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Sony exec says the PS3 will render traditional PCs moot in the home.

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Harrison denies Wii influenced PS3 controller, says PCs unnecessary

When Sony revealed the PlayStation 3 controller would be able to sense certain types of motion, skeptics scoffed. That's because Nintendo announced last September that its recently rechristened Wii console would also have motion-sensing controls, leading many to believe that Sony had added the functionality at the last minute as a gimmick. A report in the New York Times didn?t help, as it said that some of Sony's own developers had were not given the PS3 controller's tilt-sensitive controller until just weeks prior to its unveiling at E3 2006 in May.

Sony's Phil Harrison

Now Sony has come out swinging. In this week's edition of German magazine Der Spiegel, Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, aggressively denied his company appropriated the motion-sensing idea from Nintendo. "In a certain way, I understand why people would say [such things], but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so," said Harrison.

Harrison went on to say that the PS3's motion-sensitive controller had been in the works for some time. "We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar," he said. "It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on [nearly] identical devices. It's like that with technology." He reiterated that the PS2's Dual Shock controller is the "de facto-industry standard for video games. ... We define the standard for the man-machine interface for playing games."

Besides defending the PS3, Harrison took time to evangelize the device, which will launch worldwide this November. In particular he said the Linux-based operating system on the console's hard drive will have enough processing power and non-gaming functionalities to render traditional PCs--most of which use a form of Microsoft's Windows OS--moot in the home. "We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other [home] computer functions," said Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC."
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More crazy talk, what say you?
 
For kids, power users, and others that don't do simple PC tasks? No.

For people that only e-mail or brose the internet? Maybe if they actually have a decent implementation that's idiot proof. So basically it's never going to happen.
 
A $700 computer that functions worse than a $400 XBOX 360 and a $300 dell deal.


EDIT: Wait, is the ps3 600 or 700? I forget.
 
Anyone who's enough of a gamer to buy a brand-new console, is certainly going to want more out of a PC than basic internet functionality
 
Man, they must have some real good sh!t in the Sony corporate offices. Harrison and Kutaragi are off their rockers.
 
I like Sony and will probably eventually get a ps3. But these guys need to shut up. I haven't heard any semi-intelligent out of Sony since E3. Everything they've said and done has been mind boggling. It's like they're trying their hardest to soil their reputation even further and give people more reasons to buy a wii or xbox360.
 
Man, they are really tryin to stick it to Microsoft.

They really hate each other.

BTW, I hate Sony, and this is pathetic.
 
I don't care what happens with the PS3, but what I do want is for PS3 first / exclusive titles to be available on other platforms.

eg. I missed playing FF (7+8) on the PC 🙁
 
So if you dont have an HDTV your basically getting screwed by Sony. Web browsing at 640 x 480 is not fun and blue-ray is pointless.
 
Jesus what has happened to Sony.

Did corporate start imbreeding and promoting their half-retarded children into the business?

If not, someone get me a shotgun because the Earth is about to crack open with demon spawn.
 
Originally posted by: AlgaeEater
Jesus what has happened to Sony.

Did corporate start imbreeding and promoting their half-retarded children into the business?

If not, someone get me a shotgun because the Earth is about to crack open with demon spawn.
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If you actually meet a Sony employee, they actually believe they are the greatest company on earth..... an unending faith in all that is Sony. It would be a different case if their products where any good, but all I've seen them make in the past 10 years are gigantic pieces of crap.

I need to get whatever they have in their water supply and use it in my company.
 
With all these consoles that were supposed to replaced PCs, it's a wonder PCs still exist. 3DO, Matsushitsa, Atari Jaguar, NEC whatever, PS2...
 
doesn't the EU place much higher taxes on game consoles than computers? i know that they used to, which is what prompted linux kits for previous playstations. i think the EU laughed at sony's attempt to call those computers, rather than game consoles. looks like sony is just trying to avoid taxes again.

btw, the dual shock sucks. why are the control sticks in the wrong place? they 'define' the 'standard' only because their poop ships with every one of their consoles, and their console shipped more than any other recently.
 
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