wraggster
March 4th, 2011, 23:14
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How long has the successor (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ngp) to PSP been in the works? According to Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, "since the beginning of 2008." The timing coincides with the first rumors (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/16/rumor-psp-4000-out-next-year-psp2-in-development/) about the device, which (correctly) predicted the system's lack (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/25/dave-perry-absolutely-certain-next-psp-will-forego-umd/) of a UMD drive, touch screen (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/rumor-psp2-brings-dual-analog-nubs-touch-screen-by-christmas/) and dual analog support.
Yoshida also explained that Worldwide Studios had been officially involved with NGP game development since then, too, which helps explain the dearth of first-party content for the original PSP beginning in 2008 (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/25/psp-fanboy-game-of-the-year-2008-nominations/). According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_published_by_Sony_Computer_Ent ertainment#PlayStation_Portable), Sony has released only 16 first-party games for the PSP in the last two years -- about the same number of games it had ready for the system's launch.
While Sony is working on delivering triple-A titles for the NGP launch, Yoshida noted that first-party teams are also working on "short form games" for PlayStation Suite (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/playstation-suite), Sony's upcoming cross-platform service for NGP and Android. Given the last game we recall Sony ever developing for a non-PlayStation device was Wipeout 64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_64), that's certainly an historic move.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/04/ngp-in-development-since-the-beginning-of-2008-first-party-su/
How long has the successor (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ngp) to PSP been in the works? According to Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, "since the beginning of 2008." The timing coincides with the first rumors (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/16/rumor-psp-4000-out-next-year-psp2-in-development/) about the device, which (correctly) predicted the system's lack (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/25/dave-perry-absolutely-certain-next-psp-will-forego-umd/) of a UMD drive, touch screen (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/rumor-psp2-brings-dual-analog-nubs-touch-screen-by-christmas/) and dual analog support.
Yoshida also explained that Worldwide Studios had been officially involved with NGP game development since then, too, which helps explain the dearth of first-party content for the original PSP beginning in 2008 (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/25/psp-fanboy-game-of-the-year-2008-nominations/). According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_published_by_Sony_Computer_Ent ertainment#PlayStation_Portable), Sony has released only 16 first-party games for the PSP in the last two years -- about the same number of games it had ready for the system's launch.
While Sony is working on delivering triple-A titles for the NGP launch, Yoshida noted that first-party teams are also working on "short form games" for PlayStation Suite (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/playstation-suite), Sony's upcoming cross-platform service for NGP and Android. Given the last game we recall Sony ever developing for a non-PlayStation device was Wipeout 64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_64), that's certainly an historic move.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/04/ngp-in-development-since-the-beginning-of-2008-first-party-su/