Sony Slams Virtual Console/Xbox Live Arcade, Talks Up Its Own Innovation
With all this talk about Xbox Live Arcade and the Virtual Console, Sony's gotta feel left out. Good thing Phil Harrison's jumping in, reminding everyone about the PLAYSTATION 3's e-Distribution Initiative (EDI). That's fancy talk for the PS3's take on Xbox Live Arcade. And what is he reminding us? That it exists. And that it is innovative and better than the other chumps. Here's what Phil has to say:
We're developing about 40 products that fit that strategy right now. My strategy was to encourage developers to push the machine technically, creatively, artistically—to innovate in lots of different ways. But don't be restricted by ghettoising games into a particular genre, or a particular display mechanic, because what we've seen on other systems tend to be retro 2D games, and we're pushing the 3D capabilities of the PlayStation 3. Plus, the fact that every PS3 has a hard disk drive means that we're not restricted by the size of the download, and that has a huge impact on the kind of game design that you can do.
"Ghettoising games"? Quite the wordsmith aren't we, Phil.
Sony Funding 40 Titles [Games Industry]
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