Susan Arendt
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Sony's Hirai: Third Party Devs Should Take Advantage of PS3's Features

In an interview with Japanese site ITMedia +DGames, Sony president Kaz Hirai acknowledge the financial necessity for third party developers to make games for multiple platforms, but suggested they should take advantage of the PS3’s special abilities. During the interview, translated by Develop, Hirai says that making the most of a particular platform gives a […]

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In an interview with Japanese site ITMedia +DGames, Sony president Kaz Hirai acknowledge the financial necessity for third party developers to make games for multiple platforms, but suggested they should take advantage of the PS3's special abilities.

During the interview, translated by Develop, Hirai says that making the most of a particular platform gives a game "extra flavour." For example, on the PS3:

[y]ou've got the Sixaxis controller, or you could utilise the extra capacity provided by Blu-ray to add more levels, put on interviews with the developers or have your videos able to play in 1080p. I think it's really important that we talk with third party developers so that they can have these interesting extras in the PlayStation 3 version.

Hirai: PS3-exclusive content gives games 'extra flavour' [Develop]