Despite the fact that part XIII isn't even out, Sony wasted no time in pulling one of their biggest guns with the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV is on the way to the PlayStation 3...and only PlayStation 3. And its online.

With Microsoft scoring the console world's biggest RPG last year with Final Fantasy XIII, Sony took the 2009 E3 as a good time to poke fun at their current-generation rival (not to mention chance to throw the "exclusive" tag around) with the next chapter of Square-Enix's popular franchise. Look for the game to be an MMO-RPG, much in the vein of their own Final Fantasy XI, which we assume includes an online monthly subscription fee.

Another spotlights of Sony Press Conference:

Resident Evil announced for the PSP -
It looks as though the recent release of Resident Evil: Director's Cut was just a precursor to the real meat 'n potatoes, as Sony announced that Capcom's survival-horror franchise would finally be making an exclusive appearance on the PSP platform.

Dubbed Resident Evil Portable (we presume this will change), there's no details about how the game will play or look, or which storyline arch it may follow. But look for the game to drop sometime in 2010, which of course isn't soon enough for the more diehard fans of Capcom's franchise.

FF7 released today on PSN -
To prove that "not everything got out" (Sony's official E3 tag-line, apparently), the company continued their Final Fantasy-theme by announcing the most popular entry in the franchise would be hitting the PlayStation Network...today!

That's right, Cloud fans, you can now go and pick up the original Final Fantasy VII for the PS3/PSP while navigating Sony's online store, which is also set to receive more than 50 other titles before the end of the year. That's plenty of content, and should keep you busy for some time!

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Announced For PSP -
The next 'true step' in Meta Gear Solid is on its way to the PSP (and PSP-Go) with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Set 10 years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3, it looks as if 'younger' Snake is back in action and melodrama as only he can in what series creator Hideo Kojima calls an entirely new creation.

Sony Prices PSP-Go At $249.99 On October 1st -
Sony's 2009 E3 Conference got off to a bang with their (second) most anticipated hardware refresh, the PSP-Go! Apart from an entire hardware annoucement itself, cheaper PSP dev-kits, and loads of new media-sharing features, the most sought-after information was about the actual unit's launch price. While many speculated that the UMD-free console would come in under the current PSP 3000's retail price, Sony unveiled something quite different.

Most disappointing is the PSP-Go's price-point: $249 in the US. This is the original price-point for the original Sony PSP back in $249, and a steep uptrick from the current PSP's relatively painless $169. While some may tout the price fair, considering the new unit's feature-set, but with a smaller screen and no substantial hardware refresh features, time will tell if consumers will agree.

(Look on Popzara blogs for the original articles)

Also, Rockstar announced a exclusive PS3 game called the Agent, set on the 1970's. Sony expects the game to be the new GTA of the PS franchise.
Trico announced, called officially the Last Guardian.
Gran Turismo 5 car damage confirmed, as well as day/night cycles, Rally and Nascar.
1:1 motion control announced. Now, both Microsoft and Sony have theirs, altogether with Nintendo.

I was worried there for a second but then I realized it was just an MMO

Final Fantasy OWNZ and im glad its on PS3!!!

WHO CARES IF IT'S A MMO, it's Final Fantasy. The next will be 15 and seeming as 14 is so soon 15 will probably be away meaning = Get as many FF as you can to keep the coming years FF-busy. I bet it will be heaps better than FFXI now that online gaming is so mainstream. Did Halo 3, every single COD game and L4D failed because they were focused on online experience? Hell the **** no.

For that you now need a PS3.

No it's not that, I am an avid MMO gamer. I have spent more time on WoW then every other game I own combined . It's that I doubt I will ever stop playing WoW until Blizzard releases their own "new" MMO which is still several years away yet, though I do have my eye on Aion (Crysis engine in an MMO is soooooooooo pretty!) and you literally do not have enough time to devote yourself to two MMO's or 100% your life will literally be spent on them. FFXVI would have to do something extraordinary to knock WoW of its pedestal, and tbh I doubt Square has it in them (FFXI failed). So WoW I will most likely stay, but we will see. If by some miracle it turns out to be the best MMO to ever exist I will most certainly by a PS3 for it (this is HIGHLY unlikely however, the Japanese and Asia in general have very different tastes then those of the West when it comes to MMO's which is why FFXI fails over here and does so well over there).

However if it's anything like FFXI the time sink you will have to put into it would put even WoW to shame. FFXI is notorious for its grinding and addictive gameplay, you guys read the reports of a boss that a raid group spent something like 48 hours straight on ONE attempt? Think that final hunt in FFXII except you had no breaks, and they didn't even kill him and passed out from exhaustion...I don't want to have to deal with something like that hahaha.

Your 100+ hour single player RPG is enough for me thanks!

Ah I see haha. Hopefully they will heave learnt from FFXI making the game an enjoyable experience to every kind of player around.

Edit: SE really set their hopes high for XIV.

12:13 "A: Our plan from the beginning was to make the best Final Fantasy game available. That is our vision for XIV. Then we thought, how can we make the best FF game and we came to the conclusion that it would be an MMORPG. It was decided to make the best FF first, then led to the decision to make it an MMORG and use that genre."

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