Remember Room 299? That mysterious website a Sony Benelux employee linked to not too long ago? Turns out that it was nothing but a PlayStation press event for the Dutch media. While there were no new games announced at the event, Sony did make two statements worth talking about, both captured by our friends at TheSixthAxis.com.
First, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan are apparently working on some “crazy” new title for PlayStation 3. Sony Benelux’s Dave Epke said that he saw footage of the new game when he was in Japan not too long ago.
“It looked crazy! Really, I don’t know how they come up with that stuff,” said Epke. When asked whether or not he could say what type of game it is, he replied, “I really love my job. You’ll just have to wait.”
He did say that it kind of reminded him of LittleBigPlanet. He’s unsure of whether or not it’ll be on display at the Tokyo Game Show, unfortunately.
Epke also touched a bit on the PlayStation Network. When asked why the online network evolves so slowly compared to Xbox LIVE, he said that “the main reason for that, is because all the big decisions are still being made in Japan.
“That’s where they develop the core firmware as well. And we’ve been trying to take over their work here in Europe and the US, or at least divide the tasks, but without success. See, they’re really stubborn. And they have other priorities over there. They don’t care much about social media and online gaming. Not many people play online games in Japan, apart from the ones that are into MMOs. But, as I said, we’re still working on it and we’ll get there eventually. I mean, we know it’s a big deal here in Europe and in the US. And we’re frustrated by the fact that Sony Japan really slows things down.”
wonder what kind of mystery game it is?
i don’t know why that guy is frustrated at sony japan? it’s their company afterall they make the decisions first not him. not to mention not everyone who owns a ps3 get’s access to these features US and Europe have. im not really a online person in my ps3. i usually game on singleplayer games ^^
ohhh btw sony has been releasing tons of software and such. online features will have to wait
Im frustrated now that I know what the problem is. Ownership doesn’t matter in this situation its the fact that alot of people do play online and Japan is holding back most of the other PS3 owners who can play online. America and Europe are just trying to help and its not like Japan has to use the new features anyway. Including the fact that America and Europe are about 20 times the size of Japan when put together. Japan should loosen up considering theyre even making us fight over a few tales games
i don’t think Sony has got to do with the localisation of the tales series. it’s all namco’s decision to bring it here or not.
Django, I understand the frustration, when you read something like this it does tend to annoy. I’ve had a PS3 since launch, and just last month got a slim. I can say for certain that compared to even this time last year, PSN has grown substantially.
Consider the fact that PSN really only got going in 2007, it didn’t start to really find its stride till the introduction of trophies and what not. Not to mention the fact that before the price was lowered, there was not a very large user base looking to get on PSN.
Now take into account the above comments, then stop and just think about it. Sony has really worked hard and should be praised for PSN.
Microsoft started live with the original xbox, and had a experience, where sony had to start from scratch somewhat and play catch up.
Considering that in my opinion both live and PSN are just about dead even today, Sony has achieved quite a bit in such little time. Also remember that PSN offers just about everything live does for free! (Usually.)
I think PSN is better than live any day because you can go online and play for no additional charge. Where you need gold to do that on xbl.
Sony is also a lot less strict when it comes to developers. Patches, updates, and file sizes are usually not a problem and without limits, where live has very strict rules and regulations.
Often times people have called out sony and said they don’t care about the fans. Japan is usually hesitant to allow so much freedom with anything, and they have yet to make the right game to get the JP gamers wasting hours online. Yet, they bent over backwards to appease the fans in every way possible. Not only with PSN and PS3, but hell even the PSP and PS2. This is why I have always supported sony, they make products that last, and work very hard to add more great features.
I have faith that psn will just continue to get better, the trophy system I think it better than achievements on live already, so that is a start.
This idea below is just pure random thoughts from me…
Now they just need to make a clone of the Monster Hunter PSP games for PS3 in Japan, make it online only, that will get the attention of JP gamers. (I know about the 360/PC game, but it doesn’t count in my eyes.)
Toss in some cool features with an offline psp version of the game, where you can play it just like they do the psp versions now when you are not home. You can craft and farm and stuff, and when you get home, you can transfer your data from the psp to your ps3 MH online account. This will give you special rewards and rare items etc online.
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Forgive me somewhat on the post above, I stand by what I typed, but I’ve also had several drinks and stuff lol. So it might be a tad hard to follow heh.
Very good idea :D
a Monster Hunter game to keep japanese gamers interested at PSN ^^
the PC on was okay but it was drag but outdated engine, and missing features
though i would prefer a Full blown New Game that features ALL of the Monsters, Weapon Types, Tons of New quest, 4 player Co-op :), MT-Framework 2.0(like Lost Planet 2 Graphics but with more color), a Vast area with seamless transitions, Upgradeable Village(think about it if you keep helping the village till it grows as time pass by, you can get discounts on weapons and items kinda like Assassins Creed 2 Villa.
We NEED a PS3 Monster Hunter title ^___^