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Vashyo on 07 July 2009

If they manage to get this thing working sony could easily forget about staying on the 3rd place and try for the 1st. :D

I really hope those chinese get eager to make some ps3 games. Who knows they might make something awesome which gets imported abroad :)



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nen-suer on 07 July 2009
wenlan said:
NiKKoM said:
Didn't a canadian City gave money to UbiSoft to fund a studio there? creating 800 jobs or so?

It's crazy that goverments are helping the entertainment industry..

It's even crazier that government bailing out the banking industry, and it happened in US and Europe.

That made me LOL



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Kantor on 07 July 2009

...And so this will lead to Sony being overtaken by the Triads.

(trying to get some negativity in here, I'm scared D=)



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 07 July 2009

Nothing negative for once? Good god its the damned reckoning!

On topic, new 1st party Taiwan studio confirmed?



Dgc1808 on 07 July 2009

Let me guess... Hard day at work, decided to kick back with the a bit of liquor, got a little carried away... then decided to visit VGC, Gebx?



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nen-suer on 07 July 2009
Kantor said:
...And so this will lead to Sony being overtaken by the Triads.

(trying to get some negativity in here, I'm scared D=)

I hope that's true, then Sony wont have any problems getting exclusive games

 



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wenlan on 07 July 2009
Kantor said:
...And so this will lead to Sony being overtaken by the Triads.

(trying to get some negativity in here, I'm scared D=)

Triads is located in Hong Kong.

In Taiwan, there is "United Bamboo Gang".  Be very scared too :)



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Legend11 on 07 July 2009
gebx said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24338

Sony's taking steps to build a base of PlayStation 3 developers in Taiwan -- and the local government is helping, offering PS3 developers a 40 percent subsidy for licensing and development costs.

Sony will bring in Japanese and Western PS3 developers to offer guidance and tech support to Taiwanese software developers learning to develop PS3 games, according to a Nikkei report. The company will also sponsor lectures at Taiwan's Tatung University, a private technology institute connected to consumer tech manufacturer Tatung Company.

Eventually, Sony hopes to establish a strong Taiwanese development community that can create PS3 games for mainland China -- where the large majority of the gaming audience has primarily been PC and online players.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs' plans to support Sony in creating a PS3 development community in Taiwan were recently announced at a joint press conference.

 

Wow, Sony struck a pretty good deal here, with the government subsidizing 40% of the development and licensing fees.

I wonder if Sony will move any studio's or open any first party studio's in Taiwan.


Sony and Taiwan wouldn't even have to be doing this had Sony kept developers in mind when they were creating the PS3 and made a system that was as easy (and as similar to the PC) to develop for as the Xbox 360.

As for games for mainland China does anyone really think that an expensive console that has no piracy is going to have much success there against its two cheaper rivals, both of which can be easily pirated?



Aion on 07 July 2009

Sounds interesting



 

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Dgc1808 on 07 July 2009
Legend11 said:
gebx said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24338

Sony's taking steps to build a base of PlayStation 3 developers in Taiwan -- and the local government is helping, offering PS3 developers a 40 percent subsidy for licensing and development costs.

Sony will bring in Japanese and Western PS3 developers to offer guidance and tech support to Taiwanese software developers learning to develop PS3 games, according to a Nikkei report. The company will also sponsor lectures at Taiwan's Tatung University, a private technology institute connected to consumer tech manufacturer Tatung Company.

Eventually, Sony hopes to establish a strong Taiwanese development community that can create PS3 games for mainland China -- where the large majority of the gaming audience has primarily been PC and online players.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs' plans to support Sony in creating a PS3 development community in Taiwan were recently announced at a joint press conference.

 

Wow, Sony struck a pretty good deal here, with the government subsidizing 40% of the development and licensing fees.

I wonder if Sony will move any studio's or open any first party studio's in Taiwan.


Sony and Taiwan wouldn't even have to be doing this had Sony kept developers in mind when they were creating the PS3 and made a system that was as easy (and as similar to the PC) to develop for as the Xbox 360.

As for games for mainland China does anyone really think that an expensive console that has no piracy is going to have much success there against its two cheaper rivals, both of which can be easily pirated?

MUCH BETTER!!

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