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Sony: PS3 is hard to develop for--on purpose
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Submitted 3 years ago
helava says,
I thought with the departure of Ken Kutaragi, and Sony's recent fall from 1st straight to 3rd place, the era of "Sony saying ridiculously stupid s**t" was over. HA.

Thanks, Kaz, for bringing back some of that monumentally clueless arrogance to the "console wars." His quote in this article is, quite literally, one of the stupidest things I've ever heard anyone say.
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Article excerpt from cnet.com — "Sorry, but you're too hard to develop for. Earlier this week, Shaun Himmerick, executive producer for "Wheelman" and employee at Midway, told the hosts of the "This Xbox Life" podcast that developing for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 couldn't be any different. "The politically incorrect answer is that the PS3 is a huge pain...

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"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that (developers) want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is, what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?"
--Kaz Hirai, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment


*jaw drops on floor*
 
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Posted 3 years ago
You know, I was trying to think of a well constructed response to this. Realizing there was none, I resorted to the other, more readily availible response.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

lolwut?
 
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Posted 3 years ago
This just... ... ... boggles. I'm trying to think of something constructive to say, but no.
 
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Posted 3 years ago
I'm developing something for the PS3 right now, and it's quiet difficult!

*squats down* GRRRHMMMff.... Arghhhh... hmmmmmmrrrrr.... GRrrAHHhhhhhh....

There we go!
 
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Posted 3 years ago
Wow, I'm so glad they don't want just any idiot to develop! Oh wait, you can control that by not funding them/publishing them.

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WTF. This is the biggest WTF of all week. I wish there was a "Biggest WTF" slot on this site somewhere.
 
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