The illustrious voice of one Ken Kuturagi was added to the constant uproar raging over the PlayStation 3's online offering today, with the Sony Computer Entertainment boss weighing in on the topic of online gaming management.
Interestingly, Kutaragi seemingly seeks to distance the network system being readied for the PlayStation 3 from that of arch-rival Microsoft's Xbox Live, commonly seen as the blueprint for Internet gaming.
Speaking to Impress Game Watch, Kutaragi said, "You can't charge money for network matching and other basic services. These things are just taken for granted on the PC. On the PS3, basic services will be taken for granted while content will be the bread and butter of our business. We really wanted to do this with the PS2. But now Apple has realised a successful e-distribution program, it's about time we made our move, too."
Kutaragi also mentioned the company's dream of shared processing via the PlayStation 3 network. "Users will be able to connect to Polyphony Digital's server. So I want it to be a Cell server, with the number of Cells at a thousand to several thousand. This would allow us to maintain an entire cyberworld, as long as our power supply holds up." Sony initially dropped heavy hints that the Cell would smash the boundaries of gaming and all elements of performance-reliant home technology, though Sony has been quiet about this aspect of the Cell recently...
Finally, the big KK outlines the scale of the content-deliver plan Sony plans of installing into your living room. "I expect even the hard disk to disappear eventually. If you have all the data on servers, you probably no longer need disk drives... But to do this, the server is crucial. It's a difficult problem."
We'll let you know when we jack into the PlayStation 3 matrix, downloading our entire brains (11.2MB) and neurologically powering Ridge Racer 12.
Interestingly, Kutaragi seemingly seeks to distance the network system being readied for the PlayStation 3 from that of arch-rival Microsoft's Xbox Live, commonly seen as the blueprint for Internet gaming.
Speaking to Impress Game Watch, Kutaragi said, "You can't charge money for network matching and other basic services. These things are just taken for granted on the PC. On the PS3, basic services will be taken for granted while content will be the bread and butter of our business. We really wanted to do this with the PS2. But now Apple has realised a successful e-distribution program, it's about time we made our move, too."
Kutaragi also mentioned the company's dream of shared processing via the PlayStation 3 network. "Users will be able to connect to Polyphony Digital's server. So I want it to be a Cell server, with the number of Cells at a thousand to several thousand. This would allow us to maintain an entire cyberworld, as long as our power supply holds up." Sony initially dropped heavy hints that the Cell would smash the boundaries of gaming and all elements of performance-reliant home technology, though Sony has been quiet about this aspect of the Cell recently...
Finally, the big KK outlines the scale of the content-deliver plan Sony plans of installing into your living room. "I expect even the hard disk to disappear eventually. If you have all the data on servers, you probably no longer need disk drives... But to do this, the server is crucial. It's a difficult problem."
We'll let you know when we jack into the PlayStation 3 matrix, downloading our entire brains (11.2MB) and neurologically powering Ridge Racer 12.
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