Sony Trying Their Hand at Casual Games
- Scribbled on September 1st, 2008 by casualgamerchick
- Filed in Casual Gaming, Industry News, Interviews, Sony PlayStation 3
As everyone knows, Sony is a Japanese company so it makes sense they would try a casual game for the Japanese gamers first. Sony understands what Japanese gamers like or at least they hope they do. Sony is developing a video game that does not involve action, shooting or anything of that nature. The entire object of the game is to take pictures of animals. The game is called Afrika.
Sony is hoping the graphics will draw the players in. The graphics are photo realistic and it took developers four years to develop the game. Afrika takes place in a fictitious national park that contains photo-realistic zebras, elephants, lions and other exotic animals.
“This is a different approach to interactive entertainment, and some people may not see it as a game,” said Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony’s videogame unit.
Sony is testing the market for nature-exploration games. One of the downfalls, in my opinion, is the price of the game. The game is retailing for $54 in Japan and that is a lot of money to take pictures of animals. The graphic are great and really nice looking, but Afrika would have to be a really fun and compelling to spend that kind of money. Taking pictures of animals in a national park does not make me want to spend that kind of money.
(Thanks, The Wall Street Journal. Originally posted at CGC.)
September 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Note to Sony: $54 is not A CASUAL GAME!