The Flier - Update

Funny how life works out some times. A few days after posting “The Flyer,” to combat Nintendo’s encroachment, Sony went in a complete new direction. Sony took a flyer of its own…

According the WSJ on August 28th, Sony is releasing a “game” called Afrika. In the “game,” you go on a virtual photo shoot within the Africa wild. The “game” leverages the realistic graphics capabilities unlike all other gamse created for the Playstation3 thus far. I keep using quotes around “game” because I am not sure what to call it… there is no way to “win.” There is no competition. Your purpose is to take virtual photos and perhaps share them with others across the internet.

Sony is trying to appeal to the demographic that left the Playstation3 for the Wii. Sony’s hope is that the realistic graphics and lack of “shoot ‘em up” game play will appeal to the lost audience. Simultaneously, Sony is finally giving the world a preview of the true graphics capabilities of the Playstation3; no one harnessed the capabilities until this point. Perhaps other game developers will see the possibilities and create new titles that leverage these capabilities.