Just finished up an informational meeting with the local Sony representative. Even with the delays, motion-sensing doubts, and questions regarding its true capabilities, the PS3 is looking pretty exciting. The processing power alone is enough to get my mouth watering. A brief demo of Resistance: Fall of Man shows just how this can be used. A porcupine grenade goes off, spewing thick needles in every direction. Instead of just sticking into everything they touch, each needle interacts with the environment separately; disappearing into the soil, splintering wood, and chipping into cement.

This may just seem like icing on the cake, but if every object in that scenario can react with such individuality, just imagine how this could be used for A.I. Instead of a handful of enemies charging and taking cover uniformily in a FPS, dozens of enemies will be able to make unique decisions based on the environment and their programmed intentions. Seems cool to me. Now it's up to the developers to really take advantage of it.

On a slightly different note. Rogue Galaxy, coming in early 2007, looks absolutely amazing.

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