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Sony Rep Denies Need For PC, PS3 Better
Phil Harrison continues down the road of marketing hyperbole, now having gone on record stating 'we do not need the PC'. He has also denied claims of copying Nintendo with the PS3's Dualshake controller. From the Gamasutra article: "In a certain way, I understand why people would say such things, but it is stupid, if you'll forgive me saying so ... We have already worked on it a long time, and Nintendo almost certainly has done likewise with something similar. It is perfectly naturally for two companies to work on identical devices. It's like that with technology." Must be nice to live in fantasy land.
it's not a pc until it runs linux.
*''I can't believe it's not a hyperlink.''
Given Sony's propensity to lock everything down, and the fact that the PS3 doesn't actually exist yet, how the heck could I realistically replace a PC with a PS3?
They got a web-browser or any other software I might want? It's a Sony product, so I doubt I could rip CDs with it. Can I get iTunes for it? What about my tax software, has that been ported? Inkscape? Google Earth?
That man needs to be significantly whacked with a clue-stick. Because the PS3 doesn't do what a PC does. Not by a long shot. Or did he mean just for gaming?
Why on Earth would anyone claim that a locked down, non-upgradeable, lacking-an-operating-system or software system is superior to a PC?
Flippin' wierd if you ask me!
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I get by just fine with 256MB of RAM on my PC. More is always nice but it's not like I have anything that refuses to run, except for Eclipse (which doesn't so much "refuse to run" as grind my computer to a screeching halt).
This poo is cold.
And here's one for the ages:
When we launched Playstation in 1994 we introduced the concept of real-time computer-generated 3-D-graphics for the first time. When Nintendo released the N64 in 1996 and they had real-time CG 3-D-graphics, did you hear us say, "Nintendo, you've stolen our idea?" Of course not. These innovations are things that become possible because of a combination of technology, price and manufacturing capability.
What you say !! Does Starfox ring a bell? What about Battlezone? Not only are they denying that they obviously based they idea off of Nintendo's, but they're taking credit for 3D graphics... Do these people even listen to themselves?
I'm not sure why so many people lack lucidity when it comes to all the rhetoric relating to the upcoming consoles.
Sony never said they invented 3D graphics. But what the did do, was create the first system that was based completely around 3D graphics. Sony beat the Saturn because Sega did anticipate that. The Saturn was originally going to launch with only one Hitachi SH-2 processor with the intention of making it sprite busting 2D powerhouse. When they releazing that Sony was going 3D (something they didn't anticipate) they simply slammed a second Hitachi SH-2 processor on board to increase the Saturn's raw computational power. However, these two chips were not created to work in a dual architecture and the chips sorrily lacked in floating point calculations. It caused developers headaches having to negotiate cycles between the two CPUs and two video processors (the 2nd VDP slapped on last minute ala the 2nd CPU). Half way through the Saturns life cycle new tools were released that made it easier for developers to use the hardware for 3D graphics (see Virtua Figher 2), but it was too late.
Because Sony developed the first 3D console from scratch, developers didn't have this problem. And yes, 2 years later Nintendo came out with a 3D console of their own. And Sony didn't say that Nintendo copied them, because well, it would've been foolish for Nintendo to release anything but a 3D system. 3D graphics were already established in homes and arcades as the new king. 3D graphics were around for a very long time (Star Wars Arcade), Sony was just the first company to _BASE A CONSOLE_ around them.
Jump to present day. Motion sensing technology has been used in failed PC controllers, the failed Nintendo Power Glove, and who knows what else. Nintendo however is the first company to apply the motion sensing technology to a _CONSOLE ITSELF_. They included as part of the console basic method of control. They also showed us potentially new ways motion sensing technology in games, much in the same way that Playstation showed us new types of games that would be possible in 3D.
Sony didn't invent 3D graphics (they never said they did) and Nintendo didn't invent motion-sensing controllers (they never said they did). But Sony hastily implements motion-sensing controls in its console after Nintendo announces this ability. After the 3D-based Playstation launches, Nintendo releases its own 3D-based system.
I think that's the gist of Phil Harrison's comments. No one says Nintendo stole 3D graphics from Sony because that would be ridiculous. Sony didn't invent 3D graphics (they just based a console on them first). Likewise, from Harrison's perspective, it's ridiculous to say that Sony stole from Nintendo because Nintendo didn't invent motion sensing technologies (they were just the first ones to base a console on it.)
People just need to calm down about all of this stuff. Fanboyism is so rampant on the net right now that's virtually impossible to find any insightful comments about any console related news.