Sony Goes After Saturday Night TV

The Guardians Gamesblog posits that, with the family friendly casual game Buzz, Sony is going after the Saturday evening TV crowd. While most TV is getting more and more banal, the quiz-type game attempts to be friendly, irreverent, and interactive all at the same time. The blog has an interview with a creator of the game to explore the new trend in capturing the casual gaming market. From the article: "Sony were looking to repeat the 'social gaming' success of EyeToy and SingStar and suggested the idea of a quiz show to us. They were already in contact with a company who supplied music clips and questions, and asked us what treatment we would give such a game. We suggested setting the game in a TV show, which people would be familiar with, and suggested they included gameshow style buzzers in the box. That was about a year ago."

The greatest quiz game

[Guspaz]

Hard to top "You Don't Know Jack".

Re:The greatest quiz game

[ZakuSage]

So true. Just after reading this, I went and played You Don't Know Jack Mock 2... brings me back.

Re:The greatest quiz game

[Masami Eiri]

Greatest. Quiz. Game. EVER.

A Year Ago...

[Anonymous Coward]

"...We suggested setting the game in a TV show, which people would be familiar with, and suggested they included gameshow style buzzers in the box. That was about a year ago."

He went on to say, "They haven't really talked to us much since then. I guess they've been busy or something."

Re:A Year Ago...

[Kazzahdrane]

Modded informative? Can someone not tell an amusing joke remark from fact? The game's in production and is already playable.

Erm?

[moronga]

Am I nuts or is there no link to the article?

Yes yes, I must be new here, etc etc.

Re:Erm?

[ZosX]

Yes. You are nuts. Why there is a link right there. Can't you see it?

Re:Erm?

[KrisW]

You're not nuts, you've just gone "link blind". It's a condition that only affects a small percentage of people, but it's still quite a serious affliction.

A strict diet of chicken livers, goats milk, and grain alcohol should provide temporary relief while you wait for a doctor's appointment

Re:Erm?

[sk0pe]

Hmmmm, this disease must be contagious. I can't see a link either.

Wow...

[radicalskeptic]

This would be a great idea... if only Saturday night TV didn't suck more than any other time of the week.

Re:Wow...

[superpulpsicle]

It almost doesn't matter since every other person is getting a DVR. You are watching thursday TV on saturday anyways.

Saturday night?!

[Seumas]

Um... Aren't most people like.. you know... going out? Drinking? Clubbing? Dating? Getting laid?

Seriously - I'm not trolling here - but what *is* the "Saturday night" crowd? Is that like the... homebound geratric crowd or something?

Re:Saturday night?!

[Seumas]

Grandpa?!

What are you doing on the internet?!?!

The Missing Link

[PretzelWagon]

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/08 /23/saturday_night_tv_is_dead_is_this_the_replacem ent.html [guardian.co.uk]

Take THAT, Creationists!

[DoctaWatson]

Just a theory, my ass- the missing link has been FOUND!

Played it, quite fun

[Kazzahdrane]

They had this game on a big screen with proper podiums with buzzers at the Edinburgh International Games Festival this month. Was pretty good fun and apart from the intros to each round and the "witty" putdowns to players getting a question wrong I think it would have good replayability provided there were a lot of questions. They weren't all about pop stars and presidents either, lots were quite technical science questions or identifying songs that were in the charts 30+ years ago. One for the whole family I'd say.