PS3 Goes On Tour – First Concept Picture Inside
Coming to a shopping centre near you
28 Sept 2007
It seems that the PS3 has mistaken itself for a rock band and is going off on tour in October, with the
‘PlayStation 3 UK Tour’ kicking off at London's O2 Arena next week and then touring the shopping malls, train stations and universities of Britain.
The show-and-tell tour is primarlily to demo the non-gaming attributes of the console/ interactive entertainment hub/ supercomputer/ expensive toy.
The tour will be showcasing the media functions on the PS3 on numerous 1080p HD screens, hosting short bursts of entertainment in the form of 60 second, five minute and 15 minute workshops that will be tailored to the consumers preference and provide hands on experience and hosting prize draws to win PS3s.
You can see the first concept art of the sampling unit right here, watch out for your local teenagers trying to steal from one of these in a shopping centre near you very soon.
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“The main aim of the PS3 UK Tour is to showcase those capabilities which stretch beyond the realms of gaming to include HD pictures, music, photography, PlayStation Network and PSP compatibility,” SCE UK trade marketing manager Rosemary Buahin told SPOnG earlier today.
“PlayStation 3 is a super-computer that fits naturally in the living room environment. With this in mind, we have created demonstration units which will allow consumers to freely experience the PS3 throughout the tour.”
The tour kicks off on October 1st, and runs through until the end of December.
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Which is fair enough, and I'll gladly admit that the PS3 has a quite small library of games and needs more AAA titles.
On the other hand, if someone told you they don't like the Wii because the controllers eat batteries, I think you'd be slightly less forgiving and point out where they are wrong. I'm doing the same with your assertion that the PS3 is loud. It's not.
Oh and BTW the Wii gets excellent mileage out of the controller batteries.
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Posted by moosa
“PlayStation 3 is a super-computer that fits naturally in the living room environment."
Despite the fact that it's massive, ugly, loud, and overall quite intimidating. I have a cat whom I'm certain would be terrified of The Black Obelisk, and that's before it levitates, explodes small toys through telekinesis, and possesses nearby babies' souls.
Despite the fact that it's massive, ugly, loud, and overall quite intimidating. I have a cat whom I'm certain would be terrified of The Black Obelisk, and that's before it levitates, explodes small toys through telekinesis, and possesses nearby babies' souls.
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Posted by tyrion
moosa wrote:
I happen to love Nintendo, and especially my Wii sitting happily beside my TV. But if someone said that the thing has loads of crappy games in it's library, I'd say "dude, I know! It's pretty freaking stupid, but at least a few of 'em are awesome enough."
Which is fair enough, and I'll gladly admit that the PS3 has a quite small library of games and needs more AAA titles.
On the other hand, if someone told you they don't like the Wii because the controllers eat batteries, I think you'd be slightly less forgiving and point out where they are wrong. I'm doing the same with your assertion that the PS3 is loud. It's not.
Oh and BTW the Wii gets excellent mileage out of the controller batteries.
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