NGP is a Dev's dream: Sony details NGP strategies at private UK event

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zarx said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Thanks for answering. The idea of all these cash in ports is scary!

Yea, I do hope they can avoid being just a console of ports (retail being ports of HD multiplats and wii game and the downloadable titles being PSN and iOS ports) and SONY spin offs (at least I think Killzone and uncharted are spinoffs and not ports) unfortunately SONY seems to be pushing for the exact thing we are dreading with them talking up the fact you can get PS3 like experiences and that it's easy to port PS3 games etc, to me it sounds like SONY just wants ports and spinoffs or at least that is what it looks and sounds like.

It's like they learned that good DEV friendly environments were good but didn't learn that to really succeed in that handheld you need lots of original portable focused content. They seem to understand that in the console space these days tho so that might change. But anyway I am ranting lol

I wouldn't worry too much. In an interview right after the NGP was revealed, Andrew House said that both Sony and the publishers they talk to know that straight console ports aren't good enough. Sony are pushing for original content, which is why developers who want a dev unit as fast as possible have to turn in a 20-page report on what kind of launch they want to do, so Sony can pick the best. Sony will not be choosing the ones that are just console ports.