(Slightly) Early Access: DF Retro Marathon - Sony's Darkest Hours - E3 2005 & 2006 - PS3 "Fake" Demos, Riiiiidge Racer + More (Patreon)

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2025-08-17 08:31:40

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2026-06

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This three hour plus video brings together our previous commentaries on Sony's disastrous PS3 E3 showings at its 2005 and 2006 conferences. These have been remastered - the 2006 conference is now using the pristine 1080p version of the event provided by NoClip/Danny O'Dwyer - many thanks! The 2005 conference uses a custom blend of AI upscaling and a smart deinterlace from the original 480i source - this was an interesting exercise in blending in the extra AI detail while the original source blunted the somewhat unreal effects AI tends to add. In both cases, we think these are the best quality versions of these events available and are a huge improvement over our original releases in visual terms.

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DF Retro Marathon: Sony's Darkest Hours - E3 2005 & 2006 - "Fake" Demos, Riiiiidge Racer + More

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Bringing together our previous commentaries on Sony's disastrous PS3 E3 showings at its 2005 and 2006 conferences. These have been remastered - the 2006 conference is now using the pristine 1080p version of the event provided by NoClip/Danny O'Dwyer - many thanks! The 2005 conference uses a custom blend of AI upscaling and a smart deinterlace from the original 480i source. In both cases, these are the best quality versions of these events that we could find and are a huge improvement over the original releases in visual terms. Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00:00:00 - E3 2005 introduction 00:05:11:00 - Ken Kutaragi and PS3 hardware development 00:12:43:00 - Jensen Huang and PS3 graphics development 00:20:35:00 - Tim Sweeney and Unreal Engine 3 00:26:03:00 - Phil Harrison and PS3 tech demos 00:44:05:00 - EA Sports with Fight Night Round 3 00:50:07:00 - Square Enix and Final Fantasy VII tech demo 00:53:00:00 - Games trailers and "game trailers" 01:10:25:00 - PS3 system revealed 01:16:07:00 - E3 2006 introduction 01:23:35:00 - PSP software 01:28:35:00 - "Well I heard that the graphics on it was crazy" 01:31:36:00 - PS3 overview 01:40:36:00 - Gran Turismo HD 01:55:02:00 - The Eye of Judgment 01:58:00:00 - PSN features 02:01:18:00 - It's Ridge Racer! RIIIIIIIDGE RACER! 02:04:12:00 - PlayStation Store 02:08:36:00 - GIANT ENEMY CRAB 02:13:21:00 - F1 06, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Getaway 02:20:16:00 - Afrika, Everybody's Golf, Folklore, Eight Days 02:26:17:00 - Uncharted and Resistance 02:33:45:00 - Third party PS3 trailers 02:40:19:00 - EA Sports and Medal of Honor: Airborne 02:50:01:00 - Final Fantasy XIII and Metal Gear Solid 4 02:55:43:00 - Ken Kutaragi, SIXAXIS, Warhawk 03:04:33:00 - Five Hundred Ninety-Nine US Dollars 03:08:27:00 - It's over!