While some of us have moved on to some “next-gen” goodness, Sony has other plans. Smartly deciding to cater to the more frugal, economical gamer, Sony Computer Entertainment has tied up with 13 Indian game developers to produce Indian games that could be priced lower than the existing Rs 499 per title.

Atindriya Bose, country manager (Playstation), SCE, said game developers such as Indiagames, Trine, DQ Entertainment, Dhruva will be working with the company to produce games that could be marketed both in local and international markets.

The company will also introduce the use of motion-sensing technology, made popular by Nintendo Wii, to PS2 game developers this year.

Using Eye Toy technology, a colour digital camera device similar to a webcam, Sony hopes to extrapolate eye movement, gesture recognition, and more complicated finger movements used in game-playing.

What’s interesting is that they claim that the PS2 install base to be around 3.25 lacs and that there are 1200 PS3s . I wonder if they’ve taken into account the grey market as well?

Would you continue to buy games based on last-gen tech at a phenomenally lower price-point (they plan to launch 150 PS2 titles) or are you happy with your next-gen games?

Source: Rediff News.