In early November, Capcom expects their new digital storefront to launch on the PlayStation Network. This will be the first digital storefront on the PSN. After the success of Mega Man 9, Capcom is surely seeing the promise that digital distribution holds.
According to John Diamonon, product manager for Capcom's digital titles, Sony came to them with the idea. He states that Capcom is "supporting PlayStation Network like no other company."
Diamonon also revealed that other publishers will offer similar digital storefronts in the future, though no names were mentioned.
Christian Svensson, VP of business development and strategic planning for Capcom wants similar things for his company on Xbox Live, but feels that "they're not there yet."
"As far as Microsoft goes--how can I say this diplomatically--there are things I think they'd like to do to promote content in multiple ways, and I think they'll get there eventually... but they're not there yet."
For the gamer, brand-specific storefronts mean an easier way to find that company's titles. For the company, a store means greater visibility, which will probably equal greater sales. Hopefully, this will mean more digital titles. We all win then, right?
[Via Edge, who misspelled diplomatically]
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11:42 AM on 10.20.2008
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Yeah, but anyway, ps3 looking rather good lately. Maybe another price drop will convince me to pick one up.
I'm not sure how it will work out, but I can at least attest that navigating the Playstation Store is a hell of a lot easier/more visually appealing than Marketplace, so I'm glad Capcom decided to go with PSN before XBLA to try this. I'd say that, looking at the PS Store, if anybody could make something like this easily usable, it would be Sony.
I'm now seriously wondering if SF4 will release on consoles before the REMAKE of a game from the early 90's is released.
Who said you would HAVE to search by company? I'm sure the original PSN store is completely unchanged.
as for this idea, i am totally for it because capcom have a strong reputation and an amazing understanding of what classic games are about. I do not need to go on about my obsession with bionic commando rearmed... and as pathetic as it sounds, this may get me to put megaman 9 on the shopping list... i can see i will be needing a larger hardrive....
Did you not see the words after that? About me still searching by latest content? Yeah I shouldn't have used the word 'have' but it's pretty clear I don't believe that'll be our only option in the future.
Hey Sony you know what could be even easier for when you have massive loads of games, have a search bar on the psn, so we can type for the titles. Come on u know you can do it, you have Google on your side, use them!
I hope to see other companies doing the same. Konami has a lot I'd like to see from them. Remake/rerelease a few classics to get some buzz going for the new games coming, get their own storefront up to advertise their other offerings. A lot of good things could come from this.
The more quality games at my fingertips, the better. That is, until we start seeing an overflow of craptastic board games and puzzlers, hehe.