Why do Developers F-Up PS3 Games?

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MikeB said:

@ jesus kung fu magic

MikeB , those were the words he meant to say because he followed it up by saying we dont want the system to be maxed out soon to keep our ten year plan.

IMO it was just poorly worded PR speak from a non technical person.

I don't think Ken designed the PS3 to make it intentionally harder to develop for, far more likely he designed it for maximum potential performance which can hold up well enough for a decade (being harder or better said different is then often a normal side effect, like Atari ST vs Amiga).

If all this potential could be immediately realized they would have, just like Amiga games from 1987-1989 would preferably have tapped the Amiga 500 hardware as much as games from 1990-1995 did.

However looking back at the legacy game engines from before the PS3 launched, IMO it was obvious this could not be achieved. It would involve a lot of re-design.

Its was not a PR but SCE's own president. A president that is ignorant to the product they are putting out is no president at all.