http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/09/04/room299-sonys-secret-press-event/
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See, after the quick round-up about what to expect for PlayStation in the near future (more on that later as well!), I and a few others sat down with Dave Epke, one of Sony’s press officers and had quite an interesting chat.
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Why is it that PlayStation Network evolves so slowly when compared to Xbox Live? And how come the social features aren’t up to par with today’s standard? “Well”, he said, “the main reason for that, is because all the big decisions are still being made in Japan.
That’s where they develop the core firmware as well. And we’ve been trying to take over their work here in Europe and the US, or at least divide the tasks, but without success. See, they’re really stubborn. And they have other priorities over there. They don’t care much about social media and online gaming. Not many people play online games in Japan, apart from the ones that are into MMO’s. but, as I said, we’re still working on it and we’ll get there eventually. I mean, we know it’s a big deal here in Europe and in the US. And we’re frustrated by the fact that Sony Japan really slows things down.”
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Sony Japan are stupid then. Why aren't they looking at global needs as opposed to japanese needs?
