Yoshida says PSN is "perfect learning opportunity" for devs

  • Posted July 18th, 2008 at 09:13 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Sony’s PlayStation Network service offers “a perfect learning opportunity” for young and upcoming developers, believes Sony Worldwide Studios President, Shuhei Yoshida.

Speaking during an interview with Kotaku.com, Yoshida commented, "This is great for the industry as a whole because games development has become bigger and bigger and lots of people coming into the industry have to start by taking part as a very small part in a large development and the games take three years to develop - that doesn't help people to get experience on making games.”

Yoshida added that the service affords an ideal opportunity for developers to branch into interesting new concepts, stating, "The network is a perfect learning opportunity for the young developers as well as very entrepreneurial, independent minded creators to try out new concepts and release it globally... and get the reaction from consumers."

"That's a huge learning opportunity for these young developers as well as an industry being able to try new concepts... It's a great opportunity for those creators to show what they can do and also to try out new ideas that perhaps induce a larger development," he explained.

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  1. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 9:47am BST - July 18th, 2008

    I wouldnt mind to work for Sony in the game industry, at least they make top greatest games of all time.

  2. rexdeath | rexdeath

    • 9:52am BST - July 18th, 2008

    Yeah, the network could be a good way of getting new developers into creating these pretty complex looking games as they can be made by small teams and that you get introduced to the basics of development.

  3. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 10:08am BST - July 18th, 2008

    i agree w/ both of you guys its a great experience and i wouldn't mind working 4 SONY

  4. BlueRevolvuR | BlueRevolvuR

    • 10:14am BST - July 18th, 2008

    yea, just look at the guy who made Everyday Shooter, (forgot his name), he made a great game by himself in his garage i think

  5. viper4011

    • 10:14am BST - July 18th, 2008

    I am a developer (or at least studying to be one) and i have a question. How does one get started? You probably have to buy a 10.000$ dev machine right? That's not very newbie/independant friendly...

  6. jiajia | OopsItsMe

    • 10:16am BST - July 18th, 2008

    Sony the next nintendo with an excellent and strong lineup of first party developers and franchises confirmed!

  7. Girugamesh | Shidousha

    • 12:13pm BST - July 18th, 2008

    @viper4011

    If you're serious, contact Sony about a project you want to create.

    You don't have to purchase a 10,000 dollar dev kit, there are free dev kits specifically for people working on small PSN projects I think.

  8. Aphexman

    • 7:18pm BST - July 18th, 2008

    that's why wipeout and other games are delayed, because sony don't have experienced developers.

  9. SignalOne | SignalOne

    • 8:30pm BST - July 19th, 2008

    "a perfect learning opportunity for young and upcoming developers" provided you can afford $15,000 for a dev kit in the first place.

  10. Auricom | Doragon_Pawwa

    • 7:32pm BST - July 20th, 2008

    Could this be a slight dim of hope for gamers in the UK who want to develop games because a Krap government is damaging Britain

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