While Bullets Fly, Sony Says It's Going Well
The company has been taking a lot of flack in the past few months, but that's not getting Phil Harrison down.
The PlayStation 3 has taken a bit of a beating in the past few months, ever since its thoroughly unimpressive showing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May. Sony's hardware is due to enter the fray this November, but with the war of the words already running hot, the company's president of worldwide studios says things are "going well".
"We are in full swing, from a developer point of view," Phil Harrison told the Guardian, "and over 10,000 development kits have been shipped."
"Developers now have final hardware in their hands, though there will be some upgrades to the operating system - there's nothing unusual about that. The new controller is now in developers' hands, so all the pieces of the puzzle are there."
Harrison also said that developers now have Blu-ray burners and are running games off Blu-ray discs for the first time.
It couldn't happen later. Time is running out for Sony, which is planning to release the PlayStation 3 worldwide this November.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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