Sony confirms EyePet US release this holiday

by Jem Alexander on Jul 28th 2009 4:44PM

Sony has confirmed to us at a holiday showcase event in New York City tonight that the PlayStation Eye game, EyePet, will definitely be heading to the US in time for the holidays. Our roving reporter, Andrew Yoon, says that the game will be available standalone as well as bundled with the PlayStation Eye camera.

Previously, the game was only announced for a European release after it was first revealed at Leipzig GC last year. We're happy to see the adorable simian-dog-thing will be making the jump across the Atlantic and won't be suffering from the chronic case of Q1-2010 flu that's making the rounds.

If you're hungry for more, check out Engadget's video from today's event, or our impressions from E3.

Tags: eyepet, london-studio, playstation-eye

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Buying it.

Well its hardly competing with Call of Duty is it?

So is COD MW2 basically the entire reason for this "Q1 2010 flu"? I guess that seems reasonable because of COD4 being the biggest FPS ever.

Personally I don't even want MW2 as my next FPS. I'm getting either Bad Company 2 or MAG. The small scale of COD games just really throws me off, they just become deathmatch fests. Plus I love vehicles and destructive environments.

if you love Battlefield then MAG is gonna be just as good if not more (hopefully)

oh and this Eye Pet "game" is everything Natal wants to be, now Sony has come out with it (or the tech) months before them but all that will happen is that fanboys will complain about the price, the one last weakness they have

is that a monkey on an air plane wtf

I think it's gizmo. He started shaving a few years ago.

Paul - LMAO!!

This is awesome.

Better than "Mylo" that is for sure

cmon joystiq has been so good lately. lets not start any wars

True, you should be careful bcos mylo is the new halo, saying anything negative about it is like shooting Archduke Ferdinand.

its true though... who is actually going to buy Mylo? I don't see many parents buying a virtual friend for their children or young adults going out to grab that game. Who is Mylo for exactly? what is its purpose? I can see my family and friends actually having fun with this little pet when they come over. If you were to show your friends and family "Mylo" they'd probably think its creepy just like everyone else did when we first saw "Mylo" at E3.

i agree. we already have friends online and offline, so why do you need a virtual slave??

Mylo? Peter Molyneux? I call smoke and mirrors... oh wait

Yes, they should have made mylo a 21 year old girl.

I think Mylo would best serve as the "guide" to Microsoft's next console rather than a stand-alone "game" or application. If he's anything like that damn paperclip from MS Word, though, I hope they make him optional.

Okay, remind me why we have to always pit the two against each other again?

@Saria

Because they both have to do with human interaction using a camera.

man, sony europe is so creative. eyepet and invizimals are going to be awesome.

yeah for sure im getting both

How is eyepet gonna be awesome? I see it turning into something akin to fart apps on IPhone.

But I already have three cats and while they can't fly airplanes, they're at least as interesting as this hu-monkey and I don't have to buy a camera.

drew how is this akin to a fart app ? Seriously thats a dumb ass thing to say

@Drew

have you ever played nintendogs??? it was pretty fun.

At least Sony is able to do this with a thirty dollar camera, rather than a 100 dollar one. And a year earlier too.

I like the augmented reality idea and the tech demo is pretty impressive, but I'm waiting for some real games rather than just a glorified Tamagotchi.

Successful Model and Fun game do not necessarily go hand and hand these days....

yay?

I'm incredibly fascinated by what I've seen of this game, and want to try it.

This is whats going to get me to buy a PSEye.

I'm confused as what exactly this is, but i think I might like it.

Remember people, this is the thing that cancelled the getaway and eight days for ps3 (I can live without getaway, but eight days looked awesome). I can already tell this will be a "game" that holds people's attention for 20 minutes before they get tired of it....kinda like every other casual game

you really do have something against casual games

I guess a preview of Natal?

I can see it inspiring other EyeToy games to come up... which is awesome.
(coming from a big fan of Eight Days)

Somehow, Uncharted 2 reminds me of eight days - the frantic action and cover system. At least thats not going to get cancelled.
And its quite possible that there are other games in development - Sony Cambridge has 90 staff and they only have LBP PSP listed as per wiki, Sony London is a big team and thats where getaway and 8 days was canned, and they have only Eyetoy and Singstar listed for PS3 - something big being planned there?

I think I remember hearing that Naughty Dog took pieces of the awesome animation engine that Eight Days had and put it in U2, so that's why it looks similar.

And yes I do have a grudge against casual games, specially when they do things like cancel real games I'm looking forward to.

So Casual Games aren't real games?

Correct, specially this "game". You don't really do anything in it.

you're interacting with a virtual environment

explain to me how that is any different than what you do in Fallout 3 or Mass Effect

I just want to confirm that you are comparing Fallout 3 and Mass Effect to what appears to be a monkey riding a toy airplane in a game called "Eyepet".....

Is that a Monchichi on an airplane?
The holidays cant come soon enough.

Buying this. I think the bundle with the Eye Toy is $59.99. Anybody know if it has like mini games or something?

The whole thing is like one big mini game. Watch some of the demo videos, all you do is pet the thing, or draw something like a toy car for the thing to play with. That's why I'm saying this will hold most people's attention for half an hour before it goes untouched forever.

Sounds like tmac thinks the EyePet is going to suffer from "tmac's Wang Syndrome". ; )

T-Mac

When you move out of your parents house, get a wife and have kids you will understand that the family doesn't come together around a call of duty death match. Games on the PS3 like Buzz, Singstar, Rockband, Little Big Planet and presumably this eye pet thing bring the family together. Sure, there are things like board games and sports for that as well but if you are a gaming family then this type of stuff is vert attractive. I'm not saying people without that situation would like it but thats what is attracting me to the title. It's also a pretty cool piece of technology.

Get off the soapbox already.

its bundled with the PS eye NOT the eyetoy!

Wonder if they'll release it as a PSN download in addition. It seems like the kind of "Home-like" experience that people might want to just pop into for a few minutes, and leave after not too long, without worrying about swapping discs. I'd be more likely to download it than to buy it at retail, personally. Though I would GameFly it first on disc, if it came to that...

Well I have been meaning to buy a PSeye and this bundled with it will get me to buy one.

Just looked at the video again - and I am impressed. Never realised before just how sophisticated it is, the trampoline minigame is a riot. It screams out "casual game" but in a good way - simple intuitive controls but with the production values of a big title.

Damn when I saw that trailer for this "app" (cause its not a game) it looks amazing. But lets be real honest here how does Sony plan on marketing this game? I mean look at Killzone 2, Resistance 2 or even Infamous got marketed? Game looks uber cute but I know I am not buying one and its not going to be a huge seller. Its going to be a great underground game liek Seaman on DC.

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