Sony Talks PS3 E-Distribution Initiative

simoniker writes "Talking about its PlayStation 3 E-Distribution Initiative, the company's intended Xbox Live Arcade 'killer', SCEA's John Hight has laid down a challenge to Microsoft, commenting that: 'Some of our [digitally distributed first-party] games, by virtue of their design and hardware demands, simply couldn't work on Xbox 360.'" More from the article: "The PlayStation Beyond submission site has been online since GDC 2006, when Sony's Phil Harrison announced its presence, and explains further of the concept: 'The E-Distribution Initiative (EDI) will provide an alternative publishing opportunity for the direct download of games and other content to the user. The EDI will be managed by Sony Computer Entertainment's development and studio organizations in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia (collectively known as SCE Worldwide Studios).'"

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Re:Is the PS3 vapor, still?

[falcon8080]

uhhh, did you see any of the E3 coverage?

Basically, it has games running on it. The games dont look any better that the 360, and certainly dont look as good as the images they released ages ago. Its pretty much meh, hence the price tag being too much as you can get a 360 and a wii for less that a PS3, and have the same graphics and innovative gameplay (with the wii). go look up the E3 coverage for running demo viedos

As for this digital distribution thing, I fail to see how it is better than the 360's. Everything talked about (Content distribution, demo delivery etc) is already implemented in Live, that and Live is actually up, running and making money. Which means that it is also constantly getting refined with mass user feedback, whereas the PS3 online offering will have little end user feedback at launch time.