Sony presented their conference earlier today, and some of the upcoming title for the PS3, PS2 and PSP have been announced and displayed. Interestingly, they made us of LittleBigPlanet to show part of their presentation, as you can see in the first picture. Very clever. Here's a list of the announcements:

    * Sony are working towards 10 year lifepsans for their consoles, including PS3. The PS2 is in its 8th year now.

    * They have 3 successful consoles in the market at once, something no other company has.

    * There a new PS2 bundle on the way - Lego Batman game and Justice League Heroes DVD come bundled.

    * The Playstation Network will be universal, you can log on from a PC, send messages to people in your friend list.

    * There have been 180 million downloads from the Playstation Store so far.

    * Gran Turismo TV is coming to the Playstation Network starting in August, pay per view Top Gear, automotive content will be available.

    * Home is getting closer to an open Beta, a few publishers are interested, such as Ubisoft and EA. You can have game themed houses, and Warhawk, Resistance and Uncharted themed houses were shown.

    * Sony are launching their new video store on the Playstation Network. Sony Pictures, Fox, MGM Studios, Lionsgate, Warner, Disney and more have signed on, and standard and high definition TV shows will be available, as well as movies. Rentals will be available alongside the ability to purchase. Pricing (in USD) is $1.99 an episode for TV shows, $2.99 to $5.99 for movie rental, and from $5.99 to $14.99 for movie purchases. Downloaded films and TV shows can be transfered to the PSP. There's a new tab in the Playstation Store which goes to the video store. You can view titles by catergory, and change from thumbnail view to list view by pressing Square on the controller. You can preview content, trailers are available. Progressive downloads, you can start watching while you download. You can hook up the PSP to a PC and access the Playstation Store that way, and get videos. The video store will be available on the U.S store this week.

* Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty is coming to the Playstation network as a downloable title. The graphics are the same as Tools of Desturction, but the game is on a smaller scale. It will sell for $15 USD.

    *  Resistance: Retribution is coming to the PSP in America, releasing in Spring next year.

    * Super Stardust is coming to PSP, as is Valkyria Chronicles, which is also a PS3 game.

    * News and weather are coming to the PS3, part of the new Life With Playstation service, it will be available by the end of the month.

    * There's a new 80GB PS3 on the way, which will retail for $399 in the U.S.

    * MAG is coming - brand new PS3 exclusive MMO game. 256 player battles.

I want LittleBigPlanet now!!

Me too, the game has kept improving over time, it's really going to be great once it's released. It's one of the games I'll definitely be picking up.

Didn't watch it, but didn't sound like much happened. Microsoft did best this year, I think.

Oh those were actual game themed apartments? I thought they were lobbies for the actual games.. My idea is better   

Nobody would want to deck their entire apartment out to blatantly advertise one particular game. It would get old fast when you're able to create your own and fully customise everything.

Nobody would want to deck their entire apartment out to blatantly advertise one particular game. It would get old fast when you're able to create your own and fully customise everything.

Well, I think you'd be surprised really. It's not advertising as such, rather it's like being in the game when you're not in the game, if that makes sense. You could say it's like being able to take a small piece of the game with you, I guess. I do agree that most people will simply make their own though.

Yeah only the hardcore fans would get it, and then they'd regret it in a year or so when they see a new game one that is better. Seems expensive, but we'll see.

Home is supposed to be free though, I would have expected these apartments to be like a default thing or something. I suppose they could have them for sale though, depends which direction Sony intend to go with Home (most likely one that makes them money).

If home becomes a reality and not just a dream - it will seal the deal for a new PS3 for me.

Been torn between spending my tax return on a new comp and PS3 for a while now - comp having better net access - WoW/Diablo 3 etc  PS3 being less demanding time wise.

But I'm really looking forward to the home outline, I think it will be great.