At its conference, Sony has said little about his Vita. Why?
- The answer is simple: offer the conference shortly, and it is not possible to say everything. But it's not because we have said little about that there are not many new titles. Sixty new games arrive on Playstation Vita this year including "Assassin's Creed III Liberation", "Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified", "Fifa 13" and "Little Big Planet". Much has criticized the Playstation Vita. I heard and understood some comments, but the Vita was launched, in comparison with the Playstation 1, 2 and 3, with the most basic of big and beautiful game.
What about the Move controller, also absent from the conference?
- There are currently 250 games compatible with the controller. Arrive "Book of spells" and "Fifa 13" which can be played with the Move. Following "Sports Champions" also will land this year. In short, many games will be launched.
Your interactive book project "Wonderbook" plot, especially the first book, "Book of spells", is written by JK Rowling (author of "Harry Potter"). What is the history of this project?
- We are looking for a while a new augmented reality technology. After the success of "Invizimals" on PSP, we really understood the value and the opportunities opened up by augmented reality. We therefore examined an interactive book project. But the project is mainly due to the strategic partnership with JK Rowling. We were in contact about his book project on spells, "Book of spells", and she was very excited about our technology. It therefore decided to publish his work on "Wonderbook".
When will he launched and at what price?
- "Wonderbook" will arrive before Christmas. For the price, we have not decided yet. "Book of spells" will be the first book in a long line. The accessory will last, but set its price is not easy because the configuration is the need to have both books, the Eye camera and the [controller] Move. We must be vigilant to reach the younger target. [+ Pound pack game should be sold under 60 euros, according to two sources at Sony, Ed]
With the announced partnership with HTC, you decide to open the brand "Playstation" to all candidates smartphones?
- The application support is rather a bonus Playstation whose details will only be given Monday. But this is a step for us to pass the closed world of consoles to open phones. Many people do not yet adhere to the proposal Playstation and can not experience this quality game. By testing the brand on Android phones, then they can jump to the PlayStation ecosystem.
Talk about Google Android, but one day this gratification "Playstation" Could reward the Apple iPhone?
- I will not enter this debate. The possibilities of the Android platform are considerable. With HTC, this is the first step. We'll see where that leads ...
Your competitors are betting on entertainment, including partnerships. What about the Playstation?
- We already offer many services that are not in the game on the PlayStation Network, we offer a musical, with Unlimited Music and Video. We also have partnerships, but let's talk about games. E3 is the appointment of an entire industry around the game
Where is the strategy "social"?
- We offer social games in the true sense of the term for a number of years. From the Playstation 2, we franchises [karaoke, Ed] "Singstar" and "Eye", which were based on social interactions. But, yes, the Playstation 3 is getting older. And curiously it increasingly interested families. Social games are so meaningful. So yes, given where we are, the office is a logical follow.
If the Playstation 3 ages, when the Playstation 4 will happen?
- [Laughs] Nice try ... We have very good games on the Playstation 3, and that's all we need to talk for now. They will occupy us until 2014 and it's not so bad ...PlayStation 4-Xbox 720-XboxPhone-high mass E3-technology
Video games: the promise of high mass E3
Each year in June, Los Angeles becomes a Mecca of gaming. All eyes of fans of the console to focus on for a week on the Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as "E3".
In the Convention Center, a huge exhibition center (67.000m ²) in the city center, are presented and all the new trends of the game with the blockbuster classic, vintage 2012 promises some surprises on the side games. The sensation could instead come from new consoles. Passion, excitement, patience, disappointment ... "Le Nouvel Observateur" cover all week this high mass of gamers.
New on consoles
Side consoles, Nintendo should pull the covers in more detail by unveiling its U Wii, new console with a joystick is a tablet comprising a touch screen surrounded by buttons. A funny that replaces the remote controller of the Wii. The Japanese giant is also expected to present, in addition to the final design and functionality of the console, the first playable games like Mario, Zelda or Metroid.
During E3 2012, "we will present the final format [console] and discuss many details and the software line-up," says Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's CEO, in a briefing to investors. But the Japanese warns: no release date or price will be announced. We only know that the Wii U should leave by the end of the year.
PlayStation 4, Xbox 720, XboxPhone?
Faced with Nintendo, the responses of Microsoft and Sony are eagerly awaited. Respectively aged six and five years-far more than the lifespan of previous consoles, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are old. Reportedly, Sony does not plan to submit or even to announce a Playstation 4. More blur is maintained by Microsoft, while rumors circulate of a powerful Xbox 720 with touch pad in extension. Speculation also evoke a portable console made in Microsoft like an iPhone, whose name would be "XboxPhone".
If nothing is certain concerning the presentation of the new consoles "next-gen", several U.S. publishers have already scheduled games release "to the end of 2013 on 'Xbox 720' and 'PS4'," the jeuxvideo.fr site. He is sure that developers know how to put the mouth water with games "next generation" carefully avoiding mention of future machines.
Each year in June, Los Angeles becomes a Mecca of gaming. All eyes of fans of the console to focus on for a week on the Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as "E3".
In the Convention Center, a huge exhibition center (67.000m ²) in the city center, are presented and all the new trends of the game with the blockbuster classic, vintage 2012 promises some surprises on the side games. The sensation could instead come from new consoles. Passion, excitement, patience, disappointment ... "Le Nouvel Observateur" cover all week this high mass of gamers.
Side consoles, Nintendo should pull the covers in more detail by unveiling its U Wii, new console with a joystick is a tablet comprising a touch screen surrounded by buttons. A funny that replaces the remote controller of the Wii. The Japanese giant is also expected to present, in addition to the final design and functionality of the console, the first playable games like Mario, Zelda or Metroid.
During E3 2012, "we will present the final format [console] and discuss many details and the software line-up," says Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's CEO, in a briefing to investors. But the Japanese warns: no release date or price will be announced. We only know that the Wii U should leave by the end of the year.
PlayStation 4, Xbox 720, XboxPhone?
Faced with Nintendo, the responses of Microsoft and Sony are eagerly awaited. Respectively aged six and five years-far more than the lifespan of previous consoles, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are old. Reportedly, Sony does not plan to submit or even to announce a Playstation 4. More blur is maintained by Microsoft, while rumors circulate of a powerful Xbox 720 with touch pad in extension. Speculation also evoke a portable console made in Microsoft like an iPhone, whose name would be "XboxPhone".
If nothing is certain concerning the presentation of the new consoles "next-gen", several U.S. publishers have already scheduled games release "to the end of 2013 on 'Xbox 720' and 'PS4'," the jeuxvideo.fr site. He is sure that developers know how to put the mouth water with games "next generation" carefully avoiding mention of future machines.
"Kawaii!" This Japanese adjective - which means "adorable" - became the mantra for an entire population of adolescents who access fame through YouTube videos and posting them there. These girls often anonymous in search of fame opt for the path of doll making eyes at their webcams. Most need a voice talent to emerge, just good makeup.
Every morning Kamijyo Naoko, 19, spends two hours to "prepare", that is to say, to turn into living doll in order to shoot to the delight of his fans. A generous layer of foundation, the blush in abundance, lenses that magnify the iris, false eyelashes, lip gloss ... It starts:
For four years, the cult of the headstock emerges in Japan by hundreds of young girls become heroines of manga and do not hesitate to be photographed in provocative poses. This is called the lolita complex, called "lolicon", linking sexuality and naive girl. If the phenomenon was taken over by the erotic manga, it now inspires in western lolitas we like a lot of recognition described as "Attention Whores", literally "the attention of prostitutes".
Perfect incarnation of this phenomenon, Dakota Rose, an American of 16 years, has published nearly six months of pictures of her dress, hair and makeup as "lolicon", égrainant boards to be like him. Relayed on a blog, a Facebook page, Twitter and Tumblr, videos attract millions of Internet users face the stunned girl porcelain complexion.
Her enormous eyes and plunging necklines have ensured its popularity. Discrete, the teenager simply said "fascinated by Japanese culture" and calls blogger fashion. Its English equivalent, Angelic Venus can boast to post videos that are viewed more than 10 million times.
For this generation of teenage Facebook, the will to stand out through the exhibition with the aim of fleeting glory. Titiou Lecocq, co-author of "The Encyclopedia of Web culture," But behind these Whores Warning, the journalist specializing in web culture, Elise Costa, sees above all a desire "to be adoubée peers". More than an exhibition, Moinet Christine Gaillard, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescents, seen in these Lolitas "a refusal to grow"
But the revelation also has its share of risks. Girls overexposed in a few days can be pilloried digital. Jessi Slaughter or Kiki Kannibal (11 and 13 years) and have paid the price: after posting videos, they were victims of a virtual lynching, then a real harassment accompanied by death threats.
