PlayStation Blogcast 051: One Year Older, 70 Million PS3s Wiser

[Commander Fury]

Firstly, I want to apologize for the lateness of this week's Blogcast - we'll be back to our regularly scheduled Thursday afternoon publish starting next week. But I'm hoping that today's show will be worth the wait for you. Not only does today's show mark the official one-year anniversary of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-blogcast/">PlayStation Blogcast</a> (!), it <em>also</em> marks two major milestones for PlayStation 3! This Saturday marks the console's six-year birthday in the United States. And as <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/16/ps3-70-million-move-15-million/">you may have heard</a> early this morning, PS3 has officially passed the 70 million milestone.

 

On today's double-stuffed show, we celebrate those milestones in style. The always insightful Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Computer Entertainment's celebrated president of <a href="http://www.worldwidestudios.net/en/Homepage">Worldwide Studios</a>, reminisces on the challenges of launching PS3 in 2006 and how innovative game development drove the PS3 to global must-have status. Later, SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton stops by to provide a bird's-eye view on PS3 and PS Vita - and even the launch of WiiU. Then PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen makes her debut appearance to discuss the evolution of PlayStation Store and PSN, even answering some long-requested questions for good measure. All are must-listens!

 

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