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Third Parties Were "Confused" By PS3
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 8:00 PM on May 12, 2008
Once upon a time, the PLAYSTATION 3 was not a game console. A Blu-ray player! An home entertainment hub! It was a super computer! A... Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kaz Hirai explains:
I think there was some confusion as to what PS3 was initially — some of the third parties didn't understand and they wanted to scale back a little and see how things went before they really put in their resources... But when I re-positioned the PS3 as a video games console at Tokyo Game Show I think everybody got that message loud and clear.
While removing backwards compatibility was shitty of Kaz, driving home the point that the PS3 is a game machine first and foremost was quite smart. That's why they pay him the big bucks!
Confusing [MCVUK] [Pic]
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aevanko
Posted 9:04 PM 12/5/08
He seems to like Little Big Planet too much though... it's kinda creepy.
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aevanko
Posted 8:56 PM 12/5/08
Go Kaz!
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deathwombat
Posted 9:25 PM 12/5/08
No one dares to challenge Kaz to a freestyle rap battle for he is the undefeated hiphop legend that is KazzyGunFace
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mardigan71
Posted 9:54 PM 12/5/08
Umm, I don't believe that for a minute. Confusion over what the PS3 is? There *might* be some confusion from non-gamers who look at the console. But gamers get it and the folks who make the games get it. Sounds to me like Kaz is just trying to reassure people that third party games are coming and that the PS3 isn't going to end up like the N64 or Gamecube.
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