Video Game Industry Thread: Time for a new thread

plufim

Hard to know who to believe, part of the hacker's persona is seeming to be invincible. If one of them was apprehended, they would likely deny he was part of the group.

Unco-ordinated

Couscous wrote: »

So wait, hackers now have the developer source code? I did not know that. I feel sorry for the people working on Sony's security.

Old build from 2008. Still not great but better than the worst case scenario. It was apparently leaked by a former Sony employee, who requested that they not make it public... I imagine he's going to be in a bit of trouble now.

Edit: I'm pretty sure he's part of the group. There were chat logs leaked by someone where he was basically saying "I'm fucked aren't I?"

lowlylowlycook

Last chance to guess the NGP price?

Turkey

I guess if you wanna be pedantic, lulzsec is right. He's not really anonymous anymore.

Santa Claustrophobia

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Last chance to guess the NGP price?

'Too much!'

Couscous

Lulzsec isn't Anonymous or do you mean small "a" anonymous?

I'm going to make the bold guess of 499 dollars though I expect it to be much less due to less expensive development and a less stupid Sony.

plufim

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Last chance to guess the NGP price?

$350 and $400 for the two models. Maybe less if they don't have the memory cards packed in.

RainbowDespair

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Last chance to guess the NGP price?

$300 for the base model. $400 for the fancy-schmancy one.

If the expensive model had free 3G that would be pretty awesome. I expect it'll require a subscription of some sort though.

Graviija

I bet they don't even announce the price.

lowlylowlycook

They can't go over $300. Even that seems high for a handheld.

Cade

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Last chance to guess the NGP price?

One normal job with a side job that will teach discipline is the answer.

Santa Claustrophobia

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

They can't go over $300. Even that seems high for a handheld.

Seems?

For $300, that shit better play fucking PS3 games!

zerg rush

plufim wrote: »

Hard to know who to believe, part of the hacker's persona is seeming to be invincible. If one of them was apprehended, they would likely deny he was part of the group.

This is the most recent news I've seen about it. So yeah, definitely denying he's part of the group. Not sure if it's true or false.

Dear Internets,
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Herro! Recently some of you may have seen "LulzSec exposed" logs floating around. We'd like the time to say this: LOL. Those logs are primarily from a channel called #pure-elite, which is /not/ the LulzSec core chatting channel. #pure-elite is where we gather potential backup/subcrew research and development battle fleet members, i.e. we were using that channel only to recruit talent for side-operations.
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Note that people such as joepie91/Neuron/Storm/trollpoll/voodoo are not involved with LulzSec, they just hang out with us in that channel. Also, "ev0", who was allegedly arrested (?) was never a part of LulzSec or in fact the subcrew. We don't even know who he is.
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Despite the fact that we're laughing heartily right now, we do take care of our subcrew, and as such the person who leaked those logs (m_nerva) has been completely hacked inside and out. We have all his online accounts, all his personal information, all the illegal things he's done on record. We destroyed him so hard that he sat there apologizing to us all night on IRC for what he did. His mother probably spanked him after we wrecked his home connection. Uh-oh, m_nerva!
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Our core chatting channel remains unaffected. Our core LulzSec team is at full strength. The Lulz Boat sails stronger than ever, nice try though.
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TL;DR we are too sexy to be sunk, hacking continues as usual, u mad bros?
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Warlock82

Graviija wrote: »

I bet they don't even announce the price.

^^^

Turkey

Wow, lulzsec sounds like middle aged parents trying to be hip.

CygnusZ

Even if Sony internally has set a price on NGP/Vita, it makes no sense to reveal it so far prior to launch.

Warlock82

Turkey wrote: »

Wow, lulzsec sounds like middle aged parents trying to be hip.

I thought he sounded like a 12 year old acting like he was cool or something. I bet he didn't even hack that dude.

Couscous

E3 Sony conference industry related stuff.

StephenTotilo:
He just said that PS3 is the leading device for watching streaming Netflix. Huh. Says they account for 30%

Couscous

Owen Good:
PlayStation branded 3D display. 24 inch display specifically developed for PS3 customers.

Playstation branded 3DTV.

Owen Good:
this will allow two players to see separate screens instead of split screens thanks to the stereoscopic glasses

All of those five games with split screen multiplayer nowadays.

Couscous

Owen Good:
Monitor is available this monitor, bundled with 3D glasses, 6 foot HDMI cable, and Res 3. More than $150 in value for the accessories, says Tretton. Total package with the monitor is $499

Additional glasses 70 dollars. This fall.

Sony is really using the PS3 to push 3D crap.

Santa Claustrophobia

Why not? It worked for Blu-Ray.

Dr Mario Kart

wait, is it a TV or a monitor?

Couscous

So how much is Sony paying for this PS3 exclusive crap?

Couscous

Vita is confirmed.

cloudeagle

CygnusZ wrote: »

Even if Sony internally has set a price on NGP/Vita, it makes no sense to reveal it so far prior to launch.

Eh, they did with the PS3. You could see the instant the audience went from "fuck yeah!" to "what the fuck?"

plufim

Vita 3G through AT+T only. What the goddam fuck.

cloudeagle

plufim wrote: »

Vita 3G through AT+T only. What the goddam fuck.

That actually got some boos, according to Wired's liveblog.

plufim

Yeah, it did. Ken's reaction was to keep smiling and move on.

Couscous

250/299 is really good.

cloudeagle

Couscous wrote: »

250/299 is really good.

Woah, really? Wow, they're actually trying to be competitive. Definitely surprised.

dbrock270

Oh my god the crowd reaction to the AT&T thing was awesome.

Couscous

cloudeagle wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

250/299 is really good.

Woah, really? Wow, they're actually trying to be competitive. Definitely surprised.

McWhertor:
Sony hasn't said so on stage, but the price for Vita is in: $249 USD for the Wi-fi only version, $299 USD for the model with 3G
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Owen Good:
We're now looking at the RPG Ruin, and our very out-of-breath narrator needs to move that mike.
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Owen Good:
This is for the Vita, btw
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Owen Good:
I'm surprised Vita is $249, to be honest

I'm expecting some price drop from the 3DS sometime near the Vita's release.

plufim

I mus say I'm surprised! Looks like a 3DS price drop/game pack-in might have to happen.

cloudeagle

plufim wrote: »

I mus say I'm surprised! Looks like a 3DS price drop/game pack-in might have to happen.

Wouldn't be shocked. Suddenly this thing is actual competition.

CygnusZ

cloudeagle wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

250/299 is really good.

Woah, really? Wow, they're actually trying to be competitive. Definitely surprised.

I guess I'm wrong.

I still think that from a business perspective this was a bad move. It lets Nintendo know exactly what to expect from Sony and will enable them to react.

plufim

Modnation racers track creation SHOULD have been the first thing they showed. This is why the dual touch is cool.

Couscous

Sony is also really pushing the PS3/Vita connectivity stuff.

Couscous

CygnusZ wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

Couscous wrote: »

250/299 is really good.

Woah, really? Wow, they're actually trying to be competitive. Definitely surprised.

I guess I'm wrong.

I still think that from a business perspective this was a bad move. It lets Nintendo know exactly what to expect from Sony and will enable them to react.

Nintendo cutting the price possibly slightly earlier depending on announcement of price doesn't make much of a difference and is probably more than made up by getting people more excited for it.

lowlylowlycook

Seems we are in bizzaro world. $250 for Vita. Hmmmmm.

UnbreakableVow

$250 for Vita?

Definitely getting one

Glad one of the handheld manufacturers knows what that kind of cash is worth