Wednesday, January 27, 2010

GOWII Almost Hit The PS3



God of War III will arrive on store shelves in less than 2 months in North America. Like everyone else, I am pumped up! The God of War franchise is as awesome as you get. It's epic production, story, characters and game play perfection make each release an event. It's exciting to finally see Kratos adventures in HD. However, it may not have taken this long.

Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Computer Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Product Development, is interviewed in the March issue of Game Informer Magazine. In it he reveals that the PS2 title God of War II, was almost shut down and then converted to the PS3. Yoshida decided against it in the end commenting, "...I saw an opportunity for the Santa Monica team to complete their vision for the second game on a platform they totally understood. That was my argument and the company and team supported it..."

I'm a huge supporter of that decision. Yet, Sony learned plenty from the launch of the PlayStation 3.

Not only was it horribly over priced, it didn't even launch with one recognizable franchise that made the company what it was. Next time, maybe they'll launch a console with a Gran Turismo or Uncharted title. Better yet, launch with a God of War exclusive.

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