Official PlayStation Blog

[cliffbo]

Welcome, You’ve Been Waiting

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Manager, PR

It’s with enthusiasm, eagerness and, honestly, a little bit of relief that we lift the cover on our first official Sony Computer Entertainment America company blog - welcome and sorry for the wait.

PlayStation.Blog is a bit of work in progress, we see it as a place where we can share with you our company’s collective insights, opinions and perspectives on all things related to SCEA, PlayStation and the industry we play in.

At the moment, we’re thinking about sharing all sorts of things here, ranging from product news and title announcements to developer updates and industry opinion posts – all of which will come straight from the people here inside SCEA who are working, thinking and playing with this stuff everyday. Look to the categories on the sidebar for some initial thoughts we have on future post themes.

Now, what we’ve learned, perhaps the hard way, is that a blog like this is really about you and the things you want to hear, share and discuss with us. With that in mind, you’ll notice that comments are enabled – and encouraged – so tell us what you want to see here and we’ll do our best to make it happen. And yes, like most blogs, we have a comment policy, please just keep this in mind when you’re leaving a comment.

We imagine it may take us a short while to find our pace with this, but bear with us as we get underway and we promise we’ll quickly make this blog a valuable stop in your daily info hunt for PlayStation news.

Like we’ve said, we’re excited to finally have a platform for conversation and connection. Much more is in the works too, so we hope you’ll consider sticking around, kicking the tires of our shiny new blog and sharing what you think.

Enjoy!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...-been-waiting/

nothing much yet but this could become a place worth visiting from time to time.

[EvilTaru]

It's about time they started a SCEA blog, even if they don't listen to feedback at least this can help manage their PR a bit better.

[cliffbo]

It's about time they started a SCEA blog, even if they don't listen to feedback at least this can help manage their PR a bit better.

at least we can get ourselves heard if we post there. this could be pretty exciting in the coming weeks.

[Epix]

Hopefully this thing will end up being functional.

Good find.

[cliffbo]

[BruceWayneIII]

Arrgghhh, EVERYTHING I wanted to post here today was minutes earlier posted by someone else...

Anyway, thanks guys - all of you

[qzak]

at least we can get ourselves heard if we post there. this could be pretty exciting in the coming weeks.

Hmmmm....

Cliffbo | June 11th, 2007 at 2:23 pm

Harrison! get blogging!

Maybe he heard?

[yoshaw]

The first thing I wanna write to Sony staff is this.


Get the price of your machine down to earth! n do it ASAP!

[curryking1]

^^LOL @ cliffbo, that's a good post hahahhaa.

^Yes.. asap would be best lol.

[cliffbo]

Hmmmm....




Maybe he heard?

i figured that they would want to impress early on, so maybe we may get a few words from the main man! now if everybody joined and asked the same thing!

[AC!D]

nice!

[cliffbo]

nice!

i've just given them my conditions... and put a little nod in towards E-mpire

when are these rolling out:

http://www.us.playstation.com/EP/Trucks/276

[dnpmakkah]

A great way to start off the blog with none other than Jack Trenton himself. No new information but a very good read.

A Quick Look Back, A Strong Push Forward
Posted by Jack Tretton // President & CEO

I hope you’re enjoying our official SCEA blog. Personally speaking, it’s great to finally have a place where we can talk candidly about the things we (and you) care about. While it’s no substitute for a one-on-one conversation, I’m excited to have a chance to listen and talk with you here. With that said, everything communicated in any form these days has to be considered an “on-the-record statement” so as much as I’d like to, I can’t completely throw my corporate hat out the window.

From where I sit, this industry has the most passionate consumers of any I’ve ever encountered. For some, gaming is a way to kill some time, for others it’s a favorite hobby, but for many it’s a way of life. As a gamer myself, I fall somewhere between a low to mid level enthusiast mainly because of free time. My day job is ironically eating away at my gaming time, although lately I’m finding the PSP has helped me reclaim some of this lost time on long plane trips.

For twenty one years I’ve worked exclusively in the industry. The last twelve have been with Sony Computer Entertainment. It’s been just over six months since I became President and CEO here and I can assure you that gaming is clearly my life. Now that we’ve got the hardware to drive the business, we’re putting all our efforts into insuring that we help create the best games possible for you to enjoy. My pledge is that we will continue to put you first and foremost, to understand what you really want from us. In fact, this blog is one way that I’m hoping this happens.

In 1995, when we launched the PlayStation, the majority of the gamers were twelve to seventeen year old boys. 2D platform, fighting, racing, and sports games were the norm. Platforms were born and died within five years maximum. There was minimal difference between hardware platforms. We here at Sony championed 3D graphics, CD based technology and a more mature diverse library of games. We believed that our platform had a lifecycle that should survive well beyond the traditional five years. Some of the initial criticism we received was that the hardware was a bit pricey, the system was hard to develop for and the early software line-up needed some work. When we introduced PlayStation 2 in 2000 we received much of the same criticism. When we introduced DVD based storage we were told that CD had more than enough capacity to store game data. In a few short years DVD had all but replaced CD and that storage capacity was being squeezed by the development community. In 2006 the song remained much the same. Most of you know what transpired: 100 million PlayStations and thousands of great games later, the PlayStation had a ten year run and could still be selling today. PlayStation 2 left our original success in the dust and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

We fully realize that past success is no guarantee of future success, but it does give you some perspective. We have to bring the games to market that will showcase what the PS3 can do and ultimately entertain you like no other games have. We need to provide proof of what the PS3 can do for you and work tirelessly to improve the value and justify your investment. At the end of the day, it’s always been about the games. To push the boundaries of gaming beyond where they currently lie takes a great deal of risk. I think all the hardware manufacturers are doing that in some way. We could have easily produced PlayStation 2.5 at a slightly increased price over the older model, and driven some nice profits and marginal innovation for a few years but that’s not how we got where we are today. You have to gamble and make major investments in the present that will pay dividends in the future.

We’re working hard to put the best tools in the hands of the development community so they can take you places you never imagined possible. We have more than 15 games coming from our own internal studios alone this year for PS3. Our third party partners will weigh in with a host of great games giving us more than 100 titles by year end on that system alone. At our Gamer’s Day event a few weeks back, we announced 18 exclusive games for PSP. This year, PS2 owners will get a little something for everyone with games like Buzz! and Singstar. Oh, and you certainly can’t forget the PlayStation Network. Right now, we are working on a slew of games and game packs that will be offered through the PlayStation Store in the coming months, including Warhawk, which personally speaking, is the PS3 game I’ve been playing most lately.

We are heading into one of the biggest shows of the year for the videogame industry. E3 is only a month away. Everyone here at SCEA is working very hard and is dedicated to pushing the development envelope to show you not only new stuff for games like Heavenly Sword, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, but also a few surprises we have up our sleeves that no one has seen. You can check in here for updates as we head into the show, and I will be sure to report back once E3 begins.

So, that’s it for now from me. I really hope you enjoy our new blog. I think it is a great way for us to share information and for you to communicate back with us. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and posting more here in the weeks to come!

[KnightRiderX]

Hmmmm....




Maybe he heard?

lol I just realized something. Cliffbo's comment got erased. hmmm...

[curryking1]

It didn't get erased. You have to look at the blog article for the PS3 upscaling. There's dif. comments for dif. articles.

[Red_Eyes]

...but also a few surprises we have up our sleeves that no one has seen.

Can't wait. A month! A fucking month!!!

[Acason79]

E3 should be killer!

[Diresu]

At the end of the day, it’s always been about the games.
I love that Sony believes and is very aware of this. I think we will see more agressive strids from Sony to getting 3rd parties on their side

To push the boundaries of gaming beyond where they currently lie takes a great deal of risk. I think all the hardware manufacturers are doing that in some way. We could have easily produced PlayStation 2.5 at a slightly increased price over the older model, and driven some nice profits and marginal innovation for a few years but that’s not how we got where we are today. You have to gamble and make major investments in the present that will pay dividends in the future.

Quite simply, this is why I love Sony and will always be a Playstation gamer. They know they don't follow, they lead.

[cliffbo]

lol I just realized something. Cliffbo's comment got erased. hmmm...

which comment was that?

edit: on a side note, baring in mind that this is the Playstation Blog thread, could we post all posts from the blog, including PSP/PSN/PS2/PS3. as long as this is limited to this thread, i see no problem. mods... what do you think?

[Domination]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...-been-waiting/

nothing much yet but this could become a place worth visiting from time to time.

Maybe I over-looked it, but this blog isn't attached to PlayStation.com website. It would really impact a larger number of users, I think, if they some how knew the Blog page existed in a place where they could easily access it.

the Blog page is definitely a great idea, though.