Polygonal PlayStation chief Kaz Hirai has claimed that the original branding of the PlayStation 3 as an all-inclusive entertainment device confused developers. He states that the confusion is now over because finally, after more than a year, games developers have realized that a videogames console is used for playing videogames.
"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," states the living Quake character model. "But when I re-positioned the PS3 as a videogames console at Tokyo Game Show I think everybody got that message loud and clear."
Although some might write Hirai's words off as excuse-making, it has to be said that studios did, at the very least, feel alienated — if Square-Enix is anything to go by. The Final Fantasy publisher once stated that Sony needed to firmly decide upon what the PS3 was supposed to be, or it could spell trouble in the end.
Hirai seems to think that Squeenix was on the nail, but everything's okay now. Just in case anybody is still confused, however, let's set the record straight -- The PlayStation 3 can run videogames. Confirmed.
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2:18 PM on 05.12.2008
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A public service announcement from Mr. Destructoid"
lol
This is bullshit. Obviously its a game system. Its just a piece of shit to code for
@ rockvillian - where'd you get the pic of my prom date from?
How can you be confused as to what to do with the thing?
Game developers makes the games, movie makers produce the films were does the confusion come into it?
Game Developer 2: What about the Playstation 3?
Game Developer 1: What the hell's wrong with you? You want to make a game for a Blu-ray player? Might as well make a game for an 8-track player for all the sense that makes.
Game Developer 2: Sorry, you're right. How about Playstation 2?
Game Developer 1: Now you're thinking.
It's just a high-capacity, disc-based, end-all, be-all home computer entertainment system powered by unholy components made of unicorn hearts compressed inside custom-created black holes and forged by Space Leprechauns in the heart of Tijuana and sent to finally be assembled in Japan at a factory that makes hyphens.
Which would also go on to explain why future-proof exists as a word in our collective gamer lexicon.
I love obvious statements.
In other words, it's not just a game machine, it's a Home Entertainment System. Entertainment includes games, but most home entertainment equipment these days can't play games. Hence, the confusion... among the home theater enthusiasts... like my dad, who was wondering why the PS3 didn't come with a remote control.
Didn't Nintendo call their first game system the Nintendo Entertainment System? I recall they did that, and created R.O.B., so their machine didn't seem too much like a game machine, due to the slew of crap that killed the game industry in the 80's.