PlayStation Blog Entries Define Sony Battle Plan

Two new posts have appeared on Sony's PlayStation blog, and they mark a significant step forward for the company's efforts to bridge the gap between players and the company. Even their competitors are lauding the decision to join the discussion online. Maybe Nintendo will be next? 1up, in the meantime, offers links to both stories and culls the best content from both entries. From a post by SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton: "We fully realize that past success is no guarantee of future success, but it does give you some perspective. We have to bring the games to market that will showcase what the PS3 can do and ultimately entertain you like no other games have. We need to provide proof of what the PS3 can do for you and work tirelessly to improve the value and justify your investment. At the end of the day, it's always been about the games. To push the boundaries of gaming beyond where they currently lie takes a great deal of risk. I think all the hardware manufacturers are doing that in some way."

Comments

Re:Sex sells

[Zantetsuken]

They already do - in fact its the biggest type of game over there. Except that most tend to be really only slide shows with some crappy story and make a decision (Do A or Do B? Say Y or X?). And the few 3d ones that do exist are based on some shitty action game-play more than sex. Oh, and did I mention that the majority of these (at least if you want h-scenes) tend to be on PC only?

Even if they did make a few with really good graphic textures in 3d - I think there's too much difference in the cultures.

1. Walmart doesn't sell porn games with the rest
2. 1. The mainstream porn buying American/Euro guy would probably find getting off on h-anime and ero-games just too damned weird.
   2. Theres a good chance that the anime loving college otaku would be too ashamed to go buy it
3. The biggest reason is that Sony would be too worried about their image to allow the making/selling of large amounts of such "Dating Sim" games. The gaming industry already gives Jack-ass Thompson enough fodder for his arguments to the courts and general public with violence in games - right now this is like him having a .308 deer hunting rifle against the industry. Making large amounts of games to be sold in the US where the central focus is sex would be like giving him a 30mm chain-gun...

Re:Meh.

[crabbz]

Here is a list of known exclusive titles. But of course many don't have release dates yet. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=85 8296

Re:At least they admit it

[Chris Burke]

In the days of new video cards costing nearly as much as a PS3, I don't really buy the whole price tag thing.

Yeah, you'll notice that the graphics cards that cost that much are a niche product. The mainstream mass-market products are much cheaper. Whoa, just like the current console generation. Weird.

Nobody who balks at the price of a PS3 is buying a $600 video card either.

Sex doesn't sell in Japan...

[patio11]

... not on the scale that Sony needs. Look at how squeaky-freaking-clean Nintendo, full of such racy fare as Nintendogs and Brain Training, is dominating the sales charts. My friend looked at the Famitsu Top 30 a few weeks (?) ago -- 4 games, FOUR, were on a non-Nintendo system. Where are the hentai games? Answer: sitting in some store in Akihabara serving a very niche audience, the very existence of which embarasses people and which is not enough to sustain a multi-national like Sony. Take a look at Microsoft, with She Kicks High and their other various "We're edgy and sexy but not porn" marketing moves, for how that is likely to play out in America: sell well to hormone-fueled teenagers (if you marry it to a good game), the core gaming market already, but not move a blue ocean like Nintendo is doing.

Re:At least they admit it

[cbreaker]

All those technical things don't matter, though. The PS3 is cutting edge for a game system. I exaggerated on the price a bit to make a point, but the fact that you can easily spend a grand on a medium-spec game machine, I don't see the big deal about the $599 for the PS3. You have to put it into perspective with the rest of the things that people buy right now. iPods that cost $300, HDTV's that cost $3200.. shit's expensive now.

Yea, it would have been good if they priced the PS3 at $500. I believe they will soon enough, and that will remove the big "reason XBOX RULEZ" bullet point at the top of the list. But really, it doesn't matter. I like my PS3 and I'm glad I got it. It's a fun machine to own.