{"id":984,"date":"2007-07-13T20:11:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-14T00:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/13\/mixed-messages-from-sony\/"},"modified":"2007-07-13T20:11:06","modified_gmt":"2007-07-14T00:11:06","slug":"mixed-messages-from-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/13\/mixed-messages-from-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed messages from Sony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that Sony is all over the map.  First there was a leaked price cut, but it was not really a price cut.  Not that big of a deal because rumors are often denied.  Then there was a price cut, but now it may really be more of a price reduction of a system no longer being manufactured. Price <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/6175011.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;1\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/6175011.html?om_act=convert&amp;om_clk=newstop&amp;tag=newstop;title;1', 'cut confusion');\" target=\"new\">cut confusion<\/a> oh my.<\/p>\n<p>I thought one of the interesting stories from E3 was a <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.gamespot.com\/video\/932887\/6174494\/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32007_videos\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/uk.gamespot.com\/video\/932887\/6174494\/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32007_videos', 'Codemasters\u2019 interview');\" target=\"new\">Codemasters\u2019 interview<\/a> that states that the PS3 will receive the best version of DiRT.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the interview makes me sound brilliant.  Earlier this week I wrote that \u201cthey [Sony] are going to have to start offering free consulting services to the third party developers to help them with their porting efforts.\u201d  I have no idea how much money changed hands, but this is the right tactic for Sony.  Help the third party developers make better games, but much like the price cut fiasco, it looks like Sony is sending mixed messages when it comes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/content_page.php?aid=26700\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/content_page.php?aid=26700', 'third party support');\" target=\"new\">third party support<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf the games don\u2019t look good on the platform, consumers aren\u2019t going to buy them. As I said, we can\u2019t control what third parties are going to do,\u201d explained Tretton. \u201cWe can try to evangelize the technology and assist those guys in development and try to convince them that it is in their best interests to take advantage of the technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, what\u2019s the point of porting it over to another platform if it is not going to look as good on a platform that is more expensive? Why waste any money in development doing that?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showpost.php?p=7024266&postcount=317\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showpost.php?p=7024266&amp;postcount=317', 'Gran Turismo 5: Prolog');\" target=\"new\">Gran Turismo 5: Prolog<\/a> really look this good?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that Sony is all over the map. First there was a leaked price cut, but it was not really a price cut. Not that big of a deal because rumors are often denied. Then there was a price cut, but now it may really be more of a price reduction of a system &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/07\/13\/mixed-messages-from-sony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mixed messages from Sony<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}