Itagaki: "Playstation 3 is more powerful""Neither are bad machines"

[Zenien]

While speaking about PS3, how is the development apprehended on this machine?

Very well, the development on this console is really easy. On the other hand, one has less of flexibility than on Xbox 360. I do not want to return in the technical details, but I would say that the PS3 is an “obstinate” console. If one wants to obtain good results, one is obliged to cheat much more than on 360, who it can work oneself like a PC. It is possible to work there directly in bond with Windows. The PS3 has a Japanese OS, therefore different of Windows! In more our Japanese engineers do not want to yield vis-a-vis the power of Microsoft, we have this competitive spirit to create different interfaces, to symbolize our different culture thus. But I do not think that the PS3 or the 360 is better one than the other. PlayStation 3 is a little more powerful, but as can be to it a console which leaves one year after another. They have both of qualities and the inherent defects. PlayStation 3 is “obstinate”, but I am it also, therefore finally it is not awkward! (laughter) the true gross difference here, they is that the PS3 is Japanese, therefore the Japanese prefer the PS3 generally.

More can be found here without translation.

http://www.gamekult.com/articles/A0000051337/

 

[MrHateYourself]

If Sony really wanted this thing to last 10 years and be WAY ahead of anything else on the market, you'd think they'd have sprung for a little more RAM....could it really have hurt them THAT much to give it double what the 360 has? It'd be pretty clearly superior numbers then.

 

[Zenien]

Yeah if anything will hold back the PS3 game it's that darn 256 ram ceilling for the GPU. I wouldn't have said double, maybe an extra 256 for the GPU though. But who knows about the costs with that.

Sony certainly has the ability to make the PS2 last 1 years though. They're currently approaching, what, year 8? It could continue to make them money (especially when/if Wii devs make PS2 versions cocurently for some extra cash) to the 10 year mark.

 

[MrHateYourself]

Verily.

It would have been wise to double up-the PS2 was a pretty considerable leap in technology, but what we're seeing in the PS3 and 360....decent gaming PCs will easily catch up and exceed MUCH faster than the previous round....and by not being lightyears ahead of the competition, it also practically ensures that most games will be cross platform ports on a tame technical level....

 

[Mentok]

Thats a great interview Zen, thanks for that