Sony upgrades PSN with 3D support

these only work with 3d tv’s right?
i cant just do it wait a pair of the glasses?? :-/

/Picard

SONY-MAKE.BELIEVE! PLAY BEYOND! THIS IS LIVING!

“our film and music services and you’ve got a very exciting proposition for the future of home entertainment.””

Huh?

Is he talking about Sony Music or a music service coming to PSN?

@4 doesn’t Europe or UK PSN have a music video service over there or am I thinking of an XBL channel?

Oooooh….does he mean VidZone?

Aww crap…I thought PSN was about to get a huge mp3 music store or something

@6 That would be awesome. I would take that over 3D any day.

Me too. T’would be cheaper!

Yes, these will require specific TVs. Time to ditch your super-expensive HD-TVs for the laziest gimmick, guys!

Who are Sony kidding?

The idea is awesome, but the support from consumers simply isn’t there. Sony needs to stop trying to re-invent the wheel every 4 years, seriously.

“We’re also announcing that The Fight: Lights Out will be available in stereoscopic 3D, combining PlayStation Move with 3D to deliver an immersive and realistic gaming experience unlike anything you’ve played before. ”

@9 They do it since Second World War, seriously.

PS: They are just starting to push products forward. Every company does that.

Sony does know that E3 is happening next week, right? Did someone not circulate that memo?

I think it’s awesome. I can’t afford it (right now), but I’m sure they’re plenty of rich people who can. If i were rich, i’d be eating this shit up.

P.S. The 3D red/blue glasses image is kind of misleading seeing as how Sony’s 3D doesn’t support these glasses

Don’t need 3D-can’t afford a fancy TV. What we need is cross game chat, better web browser, better folder options for photos, videos, etc. Pah!

@9 Better to be ahead of the curve than behind it, right?

Jeez, does anyone dole out propers anymore? If its lttp, its copying. If its too early, its wishful thinking. Maybe I’m just different from most gamers. Too much negativity towards a euphoric past time.

Cort don’t worry. This is part of Sony’s genius plan to winning the console war

@11 The biggest mistake that they’re making is that they’re pushing it forward too fast, too often.

At this point in the PS2′s life-cycle, it had sold twice as many units, and it *made* DVD relevant. Blu-ray certainly isn’t anywhere near as close to penetrating the market as DVD was, because Sony are attempting to move the technology on faster than the consumer is willing to buy it.

And this is why the company is haemorrhaging money all over the place.

Don’t get me wrong, the technology is awesome. But it’s too soon, and the consumer won’t care. The sales of the Wii proves this.

“And this is why the company is haemorrhaging money all over the place.”

They made money FY just gone.

I’ll wait for the release of the XBR15 before I’ll jump into 3D. I tested one of the TV’s and the tech is not up to par as advertised yet.

And then we get back to sales. Why? I don’t care how well they’re doing. Neither should anyone, as long as the content you want is there. I couldn’t care less about BD penetration rate, but I do care that my daughter can’t scratch them. I don’t care that 3D TVs are expensive, but I do care that, if I ever care to upgrade, my console goes along with it.

I can understand not caring about or even liking it, but poo-pooing it because of its impact at retail? Thats a pettiness I’ve never understood, even during the HD beginnings.

I’ll most likely get a 3d TV if it works out.

@17 It’s just competition in this uncertain economic climate started really strong and they feel the pressure from other companies. Apple trying to take their market, Microsoft and e.t.c.
Sony just wants to find a product where they will be successfull, thats why they are trying now with everything. Maybe 3D is much bigger for them then Blu ray in the future.

Honestly, at this point, I think Sony is basically saying “What can we add to our product (PS3) that Microsoft currently does not offer”?

Pretty smart if you ask me.

Damn Sony for pushing this tech onto us. You don’t see all the other big tv companies doing it do you? Samsung, LG, Panasonic they have nothing like this …

I don’t see why MS can’t just add it in later if at all. Nothing is sacred this gen.

@24….my point exactly…..it’s not about the tv’s necesarily, it’s about Sony’s PS3.

@25
MS can’t patch it in to existing models as the 360 HDMI chip doesn’t have the bandwidth to handle the new 3D formats.

@27
Aren’t MS doing something with LG? Don’t think the PS3 can handle “full” 1080p 3d Blu-Ray either, I think it uses 1080i. Don’t see why the 360 wouldn’t have the bandwidth to something 3d though. If it can do 1080p at 60fps then it can do 720p at 120fps surely?

eh?

@29
In order to do a 3D game you need to do twice as many frames, one for each eye. Withnail said the 360 doesn’t have the bandwidth to do it, but 720p @ 120fps requires less bandwidth than 1080p @ 60fps (as a 1080p image has over twice as many pixels as a 720p image). The latter the 360 can definitely do so it has the bandwidth to do 3D. There may be some other restriction I am not aware of, but it’s not bandwidth.

Link confirming PS3 3D Blu-Ray is only 1080i …
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/02/how-the-ps3-will-playback-3d-blu-ray-without-hdmi-1-4/

No, not the tech stuff you were talking, Doc. My response was more general, a reaction to the article content/aka this whole 3D bit for games. Thanks anyway, I hope someone else finds those posts a helpful reference in future.

If they show 3D stuff at E3, how will the
majority of people be able to tell on the video streams and that, what is going on?…Serious question, is it possible to convey this 3D when watching on the 2D set?

My Direct TV Receiver just had a 45 minute Update that allows for watching in 3D.

DrDamn – the link is bullshit I’m afraid. PS3 will be able to do 3D in 1080p.

Current Blu-ray movies = 1080p24
3D Blu-ray movies = 1080p24 x 2
HDMI 1.3 bandwidth = 1080p60 with bytes to spare

So the equivalent of 1080p48 is a doddle for the PS3 and its in-built decoders are far more powerful than the average BD player.

@34
I’d seen it a couple of times in different articles but the source does come back to Gizmodo – so hopefully you are right, it would be great if it did.

I’m sure this will be very exciting for the two people who actually have all the kit necessary to make it work.

3D gaming isnt meant to be of much use now, Sonys main aim is to implement it now so when the industery is ready for it Sony will be in place to take it. Reminds me of Microsoft and the early days of Live people said that would never work, now look at it.