Considering the now common roasting, slamming, furious, uproarious and outrage-related coverage the company gets over one bad decision or another, it’s actually refreshing to see that the company can still do something useful. When you consider that the launch of the PS3 has, so far, been an under-whelming and disappointing affair, I was actually heartened by a series of positive PS3 announcements. The first two – shockingly – came from Sony, with the unveiling of Playstation Home and LittleBigPlanet. The other, concerning new, smaller and improved Cell processors, from IBM, herald the anorexically slim chance that we will see cheaper PS3s in the dim, distant future.On the eve of the launch of the PS3 in Europe, it was about time that Sony had something interesting to offer on the whole ‘experience’ side of things. You can hardly say that the current raft of PS3 games or Blu-ray movies can be classed as ‘killer-apps’. The selection of Blu-ray titles is small, and a mixed bag, while the games line-up is not the strongest. That may all change but the PS3 has been desperately in need of something special to sugar-coat that high price. At GDC 2007, Sony came up with the candy. It surprised everyone and, against the odds, hogged the media spotlight with it’s Home announcement.
Source: theinquirer.net
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