Jack Tretton: PS3 Has Become Lead Platform For 3rd-Party Developers

In a new interview with Jack Tretton over at IGN, Jack Tretton, Sony Computer Entertainment of America boss, says companies are shifting to the PLAYSTATION 3 for the lead platform to stop the shitty ports. It will soon be over.

"Developers are telling us that they are starting to create their games on PS3 first and take advantage of the hardware capabilities and then port down to other platforms so we are seeing tremendous progress from the third party community in terms of what they are able to do with our development kits."

He doesn't state which developers are doing this though. We do know that Criterion, the Burnout Paradise developers are doing it though.

[Via Kotaku]

Jack Tretton & The PLAYSTATION 3 Comeback

Jack Tretton of Sony Computer Entertainment America sat down with MSNBC for an interview discussing Sony's strategy for the PLAYSTATION 3 for 2008. Jack describes the PLAYSTATION 3's first year as "the first inning of a nine-inning baseball game ... You're not going to win many baseball games if you panic when you're down 1-0 in the first inning." He talks of how the price cut boosted sales greatly, the upcoming exclusives, and other stuff we already know.

Tretton says the system is designed to last a decade, and by then, everyone will love what the console has to offer.

He ends it speaking about the arrogance that has been said about them on the internet, saying that they aren't arrogant. He says that bloggers and press started the idea, so it stuck with people.

[Via MSNBC]

Jack Tretton: 40GB PLAYSTATION 3 Coming to US November 2, 2007

Jack Tretton has just confirmed that the new $399 PS3 model will be coming to North America on November 2nd, making that particular configuration available worldwide. In North America, the 40GB PS3 comes bundled with the block-buster movie Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray. Also, effective today, Sony has lowered lowered the purchase price of the 80GB model by $100 to $499.

Tretton writes:

This move has been part of our longer term business strategy for PS3 since early on and we believe this lower priced model, combined with our broad line-up of content will appeal to a great many of you who want a lower entry price without sacrificing any of the core components of PS3. With today’s news, we’re strengthening our position approaching this holiday season and beyond with the intent to provide you with a choice and an excellent entry point into HD games and movies.

Adding to the appeal of the new retail pricing is the great PS3 lineup that will help further drive our momentum this holiday, including Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, THE EYE OF JUDGMENT, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Heavenly Sword, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed, Haze and Rock Band. And that’s just the beginning: This holiday lineup will be followed in 2008 by highly-anticipated Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Grand Theft Auto IV, Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and, of course, PlayStation Home.

Our goal this holiday season is to make PS3 even more affordable and to offer you greater choice to suit your gaming and entertainment needs. Again, I want to thank all of you for your continued support throughout this past year and I look forward to the months and years ahead.

That sounds like a plan to me.... *checks wallet*.... damn.

[Via PS.Blog]

Jack Tretton Talks PlayStation Network, Video Downloads

Straight from GameDaily BIZ.

Sony's PlayStation 3 will follow Microsoft's Xbox 360 into the video market, but will blaze its own distinct path.

That's the early word from Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton, who does not expect the PS3 to adopt the monthly fee imposed by its rival console on the Xbox Live service. The latter continues to gain traction not just for online gaming but also as a platform for downloadable movies, TV episodes and other content.

"We're very committed to online gaming and downloadable content via the PlayStation Network, but we're going about it in a very unique way in that we're not charging a monthly fee," Tretton said. "This will be part of the PlayStation 3 experience when you walk out the door with the machine."

Tretton won't say just what Sony's business strategy will be to chase Xbox. However, he laid out broad preliminary plans supporting recent indications made by Sony chairman Howard Stringer that the PS3 home gaming console and the PlayStation Portable will be key platforms in a companywide plan to offer video downloads of entertainment content.

Read the rest at the link below.

[Via GameDaily BIZ]