Sony's Tretton Sounds Off On E3 Leaks

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...

[__aaclcg7560]

I been out of the video game industry for a while. But in the general IT world, NDAs seem to be doubling in size every year. The NDA at one company I signed this year easy made my apartment lease agreement look smaller (~40 pages).

Re:The doubling power of NDAs...

[Renraku]

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:Alright,

[somersault]

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.