Expect a new PS2 model to hit the US in 2008. Expect it to cost $99, and expect it to sell like hotcakes. That's the news coming out of British trade site MCV, who are also saying the new "compact" model will, unlike the slim PSTwo, be internally-powered, allowing Sony to cut manufacturing costs and thus save a bit of cash.
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According to an insider, Sony Computer Entertainment platform development head Izumi Kawanishi has been shuffled out of the division. Before we start, a bit about Kawanishi: He was key in the hardware development for the PS2, the PSP and the PS3, and he was the head of SCEI's Network System Development Section and R&D Division.
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Official - SOE Acquires Sigil
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Kutaragi envisioned PS4 through PS6
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Japanese electronics giant pulls out of research and production facilities for high-powered processor; ramps investment in image-sensor tech.
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Sony shipped 5.5M PS3, 14.2M PS2 and 8.36M PSP in the last financial year. But only 3.6M PS3 made it to the stores.
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Shuhei Yoshida: Not this year, next year. We started to show very small sections of it - you know yesterday we showed Heavy Rain. And we announced we're working on God of War 3 and a game called MAG. We have some other titles that we're not allowed to talk about.
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Says SCEA won't "bribe" developers for exclusivity SCEA boss Jack Tretton has criticised what he described as the "different approach" of rival platform holders, stating that Sony won't "bribe" developers to make PS3 exclusives. Speaking in the latest issue of PSM magazine Tretton said, "Microsoft is too dependent upon the third-party community, and Nintendo is too dependent upon first-party. We like to feel that we got a pretty good mix. "We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors," he continued.
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