Posted by Bob Mackey
Kaz Hirai: "We meant to do that."
Apparently, console business sense dictates that you show utter contempt for any programmer with the hubris to program for your hardware--according to Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kaz Hirai, anyway. It seems that the PS3 was intentionally made difficult to program for so that the software won't really "wow" us until Sony's newest console reaches its final days. Hey, it worked for the PS2; right, guys? Guys? Guys!?
Hirai's quote on the subject from a recent Official Playstation Magazine interview (via Eurogamer) is actually much more damaging than my personal attempts to insult him:
"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?"
I ask that you answer Hirai's rhetorical question in the comments below. Thanks for your time.
(Example: YOU MAKE GAMES EASILY WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL CONSTRAINTS YOU MORON)
Related Links:
New Year's PS3 Wish List: part 1
New Year's PS3 Wish List: part 2
Sign of the Times: Current Gen to Stick Around a Little Longer
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About Bob Mackey
For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's
Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.
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