The PlayStation 3 is not a Game Machine - Ken Kutaragi

[RE4-Station]

So I was nostalgia web surfing gaming related stuff from the 2000s and found this interesting interview from 2006:

Ken Kutaragi said this:
"The PlayStation [3] is not a game machine. We've never once called it a game machine,"
and
"With the original PlayStation, our intentions were to bring SGI-quality graphics into households. With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment. That's why we teamed up with IBM, which is known for its supercomputers, and codeveloped the Cell together with them and Toshiba," said Kutaragi.

Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 "is not a games machine"

Sony Computer Entertainment head says the PS3 is a home media and entertainment supercomputer, and not just a games machine.

www.cnet.com

So you agree with him that the PS3 was not a game machine?

 

[uyoung1989]

His ambition was too big and it didn’t work out at all. The PS3 almost bankrupted SCE. He should feel lucky that his damage to the PS brand was restored by Hirai Kaz.

 

[Systemshock2023]

The PS3 was an unbalanced over engineered POS.

 

[RE4-Station]

The PS3 was an unbalanced over engineered POS.

on a serious note, from what we've heard over the years it was an absolute nightmare to make games on

 

[BroodCorp]

They pull this with every generation. It’s a part of PlayStation brand marketing to make the hardware seem like next level alien technology.

It’s a game box like any other console.

 

[Petekilla]

Crazy how some people on this site cap for this man. He was great for his introduction of PS1, then for evolving it with PS2. But with PS3, the industry was passing him by. He almost killed what he created.

 

[Petekilla]

They pull this with every generation. It’s a part of PlayStation brand marketing to make the hardware seem like next level alien technology.

It’s a game box like any other console.

Wrong. Back then consoles were actually proprietary hardware.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Wrong. Back then consoles were actually proprietary hardware.

Still overhyped AF. Remember the PS3 was supposed to run games at 1080p and barely could at 720p 20/30 FPS.

 

[Old Gamer]

Still overhyped AF. Remember the PS3 was supposed to run games at 1080p and barely could at 720p 20/30 FPS.

In the end, more games ran at 1080p60 on the PS3, than the 360. "Barely could" my arse.
Third parties porting from PC always dumped shitty ports for it, of course.

 

[TrishaCat]

I used my PS3 to play PS3 games and watch anime BDs.
It's a game machine

 

[Danja]

Crazy how some people on this site cap for this man. He was great for his introduction of PS1, then for evolving it with PS2. But with PS3, the industry was passing him by. He almost killed what he created.

The industry passing him by how? LOL

The guy created the best console that generation. He was ahead of the competition. The Cell didn't work out the way Sony was hoping for but the say the industry passed him by, when his tech pretty much made. Every console was made future proofed unlike the competition

 

[SuperPotato]

The first party exclusives and stuff like MGS4 and FF13 truly showed the advantages over the 360 but the first half of the gen was dire for PS3 multiplats.

 

[Danja]

Still overhyped AF. Remember the PS3 was supposed to run games at 1080p and barely could at 720p 20/30 FPS.

so you only played a PS3 in 2007?

 

[TrishaCat]

so you only played a PS3 in 2007?

Sir I want you to put a copy of Drakengard 3 into your PS3 right this minute

 

[Systemshock2023]

In the end, more games ran at 1080p60 on the PS3, than the 360. "Barely could" my arse.
Third parties porting from PC always dumped shitty ports for it, of course.

What games? Tetris? Early games on the generation? PSN/XBLA titles? DF did a year by year breakdown of 1080p games and they were few and far between after the first couple of years in the lifecycle. Abd no AAA heavy hitters of course.

1080p was a pipe dream for 7th generation consoles at the level of fidelity they were aiming. For Wii looking games, they would have been great 1080p 60 HW.

 

[SuperPotato]

The industry passing him by how? LOL

The guy created the best console that generation. He was ahead of the competition. The Cell didn't work out the way Sony was hoping for but the say the industry passed him by, when his tech pretty much made. Every console was made future proofed unlike the competition

Which lead to horrible multiplats and a 599 price tag.

 

[TrishaCat]

For Wii looking games, they would have been great 1080p 60

Bro ps2 games ran at 720p 30fps on the ps3 (MGS HD Collection, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5)

 

[Danja]

Which lead to horrible multiplats and a 599 price tag.

Multiplats got better once devs got use to the hardware? and did the price tag stay at $599 the whole generation? LOL

That system was bang for buck and more. Meanwhile the competition had to be releasing add on peripherals and constant revisions just to catch up.

 

[Danja]

Sir I want you to put a copy of Drakengard 3 into your PS3 right this minute

Maybe if this was 2013 when I still had one

 

[TrishaCat]

Maybe if this was 2013 when I still had one

Another one that gets rid of their old consoles smh