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Sony Europe President Says Only Top Games Will Go In-Store

We've already heard from Sony developer president Shuhei Yoshida talk about the NGP's birth and where its going, but also chatting today was Sony Europe head Andrew House who told MCV, that only high-quality, big-name games will appear as boxed product for NGP.

Everything else will go the digital PSN store route to cut down on costs. As with Yoshida-san's comments, he recognises the mistakes made with the PSP, particularly the late addition of the PSN store, and reckons that NGP solves all those issues.

He adds that developers can take risks with a game while not having to spend too much on distribution, something that ties up with Yoshida-san's desire for innovative titles from indie devs.

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