20 stereoscopic 3D games coming from inside Sony, another 30 from third-parties.

If you recently plunked down the big bucks for a fancy 3D-enabled TV, then you can now have the comfort of knowing there will eventually be a pretty large collection 3D-enabled PlayStation 3 games to play on it. Speaking to Develop, SCEE studio director Mick Hocking revealed that over 50 3D games are in development for the PS3, including both Sony’s own games in development as well as third-party offerings.

“We’re applying 3D to more than 20 internal games at Sony,” Hocking said. “It’s a very positive thing to see the great level of interest in 3D from our development studios.” But even more reassuring for Sony, according to Hocking, is seeing so many third-party developers making 3D games as well.

“Overall we have more than fifty titles currently being converted into 3D, and this number is growing fast,” Hocking said (although he didn’t give a timeline for when these 50 games will actually all be on retail shelves). “Some of them are massive names. That’s a really, really good sign that the industry is behind our unique message that 3D is a key element in the future of home consoles.”

And Sony is also behind those companies who are behind their 3D push, as Hocking said they’re giving “training” to some third-party developers to help them understand how to implement 3D properly. “Not only make it technically correct, but also to be more inventive with it, how to get the most creatively from it for their particular type of game,” he said.

A patch was released in June to make the PlayStation 3 capable of playing games in stereoscopic 3D, although again, a 3D-enabled television and 3D glasses are still required (even if a shockingly large numberof gamers apparently didn’t know that).

By Kris Pigna, 11/23/2010