Sony's Tretton Sounds Off On E3 Leaks 37
An anonymous reader writes "Sony is hinting that previously released games might be able to use its motion sensor controller. Jack Tretton said it would be 'absolutely conceivable' that existing games could get a patch when the controller comes out next year — and implied that some of the games shown at E3 this year could ship with motion sensing built into them. The president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America is also not happy about the leaks that preceded the company's E3 press conference (for example, details on the PSP Go). Tretton says it has become impossible to keep a secret in the gaming industry because of third-party publishers — and he's worried about the ramifications that will have as the company develops the PS4."
Joystiq's Law of the Game column has a related article questioning the value of NDAs now that the sharing of information has become so easy.
The doubling power of NDAs... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:The doubling power of NDAs... (Score:5, Interesting)
I've refused to sign NDA's before for this reason.
It takes me a while to read 40 pages, and I'm a fast reader. Especially 40 pages of olde-English legalese and latin terms.
Both times I've refused, the people asking me to sign it had no clue as to why I wouldn't sit there and read the whole damn thing while they were staring at me and waiting. I told them if they were serious, they'd give me an NDA that I could read while sitting there.
In both instances they gave me a concise version. There's simply no reason to have an NDA bigger than 5 pages.
Re:The doubling power of NDAs... (Score:4, Funny)
Your post - in conjunction with your sig - is a lesson to us all.
(just kidding, I agree with you)
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It takes me a while to read 40 pages, and I'm a fast reader. Especially 40 pages of olde-English legalese and latin terms. Both times I've refused, the people asking me to sign it had no clue as to why I wouldn't sit there and read the whole damn thing while they were staring at me and waiting. I told them if they were serious, they'd give me an NDA that I could read while sitting there. In both instances they gave me a concise version. There's simply no reason to have an NDA bigger than 5 pages.
At my work, our standard NDA is 1-page long. I mean, really, you don't need a lot of space to say "don't talk about this until we say it's ok." Everything after that in an NDA tends to address penalties.
To the taggers of this story (Score:2)
You know, you aren't making this the safest site to view when at work with language like that in the tags.
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That's why you should browse at > 0 unless you're moderating.
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If you're concerned about seeing foul language at work, I generally wouldn't advise visiting any site where public comments of any type are posted. Fortunately, my boss isn't going to come after me for randomly viewing the [a-z]-word, especially if I'm not the one who posted it in the first place. If yours is, this might not be the best place to browse.
That said, putting n----- and the rest of it in the tags is quite juvenile, but some people will be juvenile, and those people unfortunately tend to gravitat
What is up with the tags for this story? (Score:2, Redundant)
We have fucksony, sonysucks, gaystation, and the n-word.
Can /. change the tagging system around a bit please? Am I missing something or has it always been like this?
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We have fucksony, sonysucks, gaystation, and the n-word.
Heh. So the words fuck, suck, and gay are fine but nigger is taboo? When did that happen?
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We have fucksony, sonysucks, gaystation, and the n-word.
Heh. So the words fuck, suck, and gay are fine but nigger is taboo? When did that happen?
Around 1997, why do you ask? ;-)
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The obnoxious self-indulgent morons who put those tags up get a kick out of them. I ignore the tagging system altogether because it has no moderation, voting or other method of validation.
Alright, (Score:2)
now we just have to figure out what this motion-sensing thing can do to gameplay while still requiring little enough movement from the player to keep going for hours.
Of course it definitely won't top the accuracy of a skilled gamer with a controller, or another one with a mouse and keyboard. Not to mention data density per movement. There is a reason why the keyboard is the most expressive form of user input, you know.
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Uhm.... this is Sims 8 on PS4 dude. Sounds to me like your consciousness lost some parts of your memory in the transfer and your subconscious is making up for it in the form of an unintentionally ironic Slashdot post on SimWeb.
To get an Admin blink your right eye 3 times while rubbing your nose and they should be able to help you out with that...
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A lot of people stand up all day at work and do work with their arms, it's very possible. Lifting a couple of light controllers is nothing compared to stacking shelves or other manual labour. You might have to take a break every few hours, but apparently we're meant to be doing that even with the normal games..
Besides, look at Wii Fit. A lot of people want to combine exercise and entertainment. I know I do, I'm a little annoyed at myself this week for playing so much Red Faction: Guerilla - I haven't out fo
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A lot of people want to combine exercise and entertainment.
So you're reinventing sport again?
Re:Alright, (Score:4, Interesting)
Yes, sport without actually having to have a large group of friends who are free and willing to play at any one time, or the weather to be good, or to embarrass yourself in front of people, or to be able to just pause/stop whenever you want, or even just for a bit of variety from doing other sports or variety in the scenery if you like jogging/running etc mean that a lot of people would find it worthwhile.
20-frickin-million people have bought Wii Fit, and now there are better programs coming out that incorporate personal trainer type assistants that can plan out an exercise regime for you depending on what your goals are and what exercise equipment you have at home. That's a great use for computers - most people don't really need or want to pay for a personal trainer to make a varied workout plan for them. I no more want to write up a little exercise chart to follow any more than I want to write letters to people when I can just email them instead. As it is my exercise routine is pretty random and unstructured but I gave my Wii away to my sister before Wii Fit came out, and I don't feel it's worth paying for another one and Wii fit, considering it would be the only thing I'd use it for (PS3 does everything else - better games, PVR, blu-ray player, web browsing).
Just think about it - if you put some rewards into WoW or some other game that could only be unlocked by jogging for 20 minutes on a treadmill each day or whatever, soon a lot of gamer geeks would be just as fit as people who are more into real sports. I've never been a big sports fan (used to just end up just hurting the opposing team in football (soccer style, not american football)), but I do love games and staying in shape.
Not sounding off but just mentioning (Score:1)
PS4?! (Score:2)
It's actually so difficult to contain leaks that the president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America has himself resorted to leaking the news there's a new Playstation console coming out in the future. THANKS third party publishers!
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Well it wouldn't have been surprising at all for the next console to be a minor update for the new HDMI standard, etc. with possibly faster chips/more memory. Wasn't there an article about that possibility a week or so ago?
Blame yourself (Score:1)
I'm sure developers/publishers will be all over it (Score:3, Funny)
Who wouldn't fall over themselves to pour money down the drain adding support for a peripheral nobody owns to a game for which you won't receive any more money?
Apart from the peripheral-specific titles, what games are going to support it?
Two words (try not to let your heads assplode): Wii. Ports.
Re:I'm sure developers/publishers will be all over (Score:2)
Possibly. If I were a Wii developer, and I determined that with a little more time I could put my game on 2 platforms instead of 1, why wouldn't I? (unless I am Nintendo :) )
Is that a bad thing?
Suddenly the PS3 becomes not only a competitor to the 360, but also a (more) direct competitor to the Wii, while offering something that neither the Wii or 360 has, access to the "other" style of gameplay.
If I were Sony this seems like a smart move. Then al
The value of NDA is the same as yesterday's (Score:2)
Oh noes! (Score:2)
Oh noes! People care about our products so much they won't stop talking about them! Whatever shall we do!?
Cripes. I wish -I- had high-class problems like this. I'm sure I could capitalize on them.
Or maybe he is. I mean, he managed to get a /. frontpage post about -nothing- this time. And he'll probably get one for each and every 'leak'. And each and every official notice.
Hooray! (Score:3, Insightful)
Tacking motion controls on an already released game? Yeah, that works out well.
Not happy? Oh, please. (Score:2)
Nothing gets "leaked" before a major trade press event like this unless the company wants it to happen. The "BAW i dun lik when peeps say stuff b4 my speech" bit is just an act, and not a convincing one. Leaks build hype, and everyone knows this. It's all part of the show.
Jack Tretton is head of marketing US (Score:1)