Sony has announced that its 3D firmware update which is being piped to its latest range of Blu-ray players and the PlayStation 3 will not make the PS3 compatible with upcoming 3D Blu-rays.
Instead, the update will ready the console for 3D games, of which there will be four in June.
The four titles coming out in a 3D flavour are: Wipeout HD, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, PAIN and Super Stardust HD.
The PlayStation 3 will eventually get 3D Blu-ray compatibility but this is to come in the form of another firmware update later in the year.
3D bundles
While it's great that Sony will be offering 3D for free on the PS3, the delay of 3D Blu-ray on the console will be a blow to those PS3 owners looking to buy a 3D TV and save money on not purchasing a 3D Blu-ray player.
Sony announced this week that it will be offering bundle deals with its 3D Blu-ray player range.
The company also unveiled its first 3D Blu-ray release Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs will be coming to Europe in June – something which is bound to tease those waiting longingly for the PS3 3D firmware update.
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watchful
April 19th 2010
3. Was nobody listening when Sony told us this months ago?
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/01/08/ces-2010-3d-qa/
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windymiller
April 18th 2010
2. "While it's great that Sony will be offering 3D for free on the PS3, the delay of 3D Blu-ray on the console "will be a blow" to those PS3 owners looking to buy a 3D TV and save money on not purchasing a 3D Blu-ray player."
Get.A.Grip.
Anyone with any sense is not going to go out and buy a compatible player, when all they have to do is wait a couple of months for the update. Not even a 3D cartoon should entice a sane person to fork the extra premium tacked on to something they don't need.
Slow day in techland was it?
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cheysuli
April 16th 2010
1. Can't say I'm disappointed.
3D is a gimmick and an unwelcome tax on cinema-goers.
The "new" 3D is just as bad as the old. For those of us who remember Jaws3-3D, we've traded a red-halo for a silvery shimmer and we still get eyestrain and have to wear uncomfortable glasses.
I didn't go to the trouble of getting contact lenses only to have to pay extra at the cinema to wear them again!
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