Tomb Raider dev admits PSN more 'flexible' than XBLM

by Andrew Yoon { Jan 3rd 2008 at 12:15PM }

There's one thing most gamers can agree on: the PSN has an incredible selection of daring and diverse downloadable games. From innovative titles like flOw to massive productions like Warhawk, the PSN has delivered a wide array of games that have developers and publishers looking to the PSN for more opportunities. Tomb Raider Anniversary developer Riley Cooper spoke to GI.biz about his excitement about PSN, and its advantages over Xbox Live. "I'm very, very interested in digital distribution and the potential it has," said Cooper, speaking during GDC Lyon last month. "PlayStation Network is extremely interesting because it's a more flexible space."

Unlike XBLM, there are no restrictions on games delivered on the PSN. This allows game designers to be as creative and ambitious as they want. "We made an in-road with Anniversary on 360, and it was a full game essentially, but Microsoft is only slowly increasing requirements and opening up the constraints of Xbox Live. It's been a slow process, whereas PSN hasn't been restricted by size, they've just done Warhawk for example."

These comments should be incredibly encouraging to PS3 fans. If more high-profile developers and publishers continue flocking to PSN, who knows what kinds of truly daring games we'll see in the PS3's future.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: psn, tomb-raider, xblm, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tim Parsons @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:25PM

of course PSN is superior to XBL ,. unless of course you enjoy paying money and getting less LMAO

Eddie @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:48PM

Hehehe... yeah, I love PSN!! All my demos and awesome games... woohoo!!

SteveMB @ Jan 4th 2008 6:05PM

Getting less? Dude, I own a PS3 and Xbox 360 and there is no doubt that the 360 has the best online network. I just think you're blind because you're a fanboy. I love my PS3, but the 360 has a better online experience.

Nate @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:43PM

Yeah, what is the limit on XBox Live game downloads? Isn't it like 50 megs or something completely ridiculous like that?

Josh @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:17PM

250 MB

Vincent @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:48PM

PSN needs one more thing to be perfect: Make it global :/
Seriously, it sucks for anyone that doesn't live in USA or Japan since we can't purchase anything from their stores. Specially those that live in regions like South America or Africa, who can't buy from any PSN store whatsoever.

shadysaiyan @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:01PM

Atleast somebody is putting their foot down and admitting the truth.

Dehshizknight @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:22PM

Well, Mark Rein was also quite supportive of the PS3 saying that the freedom it offered led to Unreal Tournament III being exclusive to PS3.

Tony @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:18PM

Good stuff, now...TRA for PS3, please :)

matthew_neitzer @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:26PM

seconded

ryan @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:51PM

you have it dude.
it's called TRA for Playstation 2...or maybe you have a Newer PS3 then sorry for your loss.

matthew_neitzer @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:31PM

It would be nice to have a version with better textures and in a higher resolution that I can just download. I do understand what you mean though, I would just like one that was made for the PS3.

Ranus Studios @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:30PM

Yes, my friend, you are bold, but are you also... daring?

Andy @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:42PM

The PSN is not just flexible with the store. XBL is limited to P2P online* while PS3 games can either be P2P or superior server based.

Not to mention PSN has a web browser which means companies do not need to go through Sony to get content to the PSN.

PSN also has no size restrictions to the Playstation store like this fellow is saying

And the PSN allows user created mods like in UT3.

Xbox live has
-holiday growing pains
-membership fee
-in game chat/access to friends in game
-movie rentals
-more games online
-younger community
-bettter fps players

*EA forced Microsoft to let them use there own servers so they can cancel online after a certain amount of time