Kaz Hirai demos 'Life with PlayStation'

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via Eurogamer


Sony exec Kaz Hirai has been demonstrating a new PS3 exclusive application titled 'Life with PlayStation', Kotaku reports.

The application is a Google Earth-style affair with a spinning globe which presents weather and news information from around the world. Stories are accessible from their headlines and users can choose their own musical accompaniment whilst browsing. It's been suggested that later iterations of the system will also allow location specific 'Geo-tagged' images to be browsed.

Pics of 'Life With PlayStation', which should really be a documentary about addiction starring David James, but isn't, are available on Kotaku, courtesy of Dengeki Online.

[KFR42]

So basically the same as the Wii channels that have been around for ages already. Sony are very good at this original ideas stuff are they?

[F9zDark]

So basically the same as the Wii channels that have been around for ages already. Sony are very good at this original ideas stuff are they?

Problem is, originality, while it does work, only goes so far. Competition (which is the epitome of "unoriginality") leads to a better end product. Sony may one up the Wii with its Life with Playstation, to which Nintendo may respond with a better Wii Channel, etc; or the 360 may introduce something even better.

In the end, everyone "benefits" from competition of this sort.

Think of the automobile; the first one was original, then everyone started making them. Without this form of competition, one company would be in command of a product and us as consumers would be at their mercy (through pricing, service, warranty, product life, etc).