14 DAY TRIAL // Shuhei Yoshida, the president of the Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, admits that the problems Microsoft faced after it announced its strong Digital Right Management for Xbox One have informed the strategy of his own company for the PlayStation 4.
Polygon cites a Famitsu magazine interview in which the executive states, “There were lots of people who gave their opinions on that issue to my Twitter account before E3. It’s not that our hardware policies are decided strictly based on user reaction like this, but when we were thinking about what we had to bring across and how to bring it across, it was a very useful source.”
Some sources are saying that Sony planned to have restrictive DRM for its own device but decided to drop the system after it saw how gamers reacted to the announcement from Microsoft.
Since then the Xbox One has been dubbed by many the 180 after the company announced that it would drop its initial stance in order to allow player to borrow games and re-sell them as they are currently doing on the Xbox 360.
Hiroshi Kawano, the leader of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia, also says the company is happy with how developers are using the PlayStation 4.
He says, “The software makers are also telling us that they feel like they really make some fun stuff with it. A new platform always provides the basis for new forms of play, so I’d like to see it connect to a revitalization of the marketplace.”
The executive also mentions that Sony will soon make an official announcement about the price of its console on the Japanese market.
In North America and in Europe the device will sell for 399 dollars or Euro. The Xbox One will arrive with a price tag of 499 dollars or Euro.
Launches are planned for November.