Sony originally flirted with the idea of incorporating 3D support in the NGP, though ultimately opted “to forgo it for the time being,” revealed Kazuo Hirai, president and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI).
Speaking to the chaps at PC World in Tokyo earlier this week, the executive said that talks with numerous publishers swayed the console maker off the idea of including the swanky tech in its PSP successor.
“We looked at the possibility of doing 3D on the NGP,” said Hirai, adding, “We decided to forgo 3D, at least for the time being.”
Elsewhere, the Sony Games bigwig refused to budge on the subject of pricing, though did say that the firm has been more selective when considering the number of features included in the platform.
“That’s something we spent a lot of time on this time around with NGP, to make sure that we don’t go off the deep end,” he commented.
NGP is scheduled to ship in Japan later this year. A western date has yet to be pinned down.