Developers playing bigger role in next PlayStation

From CNET News.com: In an attempt to make the next PlayStation more developer-friendly than the current version, Sony is enlisting the help of its in-house developers, according to a top company executive.

Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony's network of game developers called Worldwide Studios, recently told Develop Magazine that one of the first things Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, did when he took over the company's gaming subsidiary was bring "Worldwide Studios in on hardware development."

Yoshida went on to say that Hirai "wanted developers in meetings at the very beginning of [the conception of the] new hardware, and he demanded Sony Computer Entertainment people talk to [developers]."

It could be a smart move for Sony. The PlayStation 3, especially when it first launched, was panned by some developers who said the platform was too difficult to create games for. Even Sony has acknowledged that its platform is hard to develop for.

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