NGP Gives A “Ridiculously Compelling” Console Experience, Says Epic

Sony’s said that it took much into consideration when building PSP2, and have gone through many different iterations to make sure it has the right fit. With NGP, then, they’ve won. As developers from a wide spectrum hail the machine as home console gaming in your hands.

The latest to talk up the device as “ridiculously compelling” is Epic Games boss Mark Rein, saying “The NGP delivers [home console gaming] in spades.”

“I love console game experiences. I love, love, love playing Gears of War, Call of Duty, Borderlands – I just love those kinds of games,” Rein told Eurogamer at GDC.

“The NGP delivers it in spades. You really do want to play those kinds of games on it for sustained periods of time. Sat down on your couch, or in a hotel room, or somewhere you don’t have a big TV. It’s a fantastic experience.”

“The ability to have another device that can now play these kinds of games really well – I’m using my thumbs here – is huge,” he continued.

“Yeah, I’m going to buy one. All I can ever do is speculate on what I think. That’s the trap people get caught in, saying ‘Well, I’d like one, but nobody else is going to buy one.’ No – you need to stop that sentence at ‘I’d like one.’”

“When you get your hands round that device and you see some of the things that are going to ship on it, you’ll go ‘Want. Want, want, want,’” he explained, before naming a few key franchises.

Tell me, if they put Call of Duty on there – which they say they are – and World of Warcraft, don’t you think it would sell like frickin’ crazy? Of course it would,” he said.

As for pricing, Rein said he (and gamers alike) would shell out the necessary doe to buy the device because it offers home console gaming on the road. He also likened the situation to Apple’s iPad, noting that in its early days, before it was even launched, people said it would fail. But look at what happened.

“Who would have thought iPad could survive? Everybody poo-pooed the idea of iPad and they’ve sold over 15 million of them,” he uttered. “It’s an indispensable part of your life now.”