Richard Lemarchand: PSN to get an edge over Xbox Live

Naughty Dog‘s  Richard Lemarchand has been interviewed and he was asked what he thought about the PlayStation Network when stacked against Microsoft‘s Xbox Live. You may be surprised to know that he picked the PSN and said that Sony‘s service will have a “competitive edge” in the near future. More in the full article.

 

Microsoft‘s Xbox Live network has long been regarded as the best and most complete console-based service of its type. One developer, however, sees the status quo tilting in the near future.

In an interview with IGN, Naughty Dog‘s  Richard Lemarchand commented that the PlayStation Network‘s continuous transformation will result to a better online service than Xbox Live soon. He didn’t go too deep into details, but it seemed that he has a lot of ideas on how everything will fall into place.

“There’s going to be other things coming down the pipe that’s going to give PSN as a whole a competitive edge,” he said. “What I will say is as a games designer I’m very excited about net connectivity.”

He then talked about how Sony is on a mission to make gaming as much a part of modern culture as other things. Lemarchand likened this movement to art or literature.

The developer concluded his statements by saying that The PS3’s computing power, enhanced connectivity, locative technology, and social networking system are going to be “completely transformative for game design.”

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Via IGN