C-h-a-o-s  |  August 17th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

The first story you guys have listed, have you read the PS3fanboy version where they tried to replace the confiscated PS3 with a Xbox 360? My inner fanboy tells me Microsoft had something to do with all of that.

XxBigP123xX  |  August 17th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

Time to pre-order Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet, and Socom this week :D

redbaron787  |  August 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

finnaly a update ive been bored :) :( :P

PSPsGTghOost  |  August 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Chance you guys may hold a PlayStation event somewhere in Toronto, Canada?

emjayx  |  August 17th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

There’s this one about parents letting this kid drop out of school to focus on Guitar Hero. Can’t find the link though.

Jeff Rubenstein replied on August 18, 2008 at 10:25 am

Yeah, saw that. I don’t wanna encourage that kind of behavior!

TheHater  |  August 17th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

you guys forgot that the American/Canadian HOME invites has been send out. Two of my friends from my buddy list got into it :(.
Sadly I didn’t. :( And I got my ps3 three weeks after it came out in the States, got over 34 games for it, have over 1000 hours on Resistance and almost 17 days on COD4. I also have over 100 hours on Warhawk. But I guess that wasn’t good enough to get in.

tezasaurus  |  August 17th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

You missed this:
http://www.thehdroom.com/news/17_Videos_Direct_from_PS3_Home_Beta/3297

Stoffinator  |  August 17th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

@ 6 North American invites for Home have not been sent out yet. :-p

And looking forward to the events next week.

TheHater  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

@7 Stoffinator
yes they have. Both of my friends are located in the NA. One live in Canada and the other live in NYC

iReyz  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Wow, Little Big Planet all over that building looks insanely awesome!

Mudpick  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Preordering Little Big planet hope its good.

Jeff, do you know how can i erase some items from my download list, for example some free demos and leave the games i bought only? its a mess. thanks buddy

001  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Apparently PSN is better at tracking things than amazon. Which is taking forever with my ps3 games >:0 HURRY UP AND SHIP! Sigh.

And I’m really amped for valkyria chronicals :)

Jeff Rubenstein replied on August 18, 2008 at 10:27 am

Dude, me too. Hoping to head over to Sega for an update on that game. Meanwhile, there’s a nice piece on it in this month’s PTOM.

Nitrowolf2  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

@10
i will agree with you mybe the download list should be sorted with catagories like “item bought’

So can we exspect more of GOD3 at GC?

megadethrulz  |  August 17th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

So when are the HOME beta invites going to be sent out. I know of 2 people that got it and I do not believe that they are the only two.

redbaron787  |  August 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

@5 i saw that to that was stupid

MegaClank  |  August 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

This week has been quite quiet.

Juniorlavigne  |  August 17th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Thanks for the update Jeff but
when are we going to get one for LifeWithPlayStation?

THATPSPGUY  |  August 17th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

Here READ THIS:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/USA-PLAYSTATION-Network-Store-PSN-50-Card-Credits-WW_W0QQitemZ220268545878QQihZ012QQcategoryZ139973QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now maybe after seeing that those PSN CARDS will show up fairly quickly, Ok?

MattyF  |  August 17th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Here is a Siren: Blood Curse Review from Kombo. This game has been getting glowing reviews from the media. I hope the sales are doing just as well. It’s one of my favorite PSN titles, currently.

http://ps3.kombo.com/article.php?artid=7755

Stoffinator  |  August 17th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

Yeah, where in the world is Life With PlayStation? :-S You guys like being so quiet on stuff. :-p

Ratchet3  |  August 17th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

will you be cover leipzig and pax on the blog

Jeff Rubenstein replied on August 18, 2008 at 10:28 am

I’ll be at PAX (so that’s a yes), and we’ll have Leipzig-related posts here as well this week.

gat305  |  August 17th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

i want HOME BETA! damnit i already have a platinum and wasted god knows how much money on the store and im on every night since i had my ps3 since launch that should be a ticket in I WANT TO GO HOME!

maxerus  |  August 17th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

Awww… i wanted a cool party at gameworks since i have yet to go and my friends all rave about it.

But it may work out better for work because i work that day but i might be able to get the morning off. So its all good.

Still cant wait to meet some REAL Sony fans!
I need more hardcore gamers on my PSN friends..LOL

maxerus  |  August 17th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

@Home gripers
Home expanded beta will open vary soon then you can complain that you did not get in.
And if you did not get in dont fret Open beta will come soon after anyway.

P.S. Yes some new beta testers have been added but the Big wave of invites have not been sent.
Trust me we will all know when that happens look at how big it was in Japan and EU.

P.P.S. This is Waaaayy off topic.

THATPSPGUY  |  August 17th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

@ gat35, you say you “WASTED” your money? Well your PS3 then because it’s obvious to me that you are not really a Gamer. Whenever I’ve bought something in the store, I’ve never considered it wasting money hard earned. Chin up man, they’ll never give it to you that way. Heck I wouldn’t if I were the deciding factor.\

Alot of good links in this post. Thanks some things I didn’t know before were in those.

Richlando  |  August 17th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

Thanks for the update Jeff!!

patrickp3  |  August 17th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

Good going on getting that stolen PS3 taken care of. Now maybe you can pull up my file and see where my stolen 60gb PS3 is at. You’ll see where I reported all the necessary details to you about six months ago, and, so far, nada. Not that it matters to me anymore, I guess, the machine now legally belongs to the insurance company, but I’d love to see the rotten sh**s who broke into my house in cuffs.

Codeman420  |  August 17th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

Thanks Jeff. Cant wait to get my hands on LBP.

viprdude  |  August 17th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

waiting patiently for signs of HOME beta US invites out. nothing yet. hope it comes this week.

travelo1  |  August 18th, 2008 at 12:30 am

All you can do is Hope for HOME Soon!! I Will!!

EvoAnubis  |  August 18th, 2008 at 12:44 am

Yeah, Jeff, you forgot that thing on Tuesday when you let slip the date when the Home Open Beta comes out. Sure you were a bit intoxicated, but you STILL said it, and the people deserve to know!!

*laughs* For the phenomenallly stupid, I’m kidding.

Actually, it was Wednesday.

Anyway, thanks for the recap!!

Onna76_NL  |  August 18th, 2008 at 1:39 am

Yggdria Union looks like a very solid RPG game. One I’m looking forward to play on my PSP. I hope it will sell good. I also hope Phantasy Star Portable will hit the West. Any idea about that? It sold very well in Japan in the first week.

Onna76_NL  |  August 18th, 2008 at 1:45 am

Oh a comment about that huuuuuuuuuge Little Big Planet banner in Germany. Why are the letters of “??? (can’t even read that) to Playstation 3″ so little?

AhXian  |  August 18th, 2008 at 2:03 am

hopefully sony will anncounce more jrpg for ps3 in TGS. just look at what tales did to the 360 in japan this week!!

tezasaurus  |  August 18th, 2008 at 4:37 am

Wow, you ask what stories you missed so I post one and you delete it? Way to be, Playstation Blog.

Jeff Rubenstein replied on August 18, 2008 at 10:30 am

links have to be approved individually to prevent spam. I don’t work at 4.37am, so you’ll just have to be a bit patient.

Onna76_NL  |  August 18th, 2008 at 5:19 am

@AhXian, those idiots at SCEI really need to start acting! The PS3 is selling lousy in Japan. With Last Remnant releasing first on the 360, Infinite Undiscovery hitting soon in Japan they’ve got nothing to compete with!!!

LN_MEXWARRIOR  |  August 18th, 2008 at 5:46 am

New PJ EDEN DLC! YES!! Garden 7 was a @#$@#$! But still a great game!

the_icon  |  August 18th, 2008 at 6:37 am

Hey Jeff, Is it possible for you guys to bring in the guys of Mirror’s Edge and if possible far cry 2 to the blog? As the reason I visit this blog is for insider information and all those behind the scenes stuff.

Thanks

Jeff Rubenstein replied on August 18, 2008 at 10:31 am

I’ll work on it (especially Mirror’s Edge – development is PS3-led).

SeWICX  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:01 am

Hey , I just have one question.. ( would be really happy if you could answer)
Ive seen that many 360 games has a mark with 60 hz in front of the cover.
But the PS3 doesn’t, what does it mean the sign with 60 hz ?
I have a Samsung Le32A656 which i think is 60 hz at least thats what it says when i press info on my tv, still it says 50 hz on the back of my LCD tv.

so my question is will games lag without 60 hz?
Ive been having some problems with GTA IV on the ps3. Because it suffers from Low FPS ( approx 24 Frames per secound which is really bad . Normal games like Call of duty 4 has 60 frames per secound , Burnout has 59 fps .
And because GTA has such a low fps i tend to see lag when much happens at once in gta..
Is it possible to ask rockstar north if they can patch GTA IV for ps3 so that we can get alittle bit more frames per secound.. i dont care if its a GB update just fix it.

( In the future please ask developers to make games with high Framerate )

thanks

FritoZ  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:23 am

I’d like to see some stories aboutthe new batman game, Arkham Asylum, that was just announced!

thanks!

BZKlint  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:25 am

Don’t forget about Boston :(

amante  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:44 am

I know this isn’t the right place to ask this but I figured I had the best chance of getting feedback here so if anyone has any thoughts, please tell me (ANYONE):

I went onto the video store this weekend to grab a video fro me and the girlfriend and it was taking longer than expected. So at around 30% I canceled the download expected to be refunded my 5.99. As of now, I have yet to see my money? Did the video store really just screw me out of 6 bucks or is there something I am missing? Has anyone else had this issue? I never watched it, never played a single second of it. Just let it download til 30% and then canceled. Any help would be great. I’m really hoping the Sony community can help a brother out.

SeWICX  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:49 am

Im not sure dude.. i live in norway :S we dont have that video store..

thingg  |  August 18th, 2008 at 7:56 am

thanks for the list. Here’s a good story from ars technica that you may have missed:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080817-microsoft.html

Ghostm  |  August 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am

@33 Onna76_NL | August 18th, 2008 at 5:19 am

Whoever thought that 360 would be owning our butts in Asia? That’s a damn shame! Sony needs to do something quick before those flawed 360 takes over Asia. The RPGs announcements are doing wonders for 360.

Please fix the PSN friend list bug.

NewYork214  |  August 18th, 2008 at 8:18 am

@ ghostm

that was the first week ever it sold more then PS3. wont do nothin for 360 in the long run. but sony does need more RPG’s.

Ghostm  |  August 18th, 2008 at 8:19 am

How come The Last Remnant is not a simultaneously release on both platforms. This is so unfair. We have to wait so long just to play FFXIII ’cause of the 360 version.

Ghostm  |  August 18th, 2008 at 8:28 am

@ 42 NewYork214 | August 18th, 2008 at 8:18 am

This is the second week in a row and the numbers are growing. Dude, never say never! Those AAA RPGs are really helping 360 gain grounds in Asian. It’s something that I’d never thought.

FritoZ  |  August 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am

@GhostM

yeah, i can’t believe square-enix is going to make PS3 owners WAIT for the 360 version to be done, even though the PS3 version will be completely done..

if i wasn’t so starved of RPG’s i would almost say boycott square-enix…but who am i kidding? I have to play all FF games…they are the best!

jqtaxpayer  |  August 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am

Bionic Commando Rearmed does indeed work by remote play, but it doesn’t run so well.

I wish we could — *hint, hint* — share our remote play PSN games with our PSPs… since we can already share these with up to 5 consoles anyway, it wouldn’t really be a piracy issue, per se. Naturally, I’m ignorant as to what difficulties the implementation would present to Sony, but I’m throwing the idea out there to be considered or not.

Nonetheless, Bionic Commando Rearmed is a must-own PSN game… highly recommended to fans of the original, who probably already own it.