Sony NGP soaks up the pre-E3 glitz in official demo videos

With E3 2011 just round the corner, expectations for Nintendo announcements are mighty high, but you may get a glimpse at the warmth Sony’s packing before another day goes by. The official PlayStation.Blog spat out some footage of the quad-core NGP in action, and it isn’t just playing last-gen games ; rather, there’s one other glimpse at Uncharted, a new platformer called Sound Shapes where you build levels with a music sequencer (and which procedurally generates tunes as you play) and a taste of the cross-platform PS3 vs. NGP wireless racing you may expect in Wipeout HD. There’s definitely lots of dual-analog action here, but demonstrators also are benefiting from that five-inch touchscreen, and Wipeout will apparently use front-facing camera to beam taunt-filled pictures and video of the victor to the losers in each race.

You’ll note that Sony’s specializing in software over hardware here, and that is the reason not accidentally — the company’s careful to state that we’re watching early dev units. “They’re the proper size, but they do not possess that final PlayStation-quality fit and finish,” says the official blog, “What you’ll eventually have the ability to pick up in a shop will look a heck of much better.” Two more vids after the break.

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