Sony opens PlayStation.Blog

Recently, Microsoft-run sites Major Nelson and Gamerscore Blog have successfully put personalities in front of the company's Xbox 360 marketing efforts and offered visitors a steady stream of news on the system. They've also given gamers an open line of communication to complain directly to the company about delayed demos, downloadable content pricing, and any other problems they have with the system.

It seems Microsoft isn't the only company that believes the benefits of such an operation apparently outweigh the headaches, as Sony Europe started up its own Three Speech community blog in advance of the PlayStation 3 launch last year. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America finally got on board the blog bus with the official launch of PlayStation.Blog.

"It's with enthusiasm, eagerness and, honestly, a little bit of relief that we lift the cover on our first official Sony Computer Entertainment America company blog," wrote SCEA PR manager Patrick Seybold in today's post, adding "welcome and sorry for the wait."

Seybold calls the site's current form a work in progress, saying he expects it to house news, developer updates, and editorials in the future. A listing of possible post categories on the site includes official comments from the company, news about promotional SCEA events, PlayStation Network updates, insight into game development, and tracking industry trends.

While SCEA clearly has ideas of what it wants to put on the blog, Seybold has also invited gamers to add their own suggestions in the comments section of his post.