As you all know by now, the PlayStation 3 has its very own blog, which for the most part is used for Sony employees to say "oh hai guyz." Recently, however, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Jack Tretton, has put virtual pen to virtual paper in order to virtually state the virtual obvious - Sony needs more games on the PS3. I personally hadn't noticed, but apparently there aren't many games worth playing on that particular console right now. Thankfully, Jacky-boy is on the case and will see us right.
"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," writes Tretton. "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." Really? I personally always thought gaming was about the wine and cheese soirees.
Tretton promises that games are on the way. "We have more than 15 games coming from our own internal studios alone this year for PS3. Our third party partners will weigh in with a host of great games giving us more than 100 titles by year end on that system alone." He also reminds readers that the PSP is getting love with 18 upcoming titles and that the PlayStation Network will have "a slew of games and game packs," not least among them being Warhawk.
As much fun as I've poked, it's good that the boys at Sony are focusing on their games and recognise that they can't just sit on their backsides screaming "but the Blu-ray!" We know how powerful the system is, it's high time Sony used that strength. I look forward to seeing what the PS3 can do in the future.
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Sony published games are normally the better ones for the system, so 15 of those is pretty damn good.
the way i see it, the longer the ps3 has no games the less likely they will be under fire from jack thompson.
IT ALSO PLAYS GAMES
Yeah, that would help it, I think.
Ditto. I want a game to come out that is THE system seller, then maybe I'll buckle and see what's what
atta boy Jim Sterling. I read this on another site and was hoping you would post it. And without bashing. You amaze even me sometimes
The last paragraph was all for you, by the way.
Jim, do you ever sleep?
Between 5am and 10am, that's when The Sterling One rests.
The new Sony blog is the smartest PS3-related thing Sony has ever done (though, I know all of you realize that isn't saying much). It gives the impression that they're ready to quit the arrogant bullshit for now and try and get their target market on their side again. If they actually put in an effort to listen to the feedback posted on the site, Sony may make a go at this gen yet.
Now, Mr. Tretton, invest all available resources into a killer, partially exclusive software lineup, and see it pay off.
wouldnt this be via the playstation blog .. or do you like to do the blog/website/news outlet reacharound vias?
yeah i said reacharound.
Holy crap a post on this site that doesn't take a dump on the PS3!
You may have just kept me from drop kicking Destructoid out of my RSS reader.
Nice work Sterling.
Heavenly sword is the game on my list this year, I just hope it delivers what I'm looking for. Sony (I personally think) has the best first party development. 15 is a lot of socoms.
yet another reason to believe sony is run by monkeys
BahamutZero wins.
seriously though, if they can get some good games on the ps3 soon, i'd consider buying it after two price drops, instead of the five or so i had originally insisted on.
I'm still waiting for a game that will justify me buying this friggin thing. Most games i've seen and played have not impressed me, If not made me laugh my ass off at their terrible quality (i'm looking at you Untold Legends.) Heavenly Sword just looks like a huge ripoff of God of War, and I would rather play as Kratos, Lair just looks like another rogue squadron, and Motorstorm is just another incredibly mediocre racing game. The only game that would warrant me buying this system is God of War 3, and that ain't coming out for a LONG time.
Right now, all the ps3 is to me is a 600 dollar paperwieght.
Pull your act together Sony!!
That sounds somewhat promising.
But... it has the Bluray!