Archive for February, 2007

PS3 Online: Commerce

Posted by Raoul on February 28th, 2007

This is part 2 in our series. Part 1 can be found here.
Sony is banking heavily on the success of its online store to create a large revenue stream. As such, Sony has been heavily and actively pushing its first party developers to make as much use of the store as possible. The global Store […]

PS3 Online: Background Downloading, the Sony Way.

Posted by Raoul on February 27th, 2007

Please read our update on this subject.
We have recently obtained through our contacts in the industry a summary of a high level meeting of the major players involved in Sony’s network platform (NP). This meeting took place in early February and involved representatives from Sony Japan, Sony America, 1st party and world wide studios (WWS) […]

Sony Crippling PS3 Backwards Compatibility for Europeans

Posted by Raoul on February 26th, 2007

After enduring a 5 month delay, European consumers will be happy to know that, on top of getting a bad deal price-wise, their version of the PS3 will also be crippled in comparison to the North American and Japanese ones.
In an effort to reduce costs, Sony is releasing the European PS3 using a new chassis, […]

Game Developer Choice Awards

Posted by Raoul on February 12th, 2007

Over on Reality Panic (the blog run by Jason Della Rocca, IGDA’s Executive Director), you can find the “REAL Choice Awards Nominee List”: the actual developers behind the games nominated for the Choice Awards.
Jason highlights that the Choice Awards are one of the few industry awards which recognize and celebrate the talent behind the games. […]