On June 11th, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) launched the official PlayStation.Blog. I'm proud to say we had a little bit of a hand in the development of this new corporate blog.
The blog is based upon the WordPress platform and features a number of modifications. I handled the design and some of the project management while the team (Nick, Pete, Sean and Mike) from cnp_studio handled CSS, WordPress customization and other tweaks.
Response to the blog was been somewhat amazing with over 500 comments coming in the first 24 hours. Technorati rank went from non-existent to 8,364 in less than two weeks. Not bad.
As with any project of this nature, it's only the beginning. Look for more to come.
Visitor Comments
Nice work on this Josh. With as much rumor/innuendo as gamers have to wade through, it's nice to have sites like this and MajorNelson that we can take as Gospel...
Posted by: JeffRubenstein | June 26, 2007 5:58 PM
Congratulations on such a successful launch. I hope the momentum continues.
Posted by: Sandi Solow | June 26, 2007 8:15 PM
Way to go Josh. It's great to see the appreciation flowing in the comments.
Posted by: markx | June 27, 2007 9:05 AM
Great site. I bought it on Blogshares when it first showed up in the system. Now that's paying off handsomely.
Posted by: John | June 29, 2007 8:46 AM
Very nice work, Josh!
Posted by: j. brotherlove | July 1, 2007 8:54 PM
Hi Josh: Looks nice.
So what were the "modifications?" And what would you say makes this special over just any old Wordpress blog? IOW, what about this blog do you think makes it more effective than others? Thanks in advance for answering.
Posted by: Mike Schinkel | July 8, 2007 10:52 PM