3D, Move, expensive games and the PS4. Not all at once, obviously.

It’s been another quiet week on the PS3 front, but the continuing buzz surrounding Sony’s 3D push continues to gather buzziness as Sony outline their plans to bring future firmware updates to the PS3, enabling 3D BluRay as well as support for their upcoming series of 3D cameras. It seems that Sony are going full steam ahead with 3D, I’m assuming with the hope that the new technology will be embraced in the same way HD has been. A dangerous tactic, especially with HD being so recent, but Sony have never been a company to do things half-arsed…

But it seems 3D has always been part of the PS3 plan, as has Move. An interview with the Sony Entertainment President Kazou Hirai by the Telegraph newspaper explains that the “new” technology has actually been on the PlayStation roadmap for quite some time. Who says they can’t keep secrets?

Speaking of Move, the chances of a first-person Star Wars game using the Move seems to be increasing. Think about it. Holding a light sabre. USING a light sabre. Now tell me you’re not a little bit excited.

Looking further ahead, there have been hints that developers are already working on the PS4 – not in terms of software, but by helping the very beginning of the hardware concepts. A shrewd move by Sony considering the grief they’ve had from some corners about the complexity of the PS3 hardware.

Finally, with Gran Turismo 5 getting ever nearer talk of special editions is becoming more common. The French version of Amazon have recently listed a pair of special versions, one at €95, and the other at a wallet crunching €190. Helpfully, they haven’t said what they’re expecting them to actually include.

Oh well. Until next time…

Iain