'Big change' to PS Network next month

Sony's John Hight has announced that console users can expect a "pretty big change in the PlayStation Network" in the early part of April.

Speaking of the updates, Hight, who is Sony's director of product development, said: "Simplification, cutting down on the number of mouse clicks, making it easier to find stuff that you want to find...that's kind of an outgrowth of us having more content now, so we have to make sure that you can get at it easily."

Hight, who said the PSN updates were largely down to 'customer feedback', also spoke of the number and quality of titles being released on the PlayStation Network, adding: "We're very careful about how too much quantity could kill us because it's more about having really well-selected, cool experiences. I guess we're aggressive in the sense that we're out there looking at a lot of things."

The Sony boss also promised to tackle the issue of games being released in the UK and Europe months after they are in the US, stating: "We've gotten a lot of feedback from our customers - they don't like it when you delay and release it in the United States, and then when localisation's done, in Europe, then we release. We're trying to coordinate it all so that it's a simultaneous worldwide release."