Sony’s senior development manager Simon Benson has revealed that the hardware manufacturer intends to “retrofit” more existing PlayStation games with 3D functionality, believing that doing so opens up a whole new experience for players.
Speaking to the chaps at Official PlayStation Magazine, Benson commented, I’m sure we will [retrofit more games with 3D], as adding 3D to a game can make it a whole new experience."
However, Benson conceded that this process is actually far more difficult than building a 3D game from scratch: “Retrofitting 3D is actually harder than building 3D into a game from the outset. One of the big issues is that all of the game assets were designed to work with only one HD output. Being able to render them twice to make a 3D output can be a challenge,” he explained.
"Also, the game interfaces are often designed to only work in 2D. The process used [to] covert the games varies greatly… so there isn’t really a ‘on size fits all’ solution."
Sony announced earlier this week that it will be launching the first 3D games on PSN in Japan on June 10.