TSA Chat Transcript: Sony

NGP gets a name, after some more apologies.

Stefan: Here we NGP
Chris: Kaz
Gareth: oh, I like Kaz too
Gareth: he’s cool
Stefan: lol, applause for the tie?! What about the shirt!
Chris: nevermind the tie, what about the shirt?
Gareth: awesome
Stefan: Legend
Adam: his trousers are a big high..
Adam: psn made his hair grey too
Stefan: He pronounced it right!
Chris: Veeta
Stefan: I’m so proud of him:)
Greg: Bingo #15
Adam: better than MS saying Laygo ;)
Gareth: I hate that name
Gareth: Vita
Gareth: it’s shit.
Stefan: haha, Laygo was hilarious
Stefan: At least Vita has a meaning
Gareth: PSP2 has past baggage.
Stefan: unlike Wii and similar pap
Chris: sixaxis tech, not proper gyroscopes?
Adam: weird crowd reaction
Chris: bundled with contract in us?
Stefan: I’d imagine it’s gyroscopes, but they just equate it to six axis tech? (Well, hope so anyway)
Adam: were they booing?
Joshua: at&t connection and free wifi hotspot use
Stefan: Lots of people dislike AT&T
Gareth: sounded like wooing to me
Chris: yeah, i get that… keeps the branding easier & ties in to home console, but on the move
Stefan: cross game chat
Gareth: rofl
Gareth: cross game chat on NGP
Gareth: That is just hilarious
Joshua: cross game chat wtf
Chris: CGC…. lol
Blair: someone make a news post
Chris: Near
Blair: “Cross Game Chat Confirmed”
Gareth: :D
Blair: STREETPASS!
Stefan: “near” branded local ad-hoc gameplay (?)
Gareth: youv’e totally gotta call the article that, blair
Gareth: well, it’d probably reflect bad on us, but I’d love to see everyone’s faces
Blair: can I, Peter?:p
Joshua: i cant wait to see which sites DO run with that headline
Joshua: might be best off waiting for these demos to see if theres any other OS stuff in there
Chris: have trophies been announced for it?
Joshua: already announced
Blair: yeah, compare trophies he said
Stefan: Oh they were?
Adam: awesome visuals
Joshua: announced at the ngp announce
Greg: video out or power lead?

Uncharted Golden Abyss

Gareth: …that looks like U2
Gareth: might be the small screen
Peter: holy shitballs… editing.
Gareth: editing?
Peter: yeah, you’re all going too quick for me:-P
Blair: :p connect 4!
Gareth: :p
Blair: fuck
Chris: touch screen QTE for melee
Greg: new tilt-to-fall mechanic
Chris: hmmm buttons with a game like this pls… ta
Stefan: touch is optional.
Stefan: It looks nicely done, but… Doesn’t feel like the touch adds much.
Gareth: kinda takes away the skill from climbing
Peter: c’mon, get to the big thing:)
Stefan: Exactly. Would be good if there were multiple paths, but there’s just the single route to it
Adam: i tell you what guys, we dont have half as much proper chat about this conference compared to MS
Chris: Using Uncharted to show off various Vita tech well though, even if buttons are best for something like that
Stefan: People are just so busy writing up tiny little news pieces:P

Ruin

Peter: here we go…
Joshua: its a big third party game isnt it peter?
Adam: Although most of the MS stuff will have to be edited unless because it will easily reach 5000 words after the first edit
Greg: Fewer, tired-er people now?
Gareth: yeah, we actually have things to report
Stefan: Ruin?
Gareth: Don’t know what it is
Joshua: are these people running to the stage?
Gareth: Apparently it’s a surprise
Peter: This is going to be big, apparently.
Gareth: ooh
Gareth: that looks like Diablo
Peter: looks stunning
Gareth: I want Diablo on my NGP
Gareth: This looks gorgeous
Adam: i thought you said dildo not diablo for a second
Greg: multi-player pleeeez
Chris: getting tired now
Adam: yeah the wind has kinda gone from the sails:(
Gareth: ooh yes, totally want dildo on NGP. Make it vibrate, it’ll be good.
Gareth: I’m still all awake and stuff
Chris: GoW from a further out perspective
Peter: persistent rivalries with strangers via social networks.
Stefan: Too much slow mo!
Gareth: hmm
Stefan: What’s the point of it? So silly
Joshua: what is this?
Gareth: cloud saving via NGP and loading it on PS3?
Gareth: that is awesome
Joshua: just looks like a cheap rip off of diablo
Peter: Ruin
Stefan: Nervous dude:) cross-platform save and play and game. Excellent
Chris: he is nervous, crowd seem dead not much making them applaud
Stefan: Not sure they really knew what to make of it

Modnation Racers Vita

Chris: MNR vita
Gareth: the social network thing, how does that work?
Stefan: “Cloud saving is only on playstation” (and announced earlier, XBL and iOS)
Blair: SO MUCH NEWS
Blair: I FEEL LIKE DAN
Peter: it’s a persistent connection thing, i think.
Stefan: MNR, brilliant. PSP one was pap…
Blair: that is cool!
Stefan: Wait… wow. [at the touch based track creation] Adam: “you can play this for days”
Stefan: That was just… totally swish
Blair: touchscreen ModNation is such a good idea!
Chris: touchscreen makes a huge difference to this
Gareth: woooww
Adam: like the lighting
Stefan: Lighting was great on the PS3 one too.
Stefan: cross-platform features again.
Gareth: hmm
Chris: flagging, only the PS4 can keep me awake much longer
Peter: There’s a Trophies icon on the home screen/
Gareth: we already know vita will have trophies don’t we?
Gareth: Or did I dream that?
Joshua: They said trophies at the original announcement.
Peter: oh, do we?
Chris: I don’t know, even of its obvious
Peter: oops
Peter: maybe I forgot. I am technically asleep right now

LittleBigPlanet Vita

Gareth: ooh, proper LBP portable?
Stefan: LBPSV!
Chris: CHRIST!!!
Gareth: :o
Stefan: This looks ruddy brilliant
Chris: That’s just ridiculous
Joshua: This is amazing
Gareth: HA
Peter: what’s this now? LBP Vita?
Gareth: hair used as legs, that’s thinking with portals
Chris: Like Move controls, but way, way better
Gareth: I mean, out of the box
Stefan: Yup
Adam: They’ve been busy
Gareth: that was superb
Chris: that looks amaze
Stefan: Touch is a billion times better than motion
Stefan: It’s as simple as being so much more instantaneous and simplistic

Streetfighter X Tekken

Chris: psp?
Adam: tekken
Chris: camp
Stefan: I like this guy. He’s amazingly happy looking
Joshua: unless there’s any big ones that require separate posts
Adam: he is looking everywhere
Chris: Is this StreetFight X Tekken or Tekken X Street Fighter, I missed it
Gareth: Is LBP PSP (ie, not Vita) the same as LBP/2 in that it has 3 layers for objects and stuff?
Gareth: fucking hell, all this vita stuff is astonishing
Stefan: LBP PSP only has 2 layers
Gareth: Vita had 3 then, right?
Blair: Vita will be supported really well
Gareth: Looked like it to me:/
Stefan: Also, no online play
Chris: featuring Cole from infamous
Stefan: you can share, but not play with others
Stefan: looked like 3 to me too
Joshua: no online play for what?
Stefan: LBP on PSP had no ability to play through a level with other players
Chris: $249 for WiFi only Vita just flashed across the gttv feed
Stefan: you were always on your own.
Adam: beautifull coloursss
Gareth::O
Adam: streetfighter on vita for future editing reference
Joshua: it said online play in the trailer?!
Gareth: LBP did?
Joshua: oh, not psp, i mean on vita
Stefan: Not explicitly, but there were 4 characters running around on screen in the LBP Vita reveal. So ad-hoc at the very least.

Another little montage followed by the pricing.

Chris: Has the price been announced or is that new?
Peter: no formal price yet but $249 seems to be filtering in from a couple of places now…
Adam: please dont be finished
Blair: so 3DS price?
Adam: more PS3 please
Chris: It’s been confirmed on screen on GTTV’s ticker
Peter: I’ll add it to the post josh just did
Chris: still not convinced by ui, I know its for the touch, but I like the XMB sleekness
Joshua: they havent said it on stage yet though
Joshua: and yeah, i love the xmb too
Gareth: I’m totally into the Hustle Kings portable thing
Chris: Mon-tage
Blair: is GoW4 gonna happen?
Adam: I hope we have some more coming…
Blair: AR fighting game!
Adam: UC3 has been the only wow moment for me
Chris: WTF, flying golfers?
Stefan: lol, what was the flying girl golfer?!
Peter: that AR fighting game was revealed a few days ago. Real Fighters or something.
Chris: Uc3 was great, but thanks to prior reveal lacked Uncharted2’s wow-ness (for me)
Gareth: mkay
Joshua: holidays this year
Joshua: wifi nly 249
Greg: Rumours were true!
Blair: yen and Euro but not pounds?!
Stefan: That’s incredibly competitive
Joshua: 249 24,980 yen
Joshua: 299 3g
Greg: Oh and Bingo #16, #38
Joshua: totally gonna go for 3g then
Stefan: That’s even more impressive
Gareth: wow
Stefan: Going 3G here too
Gareth: that’s very cheap for 3G
Blair: £200+ UK
Gareth: no, £200 at most
Blair: will you need a 3G contract?
Joshua: I’m saying 199 wifi, 239 3g
Peter: same price as the 3DS, roughly
Chris: $299 7 Euro for 3G model, don’t forget though already announced contracts with mobile networks, well AT&T anyway
Gareth: well yes, for wifi I mean
Stefan: pricing will end up as it was for 3DS. £220 wifi is possible
Blair: So much better than FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS.
Chris: GoW?
Greg: 249 euro is £222 currently
Gareth: noo, I don’t think it’ll be more than £200 for the wifi
Gareth: maybe it’s wishful thinking
Blair: RIIIIIIIDGE RACER reference!
Chris: Will be £229, but retailers will discount it a tad
The end?

Chris: GoW time?
Blair: Hopefully God of War.
Gareth: I can’t remember the Yen
Blair: If not, okay.
Adam: No? That’s it?
Joshua: i wrote the yen down
Chris: oh
Peter: updated Josh’ post with pricing
Gareth: c’mooonnnn
Adam: I’m worried
Gareth: godammit
Joshua: oh i see
Stefan: best is yet to come, but you’re not announcing anything?
Joshua: no god of war 4
Joshua: the collection was 3d!
Blair: What?!
Adam: hold on
Greg: transforming stage
Peter: no Twisted Metal yet either
Adam: whats’s this
Greg: taiko
Stefan: Well that’s a bit of a bummer
Gareth::/
Gareth: So when’s the best supposed to come, exactly?
Chris: well, lots of stuff announced, strangely not blown away by any of it apart from mnr & lbp on vita
Stefan: god knows
Gareth: that’s was their conference, ffs
Gareth: That’s THE place to announce
Joshua: it was good but not great then, like ms
Gareth: [sigh] Gareth: far better than MS
Gareth: MS was alright
Adam: Resistance 3?
Greg: Ninty can steal the show again then
Chris: Much preferred most of the Kinect stuff, looked real fun and system selling titles
Gareth: not for me they won’t
Blair: What is going on? DJ?
Chris: Ninty’s for the taking
Adam: Flash mob on stage

And that was that! The sense that we were all a little underwhelmed was rather palpable, but overall a solid showing from Sony despite the notable omissions. Thanks for reading!