By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming - Korean university gets Playstation class

Sony has joined forces with Korea’s Sangmyung University Seoul campus to offer a full-on course that goes well beyond informing select IT students about the company’s new console.

While the transformation of the classroom into a Sony show floor creates a vibe more suited for gaming trade shows or developers’ conferences, the curriculum is packed with a lot of practical information, relevant to would-be Korean developers. The course also follows a very academic format, complete with midterm and final exams.

(See: G-Star 2014 lineup taking shape as Sony, Unity join local exhibitors)

Beginning today and running until the end of the fall semester on December 19, students will be able to attend a variety of lectures, from introducing development on Sony’s new platform to the history of console gaming. Also scheduled are lectures on indie games, game marketing, game graphics, game music, and other development fields.

Your eyes don’t deceive you, the tables are DS4s.

Though the interior decoration was clearly the work of Sony’s PR division, and the guest appearance by a Korean comedian for the courses fourth week offers little practical value on the surface, many of the lectures do seem very practical, with a few being taught by the university’s own faculty.

http://www.gamesinasia.com/korean-university-gets-playstation-class-and-its-more-than-a-sony-marketing-stunt/



 

The PS5 Exists. 


Around the Network

What even?



Hardware owned:

PC, PS4, 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3

Most anticipated games (near to mid future):

Zelda U/NX
The Last Guardian                            

sounds like fun



Umm, okay.



Next up "Trigonometry brought to you by Pepsi"

Wouldn't surprise me if more education systems looked to corporations for funding.



Around the Network

What is this? I don't even.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

waste of resources if you ask me



ExplodingBlock said:
waste of resources if you ask me

Yeah, needs more Nintendo



The One and Only

VizionEck.com

In case you weren't sure how serious SCE's gotten about indies. This is how serious they've gotten about indies.



4 ≈ One

Sounds like an actual video game class that could be of some use in one's career. A far cry from classes like "Gender issues in zombie games" you see in the western world.