...Finally, he did mention that it kinda reminded him of LittleBigPlanet. He wondered if Sony Japan will show this new title at the TGS this year. Well, I certainly hope so!

Another thing that came up in our little chat, was something that I have always been curious about. I wrote about this earlier this year: Why is it that PlayStation Network evolves so slowly when compared to Xbox Live? And how come the social features aren’t up to par with today’s standard? “Well”, he said, “the main reason for that, is because all the big decisions are still being made in Japan.

That’s where they develop the core firmware as well. And we’ve been trying to take over their work here in Europe and the US, or at least divide the tasks, but without success. See, they’re really stubborn. And they have other priorities over there. They don’t care much about social media and online gaming. Not many people play online games in Japan, apart from the ones that are into MMO’s. but, as I said, we’re still working on it and we’ll get there eventually. I mean, we know it’s a big deal here in Europe and in the US. And we’re frustrated by the fact that Sony Japan really slows things down.”