Sony: no shortage of exclusives on the PS3
Sony has brushed off suggestions that the PS3 lacks exclusive titles, claiming that the console will receive 15 exclusive releases during the period of September 2007 to April 2008.
Speaking to Reuters.com, Sony’s senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille said that there will be some 15 exclusive titles released on the PS3 during the aforementioned period.
With the 360 having played host to a wealth of great games this year – many of them exclusive – and the Wii’s older architecture and unique control system often resulting in noticeably different types of game, the PS3 has come in for a bit of stick over its comparative lack of exclusive titles since launch.
But while Sony concedes that high development costs have meant that most third party publishers are now more likely to take their games multiformat, Dille has said that Sony isn’t overly concerned by this, and understands the situation. “We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment,” he told Reuters, going on to say that “from our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything.”
In response to this, Dille told the news agency that Sony has been beefing up its own internal development capacity, which now numbers 15 studios – more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined.
While we have to admit that decent PS3 exclusives have been a bit sparse this year, considering the console has barely been out a year in the States and Japan (and even less, if you’re here in Europe), this patchiness is understandable: just look at how empty the 360 release schedule was throughout most of 2006.
Certainly, with the likes of Haze, GT5 and MGS4 due next year, we reckon the PS3 is looking at a much better 2008.
Speaking to Reuters.com, Sony’s senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille said that there will be some 15 exclusive titles released on the PS3 during the aforementioned period.
With the 360 having played host to a wealth of great games this year – many of them exclusive – and the Wii’s older architecture and unique control system often resulting in noticeably different types of game, the PS3 has come in for a bit of stick over its comparative lack of exclusive titles since launch.
But while Sony concedes that high development costs have meant that most third party publishers are now more likely to take their games multiformat, Dille has said that Sony isn’t overly concerned by this, and understands the situation. “We understand publishers are needing to recoup their investment,” he told Reuters, going on to say that “from our perspective, as long as the games aren't going exclusive to other platforms, PS3 gamers are not actually losing anything.”
In response to this, Dille told the news agency that Sony has been beefing up its own internal development capacity, which now numbers 15 studios – more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined.
While we have to admit that decent PS3 exclusives have been a bit sparse this year, considering the console has barely been out a year in the States and Japan (and even less, if you’re here in Europe), this patchiness is understandable: just look at how empty the 360 release schedule was throughout most of 2006.
Certainly, with the likes of Haze, GT5 and MGS4 due next year, we reckon the PS3 is looking at a much better 2008.
