when selected after entering a game (any game), will produce a completely black screen, no info, no beep, no nothing and the controller circle and other buttons won’t work. (PS button works, but when the system is turned off it sounds like its yelling @ you (thebeeps))”
Source – 150
21st of March 2007
Some Italian retail stores decide to release PS3′s early, two days before the official release date, Sony isn’t happy and releases this statement:
“Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is deeply disappointed by the unilateral decision of some Italian retail chains to commence the sale of PlayStation 3 to consumers before this official launch date. Such decisions run counter to our policy of consumer protection which seeks to ensure that all of our consumers have an equal opportunity to purchase PlayStation 3”
Source – 151
22nd of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Mist of Chaos
22nd of March 2007
Katherine Hannaford from Shiny Shiny posts an article giving ten reasons why you shouldn’t buy a PS3 in Europe, some of the reasons include the price, the not so great backward compatibility and the fact the console doesn’t have many games.
Source – 152
23rd of March 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.60]
This firmware is a big one that adds the folding@home client, background downloading, on-screen keyboard for web browser and support for bluetooth keyboards and mice
23rd of March 2007
Katherine Hannaford from Shiny Shiny posts another ten reasons why article, this time ten reasons why you should buy a PS3, reasons including Blu-ray, price of games and because you are a fanboy.
Source – 153
23rd of March 2007
The PS3 is released in Europe and it was a fun experience in UK, the rest of Europe had a quiet launch.
During the launch event at the Virgin Megastore in London which was attended by Phil Harrison and Ray Maguire, Sony gave the first 100 customers a free 46″ HDTV and a free Taxi ride home.
Criminal Acts
In Swindon a woman is thrown to the ground and kicked several times by a man outside her home as he tries to steal her PS3, she holds on to her PS3 and the robber runs off, it is believed that she was followed home by the robber from the store she bough the PS3 at midnight.
Source – 154
21 year old Angela Sanchez and his mother are attacked after leaving a Game store in Walthamstow, London.
“As we left a gang of youths jumped on us. I was punched in the face and mum was bashed as they grabbed my bag.
But there was no security and the police hadn’t even been told about the shop opening late. I ended up in hospital but Sony and Game didn’t want to know. They’ve treated me like a mug.”
Source – 155
Weirdness
During the launch event at the Virgin Megastore in London, Microsoft employee’s gave people waiting in line chairs to sit on, the chairs contained a link, when visited, made fun of the PS3
In Paris Sony used a boat as their launch base, so Microsoft thought it would be a good idea to hire a boat, cover it in Xbox logo’s and park it near Sony’s boat.
In Germany at a branch of the Saturn electronics store, 50 people got free PS3s after smashing their Xbox 360′s by throwing them off a wall.
23rd of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
World Snooker Championship 2007
23rd of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Paradox release a statement regarding the Paradox ISO Loader.
“Some bad news and good news You euro guys should all be pretty lucky and very lucky! Trust me! Since Euro ps3’s ship with 1.50 firmware. The bad news is the big bug is fixed in firmware 1.54 🙁 But remember legends don’t die, they just need time to sort some stuff out What a talented guy called Dark_Alex did with a psp can be done with a ps3 too! The big question to all right now is, where do we need to look? Isn’t it? We suggest why not have a look in multiple SPEs? Since they use shared memory for tasks! couldn’t there be a bug in that part? and what about LS size limitation? Enough for now!”
Source – 156
23rd March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Well known and respected PSP hacking scene developer Mathieulh gives his opinion on the Paradox ISO Loader, here is a quote from his post on MaxConsole:
“I have yet to see their exploit in action, so far all they came up with were nice sentences in nfo but no proofs. If the exploit got patched in 1.54, then why don’t they release anything ? It smells more and more like bullshit to me.
The way I see it is that if pdx do not release anything within a week, then I will (and probably so will the rest of the ps3 scene) think that this is just a scam in order to promote their group. Everyone knew for more than a week now that EU ps3 came with 1.50, so it could have been long since pdx could have released it, yet I thought “maybe they plan a release for the EU release date” but yet we still see nothing and all we have are useless clues. Either they have something, either they don’t, and if they don’t plan on releasing anything, then they should just not talk about it.
P.S. for your intel, both Alex and I now own a ps3, as well as a lot of more hackers, we are all waiting pdx to do the first move and we wont do anything until they show us some proofs.
PDX mention Dark_Alex on their nfo, but yet they did not contact him, thus we do not know if pdx’s exploit is real or not, we have waited weeks for it and saw nothing, we have plenty of projects ourselves, and unless a group finds an initial exploit on ps3 it is unlikely that we start working on it.
If pdx wants to contact us and show us proof of their exploit working, we would be very glad to see it in action, otherwise I think they should even forget about mentioning Alex in their nfo. We do not have yet anything to do with pdx and we do not want to be associated with a group’s action which does not even think of contacting us.”
24th of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
PS3Portal v1.0 is released, this is a PC to PS3 file management application.
26th of March 2007
Michal Birecki owner of ps3center.net manages to sell a PS3 he professionally spray painted red, for US $12,100, the description of the PS3 reads:
“You are bidding on the world’s first and only RED 60 GB Playstation 3! This item is brand new, only used for testing after the customization!
We chose a Maserati Red color for this custom PS3. One of a kind color that truly stands out!”
The buyer is from France.
Michal also spray painted a white version of the PS3 back in December 2006.
Source – 157
27th of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
27th of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Computer Software]
DickyDick1969 releases PiMPStreamer v0.83, normally a PC application that works with the PSP, PS3 and Wii support has been added.
Source – 158
28th March 2007
Stanford University reveal that 50,000 PS3 owners have signed up top the Folding@Home project.
29th of March 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007
29th of March 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Paradox release another statement in regard to Paradox ISO Loader.
“So…..where are we now?? Quite simply another stumbling block. We’ve been happly chugging along getting nice progress then got a PAL PS3 and found it didnt work like it supposed to be! – seems PAL is different in some ways, and no we know peoples will think all firmwares are the same, so why would there be a different? simple answer “Hardware”. So were now trying to work on a solution to this.
So an ETA on this??? Could anyone please measure a piece of string!! All we can say is it will be ready when its ready. Were not the type of group that releases shoddy goods so sit back and give us the time required to sort it.”
Source – 159
29th of March 2007
After an FCC filing by Sony is revealed to show a possible future 80GB model, they release a statement denying they are working on an 80GB SKU:
“The 80GB we’re not making a comment on, but we don’t have any plans at the moment.”
Source – 160
31st of March 2007
£1,700 worth of PS3 games are stolen from a Currys retail store, in Hove, England at around 2PM.
Source – 161
APRIL
2nd of April 2007
In an interview with Kotaku, Hideo Kojima speaks about Metal Gear Solid 4 and its exclusivity on the PS3.
“The PS3 is like the theatre, it’s a little bit high-priced but it has to be high quality as well. The 360 is a DVD, it still needs to be high quality but you need more variations, while the Wii is almost like a TV channel, because every game you have it with your family.”
Source – 162
5th of April 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Super Rub ‘a’ Dub
9th of April 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
NoxOm releases an OtherOS TILT Exploit For PS3, it puts the console in a reboot loop, with a continuous orange light.
Source – 163
10th of April 2007
Sony stop selling the 20GB PS3 on their “SonyStyle” website as do many US retailers such as Best Buy, GameStop or Electronics Boutique.
Source – 1643-b
11th of April 2007
Sony officially announce the discontinuation of the 20GB PS3.
Source – 164
12th of April 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Mortal Kombat II
17th of April 2007
In an interview with the Financial Times, Sir Howard Stringer reveals that almost 800,000 PS3s have been sold in Europe.
Source – 165
19th of April 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.70]
This Firmware had PS1/PS2 related changes.
20th of April 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
F.E.A.R
20th of April 2007
In a Q&A with Slashdot, Phil Harrison answered some questions asked by some of the sites users. One question was in regard to what Sony would do if people created homebrew for the PS3.
“(Q)’Homebrew Gaming’ by Anonymous Coward, maynard, and flitty
If someone manages to get homebrew games running on the PS3, will there be firmware updates to stop this kind of development, to protect your software developers, or is homebrew something you are planning on and even encouraging? Is there a chance that the policy of restricting access to PS3 graphics hardware (via the hypervisor) could be revised to encourage us homebrew developers? How does this strategy differ from your strategy with PSP homebrew? Has Sony considered offering kernel patches and an RSX optimized OpenGL library for PS3/Linux?
(A)Phil Harrison: Now, let me first say that Homebrew is sometimes a misused term and so for the purposes of this answer I will exclude pirates and hackers with illegal intentions from the definition.
I fully support the notion of game development at home using powerful tools available to anyone. We were one of the first companies to recognize this in 1996 with Net Yaroze on PS1. It’s a vital, crucial aspect of the future growth of our industry and links well to the subtext of my earlier answers. When I started making games on the Commodore 64 in the 1980’s, the way I learned to make games was by re-writing games that appeared in magazines. Really the best bit about a C64 was when you turned it on it said “Ready?” with a flashing cursor – inviting you to experiment. You’d spend hours typing in the code, line-by-line, and then countless hours debugging it to make it work and then you’d realise the game was rubbish after all that effort! The next step was to re-write aspects of the game to change the graphics, the sound, the control system or the speed of the gameplay until you’d created something completely new. I might share this with a few friends but not for commercial gain at that time. But the process itself was invaluable in helping me learn to program, to design graphics, animations or sounds and was really the way I opened doors to get into the industry. Now, those industry doors are largely closed by the nature of the video game systems themselves being closed. So, if we can make certain aspects of PS3 open to the independent game development community, we will do our industry a service by providing opportunities for the next generation of creative and technical talent. Now having said all that, we still have to protect the investment and intellectual property rights of the industry so we will always seek the best ways to secure and protect our devices from piracy and unauthorized hacking that damages the business.”
Source – 166
22nd of April 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Seen the release of a refined version of the PS2 backup method, this way was more practical.
Source – 167
25th of April 2007
SCEI announce that 250,000 unique PS3 owners have signed up to Folding@Home.
Source – 168
26th of April 2007
SCEA announce a new peripheral for the PS3 called the PlayStation Eye, that can be used for voice/video chat and online gaming, it comes with a free piece of software called EyeCreate that lets you create and edit videos and save them on your PS3s HDD.
Source – 169
26th of April 2007
SCEI and Sony announce that Ken Kutaragi will retire from his executive position at SCEI on the
19th of June 2007.
Source – 170
MAY
1st of May 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Professional Baseball Spirits 4
1st of May 2007
Sony announce that the European closed Beta testing of PS Home start today.
2nd of May 2007
A Sony insider suggests that the PS4 could be a mere 18 months away and will have the same chipset as the PS3.
Source – 171
2nd of May 2007
Target Technology Company file a lawsuit against SCEA, Sony DADC and Sony Pictures Entertainment, claiming copyright infringement of the “696 patent”, this is in regard to the products offered under the mark “Blu-ray Disc”
Source – 172
3rd of May 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Gauntlet II
4th of May 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Spider-Man 3
7th of May 2007
ps3comp.com officially goes online, the website created by Danish company Implementia, allows PS3 owners to check the compatibility of PS1 and PS2 games.
Source – 173
9th of May 2007
HanSooloo releases information on the PS3 firmware module
Source – 174
10th of May 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Calling All Cars!
Rampart
10th of May 2007
SCE announce that they will be releasing pre paid PSN cards in Japan during June 2007, Sony UK states there are currently no plans to bring such a service to Europe.
Source – 175
12th of May 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
MegaBOX is announced for PS3, it is a Linux based Media Centre
Source – 176
15th of May 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MLB 07: The Show
17th of May 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Rampage World Tour
17th of May 2007
kikizo.com interview God of War creator David Jaffe and speak to him about his new game Calling All Cars!
Source – 177
21st of May 2007
Sony announce an 80GB PS3 Model, stating that they plan to launch it in Korea during June 2007
22nd of May 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
24th of May 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Joust
24th of May 2007
Digital Arts provides a Security Service for Japanese PS3’s, called i-Filter
24th of May 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.80]
Another huge update, this one gave us the ability to upscale DVDs, PS1 and PS2 games to 1080p, copy PS1 and PS2 game saves to the PS3 via the memory card adapter, downscale Blu-ray to 720p, print photos via USB, Remote Play over the internet and added DLNA compatibility
29th of May 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Surf’s Up
31st of May 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Championship Sprint
31st of May 2007
PSP update v3.50 is released and gives the PSP the ability to remote play the PS3, the PS3 needs to be on firmware v1.80, which was released on 24th of May 2007
JUNE
1st of June 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Go! Puzzle
4th of June 2007
The PS3s firmware table of contents are revealed for the first time.
5th of June 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
H3R3T1C releases a MPEG4 Exploit Proof-of-Concept For PS3, here is what he said with the release:
“So i have been thinking of ways to possibly make an exploit for the ps3 so i tried making an exploit from an mpeg4 video and it kinda worked.
I changed the very last frames of the video with my own code. when i play it on my computer it stops at the place where i changed the code but when i play it on my ps3 if you fast forward at 1.5 till the end of the video then it gets stuck on ff. it will keep trying to ff but this has reached the end of the video also the system will stop hang for a while until you push the ps button if you keep letting it try to ff. on a couple of trys with the same video i got the ps3 to completely stop working and i had to cut the power.
If any of you are were wondering what i replaced the code with well it was code to display the color blue using RGB.”
5th of June 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3 – Debug(DEX) Firmware Leak]
PS3 Debug firmware v1.80 is leaked publicly.
Source – 178
6th of June 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
The PS3 SDK is leaked publicly.
Source – 179
8th of June 2007
David Reeves President and CEO of SCEE reveals that over 1 million PS3s have been sold.
Source – 180
9th of June 2007
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
BBC News reports that the Church of England are considering taking legal action against Sony, after the company used Manchester Cathedral in Resistance Fall of Man, without asking their permission, the Church of England demanded and apology and for the game to be removed from store shelves.
Source – 181
11th of June 2007
Sony release a statement in response to the Church of England
“Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is aware of the concerns expressed by the Bishop of Manchester and the Cathedral authorities about the use of Manchester Cathedral in the game Resistance: Fall of Man, and we naturally take their concerns very seriously.”
Source – 182
11th of June 2007
SCEA launch the PlayStation Blog.
11th of June 2007
CVG post that a hacker has found an exploit in PS3 firmware versions 1.10 and 1.11 that allow them to run PS3 backups.
Source – 183
12th of June 2007
SCEA spokesperson Dave Karraker states that Sony will aggressively pursue PS3 hackers.
“Unfortunately, hackers will try to exploit any hardware system software, the best we can do as a company is to make our security that much stronger and aggressively pursue legal action against anyone caught trying to use an exploit in an illegal manner.”
Source – 184
14th of June 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
15th of June 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
15th of June 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.81]
Fixes the stability of the network connection of PS2 online games.
15th of June 2007
Sony apologise to the Church Of England for using Manchester Cathedral in Resistance Fall Of Man.
19th of June 2007
Ken Kutaragi officially steps down as his executive position as Chairman and Group CEO at SCEI.
21st of June 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Folklore
21st of June 2007
Kazuo Hirai promises that 380 games will be released within the next year.
Source – 185
22nd of June 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Piyotama
25th of June 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Bigs
The Darkness
25th of June 2007
HTTP-FUSE PS3-Linux is released, it is an easy to use Linux distro where the user does not need to install a full Linux distro.
26th of June 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
Transformers: The Game
28th of June 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Super Stardust HD
28th of June 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.82]
Support for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video format
28th of June 2007
SCEA offers to settle a lawsuit taken by Andrew Wilson back on 14th of February 2005, they offer Andrew and other current/former employees affected by this lawsuit, money from an $8.5 million fund.
Source – 186
JULY
2nd of July 2007
Sega suggests Sony may need to lower the price of the PS3.
Source – 187
4th of July 2007
SCEAs Jack Tretton insinuates that Microsoft “bribes” third party game publishers/developers for exclusives.
“Microsoft is too dependent upon the third-party community, and Nintendo is too dependent upon first-party. We like to feel that we got a pretty good mix.
We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors.
We don’t buy exclusivity. We don’t fund development. We don’t, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform.
We earn it by saying you can build a better game on our platform. If you focus your development on our platform, you will ultimately be more successful.
We can try to partner up with you from a technology standpoint. We can try to partner up with you from a marketing standpoint. But just economically and technologically, this is the system that makes the most sense for you.”
Source – 188
5th of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
My Summer Vacation 3
6th Of July 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Nucleus
9th of July 2007
Sony cuts the price of the PS3 by $100 in USA and announces that an 80GB MotorStorm bundle will be released, this model would be similar to the EU 60GB SKU but would only be available in US.
Source – 189
11th of July 2007
Sony’s E3 Press Conference is held today, Sony showcase PS Home and officially announce the 80GB SKU
12th Of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
12th Of July 2007
Sony reveal a 60GB PS3 bundle for EU, the console will still cost £425 but will come with MotorStorm and Resistance: Fall of Man.
Source -190
15th of July 2007
The Canada Day competition to win 1 of 3 Special Edition China Red PS3s ends.
Source – 191
Source 2 – 192
16th Of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
All-Pro Football 2K8
17th Of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NCAA Football 08
19th Of July 2007
Adam Doree from Kikizo interviews Kaz Hirai, they speak of a possible new PS3 control pad featuring rumble and also talk a little about Ken Kutaragi.
Source – 193
20th of July 2007
ThreeSpeech speaks to SCEEs David Reeves about the Value Bundle coming to UK and Europe, when asked why we didn’t see a price cut In this region, he pointed out that the console had only release and went on to say.
“July is not really a gamers’ month unless you get a big, big title. So we thought if we reduced the price, we’d annoy a lot of people. We did think about it, but we also felt that it wasn’t doing that badly.”
Source – 194
20th of July 2007
Microsoft’s Andre Vrignaud makes a prediction that Sony will release a 40GB PS3.
“My prediction is that you’re going to see the creation of a new, low-end SKU this holiday. It’ll likely remove integrated WiFi, memory card reader, and most controversially, all backward compatibility. (Remember, there’s still some back-compat hardware in even the new “software only” back compat SKUs; removing the remaining CPU is a significant cost savings.) You’ll see a new WiFi dongle made available. And finally, this low-end SKU will likely come with a smaller 40 GB hard drive. The low-end price will be set at $399, with the higher-end 80 GB SKU dropping to $499”
Source – 195
23rd of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NASCAR 08
24th of July 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.90]
Added the ability to add a photo to the background to the XMB, added support for simplified Chinese text, playback of AVCHD video format from memory card, ability to eject disc using control pad, ability to sort PS3 games
24th of July 2007
Konami reveal Metal Gear Online for the PS3.
Source – 196
25th of July 2007
At the Develop Industry Excellence Awards, Sony wins the Best New Console/PC IP award for Motorstorm.
Source – 197
26th Of July 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Everybody’s Golf 5
Wangan Midnight
27th Of July 2007
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Sony is hit with a patent infringement lawsuit, over its use of the Cell Processor in the PS3, the patent that Parallel Processing Corp is blaming Sony on infringing, is over 15 years old, being filed in 1989 and published in 1991.
Source – 198
27th of July 2007
H3R3T1C releases PS3 File Editor Beta v1.1
Source – 199
27th of July 2007
SCEA announce that Rockstar Games will be releasing a game exclusively for the PS3, but don’t mention what the game is.
Source – 200
31st Of July 2007
In an interview, Sony’s Warwick Light mentions that the company plans to release a digital tuner/recorder for the PS3.
AUGUST
3rd Of August 2007
Mercury Computer Systems releases a MultiCore Plus SDK for the PlayStation 3.
3rd of August 2007
Take-Two Interactive announce that GTA IV, which was due for release on the 16th of October 2007, will be delayed until 2008, their chairman Strauss Zelnick said this in a statement.
“Certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected, especially given the commitment for a simultaneous release on two very different platforms”
Source – 201
3rd of August 2007
Analyst Michael Pachter thinks the reason for GTA IV being delayed is because of the PS3, in a statement he released, he said this.
“We think it is likely that the Rockstar team had difficulty in building an exceptionally complicated game for the PS3, and failed to recognize how far away from completion the game truly was until recently.”
Source – 202
6th of August 2007
[PS3 Model Release]
Sony release an 80GB PS3 in America that comes with MotorStorm
Source – 203
8th Of August 2007
Sony announce the Cell Computing Board which uses the Cell/B.E. microprocessor and RSX graphics processor which is in the PS3.
Source – 204
8th of August 2007
After a total of 23 complaints, an internet ad for the PS3 is banned in the UK because it sent out inappropriate messages to children.
Source – 205
8th of August 2007
Sir Chase Lambeth releases PS3 Home Beta Checker v1.3.1.
Source – 206
13th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Bionic Commando Rearmed
14th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Madden NFL 08
14th Of August 2007
At the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival Sony’s Director of Home Peter Edward, stated that Sony would not be kind towards people who abused the service, here is what he said:
“Ultimately we know a user’s details, we know machine details and we know where they live.
If you really feel like you’ve been abused or that someone has just shown wholly inappropriate behaviour then you are able to complain about it. If you really, really misbehave you can have your console disconnected at a machine level, so you would actually have to move house and buy a new PS3 before you could get online again.
Clearly that’s not something we would want to be doing very often but as a disincentive to mess round too much it’s in our power.”
Source – 207
17th of August 2007
The creators of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, state that the PS3 is not hard to develop for.
“It’s wrong to say it’s harder to code on the PlayStation 3, it’s just something that needs to be learnt.
It’s not harder to develop on the PS3 than it is on the 360, it’s just a different console. Developers might says it’s harder because it just takes time to understand the technology, we’re still early in the lifecycle.”
Source – 208
22nd Of August 2007
SCEE officially announce PlayTV, the Digital TV DVR add-on for the PS3.
Source – 209
24th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
28th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Warhawk
28th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party
28th of August 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Scene sites start posting about a new team called “Ottom@n Team” who claim they will release an ISO Loader for the PS3 on the 9th of September 2007, here is a quote from the team.
“This is an official announcement that the Ottom@n Team will be releasing
the brand new loader on September 9, 2007. If you havent already heard about If you havent already heard about it, I will give you a heads up. The loader allows you to play downloaded or ripped ps3 games off your hard drive or external USB device. The iso loader is booted
from the OtherOS function of the PS3. The official announcement
video/demonstration is right below. I hope you enjoy”
Source – 210
30th Of August 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War
Lair
SEPTEMBER
4th of September 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.92]
Improves playback of PS2 titles
6th of September 2007
SCEA spokesperson Dave Karraker announces that he has resigned from the company and will leave on the 7th of September 2207.
Source – 211
9th of September 2007
Information is passed on to arstechnica about a price drop for US PS3s, the 80GB model would drop to $499.99, whilst the 40GB model would drop to $399.99, the leaker also suggests that the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray movie would be bundled with one of the models.
Source
10th of September 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
hermes releases PSXLoader, a PS2 Homebrew loader for the PS3, it is an experimental version and can only be used to run hermes Guitarfun and PS2Reality Mediaplayer at this stage.
Source – 212
10th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NHL 2K8
11th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Colin McRae: Dirt
12th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Heavenly Sword
NHL 08
13th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
13th of September 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition
PixelJunk Racers
13th of September 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.93]
Stability of network connection is improved
13th of September 2007
The PS3 receives a European Imaging and Sound Association award for Home Entertainment.
Source – 213
15th of September 2007
Reuters reports that Sony is in talks to sell its CELL production facilities to Toshiba for 100 billion yen.
Source – 214
16th of September 2007
The Stanford University and the PS3 get recognised as the most powerful distributed computing network in the world, by the Guinness World Records because of Folding@home
16th of September 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
drwoogie releases a tutorial on how to play PS1 and PS2 backups on the PS3. This method involves taking the PS3 apart and disc swapping.
Source – 215
17th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Stuntman: Ignition
17th of September 2007
SCEA announce that former vice president of Sega America, Scott A. Steinberg will join the company as vice president of product marketing.
Source – 216
20th of September 2007
Sony hold their game conference at the Tokyo Game Show, where they reveal the DualShock 3 and announce that Home, which was due to be released at the end of 2007, will be delayed until Spring 2008.
20th of September 2007
Sony buys Evolution Studios, the developers responsible for the PS3 game Motorstorm.
20th of September 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
LocoRoco Cocoreccho
21st of September 2007
Kimberly Otzman from SCEA reveals that the DualShock 3 uses the same technology as the DualShock 2, she also reveals that when the rumble feature is off the control pad will last 30 hours and only 15 hours when turned on.
Source – 217
24th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Skate
24th of September 2007
The website CVG post an article claiming that an “unnamed source” has passed them information that there will be a 40GB PS3 released in the UK, that could be as low as £299.
Source – 218
25th of September 2007
In an email to Kikizo, Sony state that the CVG article about a 40GB PS3 is “rumour and speculation”.
Source – 219
25th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
25th of September 2007
Rumours start circulating that a new PS3 SKU may be in the works, after an FCC filing with the below image was spotted on the internet:
27th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Record of Agarest War
27th of September 2007
After filing a voluntary dismissal, the case brought against SCEA, Sony DADC and Sony Pictures Entertainment on the 2nd of May 2007 by Target Technology Company is dismissed.
28th of September 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
FIFA 08
Ratatouille
Sega Rally Revo
Conan
28th of September 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Feel Ski
OCTOBER
1st of October 2007
After the Official PlayStation Magazine was cancelled in January 2007 by Ziff Davis, SCEA and Future US reveal that they will be releasing PlayStation:The Official Magazine.
Source – 220
2nd of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NBA 2K8
NBA Live 08
2nd of October 2007
SCEAs Kimberly Otzman reveals to GameDaily BIZ that an “IT Imposter” managed to gain access to some customer information on the PlayStation Network.
“Just to clarify, there has been no hacking or electronic breach to any of SCEA’s electronic security systems. An as-yet-unidentified PSN user impersonating an SCEA IT employee apparently called customer service agents in order to gain unauthorized access to two PSN user accounts not belonging to the imposter. The unauthorized accessing of the two accounts was discovered immediately after it took place, the unauthorized access was disabled, and the account-holders were notified.”
Source – 221
4th of October 2007
In an interview with Edge magazine, Gabe Newell gives his opinion on the PS3.
“Edge: A while ago you said that you thought Sony should do a ‘do-over’ with PS3. Do you still think that?
GN: Absolutely. I think [PS3 is] a waste of everybody’s time. Investing in the Cell, investing in the SPE gives you no long-term benefits. There’s nothing there that you’re going to apply to anything else. You’re not going to gain anything except a hatred of the architecture they’ve created. I don’t think they’re going to make money off their box. I don’t think it’s a good solution.”
Source – 222
4th of October 2007
PS3 magazine PSU3 announces that it is merging with PlayStation magazine Play.
Source – 223
5th of October 2007
SCEE announce a 40GB PS3 for PAL territories.
Source – 224
5th of October 2007
A user by the name of InsideSCEI on the Neoseeker forum claims that a new PS3 model with a 160GB hard drive is coming to Japan and that it will have a smaller processor, however they are the only believable specs, as the rest looks like what was shown at E3 2005.
Code: CECHG06 (SPECIFICATION)
Sony PlayStation 3
160gb 2.5 SATA 5400rpm HDD
CELL Broadband Engine (65nm process) @ 3.2ghz
PPU x1, SPE x8
RSX GPU (65nm process) @ 550mhz
Blu-Ray Optical Disc Drive @ 2x
Memory Card Reader- Memory Stick Duo, Compact Flash, Secure-digital
6x USB 2.0 ports
2x HDMI 1.3 ports
3x Gigabit ethernet ports
DUALSHOCK 3 controller
Source – 225
8th of October 2007
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
A judge dismisses the infringement lawsuit taking against Sony on the 26th Of July 2007, after Parallel Processing Corp filed a notice of voluntary dismissal.
8th of October 2007
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz SCEUK managing director Ray Maguire, speaks about the new PAL 40GB model.
Source – 226
9th of October 2007
SCEJ reveal that a 40GB PS3 will be released in Japan on the 11th of November 2007, which is the one year anniversary of the PS3s release, unlike NA and EU, Japan will get a ceramic white PS3.
Source – 227
10th of October 2007
The 40GB PS3 is released in the UK, it will come with only two USB ports and no PS2 backward compatibility support as Sony didn’t deem it important, the console will be priced at £299/€399, on backward compatibility Sony said this.
“The only functionality that is being removed is backwards compatibility – and this is because we believe this less important now than when we launched – as there will be 65 PS3 games available by Christmas. Furthermore we believe we should now be devoting our resources to the future of PlayStation gaming and delivering next generation experiences”
Source – 228
11th of October 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Everyday Shooter
12th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NBA 08
14th of October 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
Developers at PS2Dev.org find a way to get limited access to the RSX via Linux.
Source – 229
15th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
17th of October 2007
SCEE announce the formation of SCE Polska.
Source – 230
18th of October 2007
SCEA announce a 40GB PS3 for North America, the console will cost $399 and come with a Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray.
Source – 231
22nd of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
23rd of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Clive Barker’s Jericho
The Eye of Judgment
23rd of October 2007
Sony release the PlayStation Eye in North America
23rd of October 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v1.94]
Adds support for DualShock 3
24th of October 2007
After Resistance: Fall of Man fails to win at the British Academy Video Games Awards, the Dean of Manchester Cathedral says that they forgive Sony for featuring their Cathedral in the game.
“I think some important lessons have been learnt.
So we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong. “
Source – 232
25th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Imabikis?
26th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
PES 2008: Pro Evolution Soccer
27th of October 2007
StreamMyGame reveal that they plan to release a service for the PS3, that will let users play PC games on their PS3.
29th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Cars Mater-National Championship
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
John Woo Presents: Stranglehold
30th of October 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Simpsons Game
NOVEMBER
1st of November 2007
The Guinness World Records recognises folding@home as the most powerful distributed computing network in the world, Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@home project lead said this.
“To have Folding@home recognized by Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed computing network ever is a reflection of the extraordinary worldwide participation by gamers and consumers around the world and for that we are very grateful, without them we would not be able to make the advancements we have made in our studies of several different diseases. But it is clear that none of this would be even remotely possible without the power of PS3, it has increased our research capabilities by leaps and bounds.”
Source – 234
1st of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
G1 Jockey 4 2007
1st of November 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Toy Home
2nd of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
6th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
7th of November 2007
Sony release the PlayStation Eye in Europe.
8th of November 2007
After a Dutch website on the 7th of November 2007 claimed that Sony were seeing a failure rates of 40% on the 40GB PS3s, Sony release a statement.
“We are very proud of the quality and reliability of PlayStation 3 and are disappointed that such extremely sloppy journalism has resulted in this totally inaccurate story.”
Source – 235
8th of November 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v2.00]
This firmware allows the PSP to turn the PS3 on and off and theme importing added
8th of November 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Dark Mist
9th of November 2007
Users on the official PS3 forum start complaining about problems with firmware v2.0.
Source – 236
11th of November 2007
The PS3 celebrates its first birthday, with 5.6 million consoles sold worldwide.
11th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Dynasty Warriors 6
13th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Beowulf: The Game
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Need for Speed: ProStreet
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
14th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Assassin’s Creed
14th of November 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
sbcroix releases PS3 Theme Builder.
Source – 237
15th of November 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
codelogic releases PS3 Theme Extractor.
Source – 238
16th of November 2007
Popular gaming websites such as Engadget receive PS3 themed birthday cakes from Sony.
Source – 239
19th of November 2007
Sony announce a price drop on PS3 Dev Kits, SCEI nearly halved the price of its Reference Tools, with the price now being Y950,000 in Japan, $10,250 in North America and €7,500 in Europe.
Source – 240
19th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
College Hoops 2K8
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Time Crisis 4
TimeShift
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
20th of November 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v2.01]
System stability of PS3 games and upscaled PS2 games
20th of November 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
Rock Band
27th of November 2007
Security Analyst Nick Breese reveals that he has been working on a project for six months that he calls “CrackStation”, he uses a method to make cracking passwords a lot quicker using a PS3.
Source – 241
27th of November 2007
Ken Kutaragi has been named as a recipient of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award and will receive the award at a ceremony on the 7th of February 2008.
Source – 242
29th of November 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Pain
30th of November 2007
Team XLink announce that XLink Kai now officially supports PS3
Source – 243
DECEMBER
4th of December 2007
Sony announce that they have discontinued the 20GB PS3 model.
5th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
The Golden Compass
6th of December 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
PixelJunk Monsters
High Velocity Bowling
7th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
SingStar
8th of December 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
ps2dev.org, release a method that gives limited access to the RSX in Linux, making for better 2D graphics and slightly better 3D graphics.
10th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
BlackSite: Area 51
11th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
NCAA March Madness 08
The Orange Box
Unreal Tournament 3
13th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
13th of December 2007
Sony launch their digital currency PlayStation Network(PSN) cards in Japan.
17th of December 2007
[Game Release – Blu-ray]
MX vs. ATV: Untamed
18th of December 2007
[Official Firmware Release – v2.10]
This is quite a big update and blocks the method that gives limited access to the RSX in Linux, voice changer feature is added to voice and video chat, DivX and VC-1 playback is added, Blu-ray disc profile 1.1 is now supported
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19th of December 2007
Sony makes it to the Fortune 101 Dumbest Moments in Business list twice, for their promotion of PS2 game God of War II and for the drama over using Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man.
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20th of December 2007
[Game Release – Digital]
Snakeball
27th of December 2007
[Court – Legal Proceedings – Crime]
Copper Innovations Group LLC file a lawsuit against Sony for patent infringement, because of the technology used in the PS3’s Sixaxis
30th of December 2007
[Unofficial PlayStation 3]
mainman releases PS3 NAND Dump Extractor.
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