SOE bullish on MMOs for the Playstation 3

by Akela Talamasca on May 13th 2008 3:00PM

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In an interview with the Seattle Times, John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment has stated that MMOs for the PS3 will be a strong feature for the system's longevity. "I think MMOs are going to be a real strong selling point for the PS3 long term - there's going to be some great ones on the PS3."

While it's obviously too early to say what those titles might be, Smedley does mention the upcoming title The Agency, by saying that "[SOE is] trying not to distract them." We like the idea of the Agency team as having diffuse enough focus that something shiny might keep them from hitting their development milestones. Whether or not Smedley's right about MMOs being good for the PS3 remains to be seen. Perhaps he ought to check out our earlier post on the topic.

[Via CVG]

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Reader Comments (2)

It's hard to use MMO's as a selling point for your system when you HAVE NONE. You couldn't even get a PS3 port of FFXI for christ's sake.

MMO's will never be a selling point for the system. In fact, action style MMOs are a completely unproven genre that you're investing a lot of money in to prove it won't work. The Agency won't do a thing for the system.. its just another failure in the wings.

If you want to make a claim such as that, you'd at least better have one.. just ONE of the top 5 on your platform. Not only do you NOT have a top 5 title on your platform, you in fact have NOTHING of the genre on your platform.

Stop selling PS3 owners your bullshit!