Sony Refuses to Give up Social Games Fight

Sony doesn’t seem to be doing so well in the current console races with the Playstation 3. Market share for the PS3 is coming in at around 22%, and for those who have been living in a cave, that 22% makes Sony in third place below both Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo is in the top spot with nearly 50% market share and 34 million consoles sold worldwide.

Sony refuse to give up its fight however, and during a London conference last month, Jamie MacDonald, Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, was adamant that games like Buzz and Singstar were as popular as ever and still hugely successful.

When asked his thoughts on other companies such as Activision and Nintendo putting out titles like Guitar Hero and Wii Sports, both of which have been widely regarded as ‘casual games’, MacDonald told