Naughty Dog’s Richard Lemarchand sees big changes on the horizon for the PlayStation Network that will vault the service over Microsoft’s Xbox Live. In an interview with IGN, Lemarchand said, “there’s going to be other things coming down the pipe that’s going to give PSN as a whole a competitive advantage.” Chances are, he wasn’t referring to the latest update to the PS3 firmware.
When pressed to explain what the big changes will be, Lemarchand hinted that it would revolve around connectivity outside of downloading games and showing off Trophies.
…as a games designer I'm very excited about net connectivity. Sony is really looking to expand games as culture in the same way that pop music, literature and fine art are culture. When you couple that with ubiquitous computing, with connectivity, with locative technology like GPS and cellphones, all of that feeds into social networks and the tremendous interest and power of Facebook, I think those kinds of things are going to be completely transformative for game design.
At this point, I am thoroughly confused as to what these amazing new features could be other than social networking. Sure, I would love to reveal my GPS position on a Facebook application, but I’m not ready to say that a feature like that would kill what Microsoft has going on. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what these new crazy features are going to give us.
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1:55 PM on 07.30.2008
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I find Wiiware lacking and Xbox Live too expensive.
Man, I hope that Sony wins this console war. They deserve it. Free online + having Hard Drives and Wireless Internet in every PS3 is such a better than MSs "Wireless Adapter" garbage.
And to try to trash xbox live, which came out when promised (unlike Home or whatever that thing is) and delivers the best online community so far is just you being a dumb fanboy. Go make out with your ps3.
Steam is the best free service, actually.
But back the the topic at hand, I'll remain cautiously optimistic. The last PSN update didn't really "wow" me. It was OK, and it fixed some issues, but it isn't better or equal to Live.
Hopefully they can improve their system outside of Home.
Man it would be SOOOO AMAZING if the PS3 got GPS capabilities, wait no it wouldn't.
I agree that Sony is making strides with PSN and maybe it will be a great full featured service, but right now, it's not. Live can be expensive or not worth it, if you're outside of the US, which really sucks. I really wish people outside of the US can experience all the great content that the US gets in terms of stuff on marketplace and soon to be netflix streaming.
Sony wants gaming to be seen as an equal with the other media by the sounds of it, instead of a subculture as it's viewed today. I commend them for that and hope they can pull it off.
Of course he'd say that, all but one of Naughty Dogs game have been Sony exclusive and I'm betting Sony published most of them as well.
Like valve and M$ ;)
Why should console owners pay to play online while PC gamers have been getting them for free for decades?
Answer: They Shouldn't. It's all apart of nickle and diming your customers. That's the Microsoft way.
This guy also has no idea what MS has in store for the future of live, so everytime Sony catches up MS will just turn on more features. Sony needs to get the basics down before they start branching out anyways.
Actually they are owned by Sony unlike Insomniac. Sony bought them in 2001. So yeah they couldn't say anything other than PSN is the greatest and keep their jobs.
I'll take steam and live, or no internet at all rather than PSN.
do we need a M$ fanboy like you here .... answer .. NO ... so go away kid