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Insomniac's Brian Hastings - The PS3 Has 10 Aces Up Its Sleeve

And he proves it in style, making the Wii sound like nothing more than it is: a toy

Mar 28, 2007 10:37 GMT  ·  By
  

An interesting piece of lecture posted by 1UP shows what Chief Creative Officer at Insomniac, Brian Hastings thinks of the PS3's future. While some see the little Wii mopping the floor with it and the 360 also looking down to it, Hastings finds that Sony's next-gen machine has not one, but 10 aces up its sleeve: Home & LittleBigPlanet; Free Online; 50 GB Games; Casino Royale; HDMI; Standard HDD; The Wii Fad Will Fade; PS3 Has a Major CPU Advantage; PS2 still outselling 360 and Something For Everyone.

Although Insomniac's chief likes Nintendo's motion sensitive using console, he doesn't see a very bright future for it and even makes up a scenario as an example: "I like Nintendo a lot. I think Nintendo has innovated far more than any other company in the industry. And I think the Wii is really, really fun. But... let me relate to you a story that may sound familiar:

Your friend Reggie invites you over for a Wii Party. It's awesome. You and your friends partake in whatever beverages are legally appropriate for your age group. The next day everyone who went to the party rushes out and buys a Wii. A week later Reggie hosts another Wii Party. This time only half the group comes. It's still fun, but there isn't quite as much shoving to get at the Wiimote. The next week Reggie hosts another Wii Party. You tell him you have bird flu."

See where he's getting at? The Wii is fun, yet childish. Once if good, the second time is all right and by the time you're invited to another of those Wii parties the man's talking about, you're at home shooting and killing on your PS2 or PS3.

Insomniac's leader also says that the PS3 has yet another ace up its sleeve and that is Free Online Play. And then there's the Blu-ray technology: "There's no question that you can always cut more levels, compress the audio more, compress the textures more, down-res the mpeg movies, and eventually get any game to fit on a DVD. But you paid for a high-def experience, right? You want the highest resolution, best audio, most cinematic experience a developer can offer, right? That's why Blu-Ray is important for games, and why it will become more important each year of this hardware cycle."

We really need these pertinent comments every once in a while, so we can fully understand what's going on out there on the gaming market, and if they can't come from Chief Officers such as Insomniac's Brian Hastings, then I don't know from where else.