Following this was a demo of Resistance 2 and then a discussion of Sony sales, powered by an extremely cute Little Big Planet demo.  If Little Big Planet can do this, then I’m in line day 1: this was neat and all financials should be done this way.

Then came a kind of strange focus on the still-alive PS2.  Tretton stated that this year there will be more than 130 PS2 games.  Moreover, the pricepoint of the core system is sticking to $129.  Really?  Are you serious?  C’mon now, I know you’re PS2 is still selling tons and tons but where’s the worlds-more-important PS3 stuff?

Playstation Network was the next focus, beginning with the announcement of the downloadable title Ratchet and Clank:The Quest for Booty.  It’s pretty incredible that full original games a la WiiWare will be coming to PSN: this game looks just like Future Tools of Destruction and will be available for like $15 online.   Not mentioned during the conference was FLOWER and Pixeljunk Eden (out July 31st apparently), but PSN is really starting to shape up.  The quote of the night from Jack was a jab at XBLA’s mass library of crap: “We’re not interested in filling up our stories with titles no one wants to play just so we can say we have the most.”  Oh snap.  Small mention of Home which read to me “It’s coming, just be patient!”  We’ve been patient for like a year!

At the end of the PSN talk came the introduction of a HD/SD video rental service.   Though it does not seem streamed to the machine like the XB360-Netflix partnership, this service allows you to purchase and download hi-def/standard-def movies onto the disk for a nominal fee, as well as transfer movies onto the Playstation Portable to go abroad.  The kicker?  It’s available TONIGHT.  This was an awesome announcement.

Speaking of the PSP, a string of new titles were formally announced that piqued my interest.  Super Stardust Portable was mentioned and boy am I excited…I still play Super Stardust HD.  I’ll also be Pon Pon Pata Pon-ing whenever Patapon 2 comes out (though I do need to finish this).

There was a quick God of War 3 trailer.  Rawr, Kratos is angry again!

All in all, I liked the conference with a single complaint: can we get some non-shooter PS3 disced software?  Let’s get some diversity into the lineup.  It’s a pretty long wait to Valkyria Chronicles and FFXIII.