Kaz Hirai: on PS3 launch and the unnamed online service |
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With the PS3 launch just a month away, there are still a lot of console issues and scuttlebutts left unsettled or unanswered by Sony. Does the PS3's online service have a name? Exactly how many titles will be available from day one? What are their plans for the console's online service? How different is it gonna be from Xbox Live?Kaz Hirai answers all these questions and hints on some more in the interview that Next-Gen was able to score with SCEA's President and CEO. Let's have a run down on the topics discussed, shall we?
PS3 unit numbers at launch: This one we already know: for the launch period, 400,000 for North America alone and around one million by the end of the year.
On launch titles: Hirai says that there'll be less than 20 titles available on day one but they're still consulting with third party publishers as to how many titles they can release for the first, second, third week, and so on. But unless they finish this publisher portfolio-managing process, they won't be able to get a final list of the titles for the US launch. Hirai says that this should get done around a few weeks before the launch and THEN they'd announce the final list.
On the PS3's unnamed online plans: Kaz says that the PS3 was designed from the ground up to go online and be a network console, and the reason why they don't have a name for the online service (like "PlayStation online" or "PlayStation live") is simply because they can't imagine a "PlayStation offline." Hirai also says, "...it doesn't matter if you are enjoying content from a Blu-ray disc or you are enjoying content you just downloaded from the network, at the end of the day itÂ’s all PlayStation 3 so we donÂ’t differentiate between content..."
So basically, that's what differentiates Sony from their competitors (according to Hirai at least): they don't make a big deal out of where you got the content, as long as you're playing it on their console. Here's another interesting part of the interview where Hirai talks about online support for Resistance: Fall of Man: 40-player online support, video, text, and voice chat, game rankings, downloadable weapons, levels, and characters. Woohoo!
And, AND, they'll be expanding this even further with downloadable video and music content, which, in Sony's terms means not only motion pictures, but also promotional trailers, interviews with artists, and different kinds of video materials. Hirai further boasts that they're currently working on this service and will be made available the moment you take your PS3s out of the box. Whoa, those sure are big words and promises from Sony, and we'll definitely be keeping our fingers crossed (until they hurt) that all of these push through.
Via NextGen
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"What we don’t do however is have a brand name for the network service, you know, like PlayStation Online or PlayStation Live, and this is because we don’t we don’t see a “PlayStation offline”".
Very good thinking.
"they don't make a big deal out of where you got the content, as long as you're playing it on their console."
Watch the pirates take this out of context and start shouting for joy.
over promise, under deliver- it's the SONY way! i'm sure they know that hype accounts for a large number of sales.
sony is wide open on the downloadable content. they are even felexible about it. they need to get their heads out of their asses and contact sony.
RIIIIIIIDGE RAAAAACER!
Damn...I really hope they get this thing going. From my understanding, their online network isnt going to be as centralized as XBL. I know Sony has more downloadable content than Microsoft in terms of music, movies, and shows, but even then, theyre network should be a very user friendly centralized one. Im excited to see how this turns out.
This is how sony gets in trouble... they talk too damn much.
Only talk if you can deliver... I'm tired of being disappointed. That goes for you too MS.
Hopefully Thursday the 19th sheds more light on all this. (fingers crossed)
What I'm really interested in is whether or not the PS3 will act as a location free station or not. That would really kick ass
I hope they dont name it Playstation Live....
I mean, COME ON. Sony come up with one original idea...please. Your killing me.
"over promise, under deliver- it's the SONY way! "
Yeah Right, Sony delivers some of the best quality ***** on the market. Look at their prosumer HD cameras and laptops... God some people on here are dumb.
"What I'm really interested in is whether or not the PS3 will act as a location free station or not. That would really kick ass"
I thought that was confirmed? I'm pretty sure it's going too. :)
" I hope they dont name it Playstation Live....
I mean, COME ON. Sony come up with one original idea...please. Your killing me."
Did you even read the article?? They said they aren't calling it anything, it's just always connected all the time and they couldn't imagine it any other way.
I think Sony is gonna surprise us all if they can get this together on time but it all sounds good on paper!
*crosses fingers*
dont u mean Thursday the 18th ?
Hmm I wonder how practical this is, if he says movies and such that means hd, current broadband is pretty slow downloading hd content. plus that 60 gig hd driver is pretty small for hd movies, how r they going to figurethat out.