His actual words are as follows.
"It's not easy to program for the PS3. I wouldn't say it's endless in terms of what the console can do, but we pack so much depth into our consoles that it takes a while for anybody, including first party studios, to really harness the power," he said.
"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they 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 half years?" he said.
It is always a decision between making a powerful device and making a simple to use device, he explained that they went with making a powerful device with the added benefit that overtime people will make better and better games as they understand it more and more. This is NOT going to be what they make the decision on.
I assure you "Lets make a completely un-usable architecture so that people have difficulty programming for it" is not the way any company makes decisions.
His second quote which the journalist is making his report on seems more after thought than any actual reason.
