14 DAY TRIAL // Sony is making waves about 3D gaming, saying that the PlayStation 3 will be getting the ability to play games in three dimensions with a firmware patch set for this year. And apart from Sony made games, the company must be surely hoping that third-party publishers, like Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard, are ready to support the new technology. But one man seems not to be interested in 3D at the moment.
Peter Moore, who is the leader of the EA Sports division, has told GamesIndustry.biz that “I have a point of view and that's about as much as we have. Howard Stringer down, Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit up and take notice. But believe me there's nothing going on right now that would say I'm ready to demo a 3D sports game. Nothing at all.”
While EA Sports might be cool on the idea of full 3D gaming, the division is very interested in creating gaming experiences that would work with both the Sony made wand motion tracking peripheral, which could be called Arc, and the Microsoft-powered Project Natal, which does not require the player to hold on to a controller.
Moore has admitted that the company will be aiming to make all its core franchises, like FIFA, Madden and NBA, compatible with the new control schemes. It's not clear whether it is set to deliver versions of the core games enabled for motion tracking or whether it plans to integrate it into the main releases for the franchises.
Peter Moore is also saying that concrete release dates and names of videogames will not be outed by EA Sports until the moment Sony and Microsoft clearly spell out the release dates for their products, which are currently just slated for the elusive holiday season.