BMaker11 said:
Even with the article linked, you misquote Kuturagi and instead go with the gaming journalism spin on what he said.
"for consumers to think to themselves 'I will work more hours to buy one'. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else.".
That doesn't mean "get a job. Get two jobs, ya lazy bum". It means that the goal of the PS3 was to become so desirable that people will work more hours just to get it (working "more hours" doesn't necessarily mean "get two jobs" btw. There is such a thing as overtime). A trip to Europe would cost me $3,000 with the flight, hotels, and spending money. But do travel agencies tell me to "get a job. get two jobs" if I want to afford to go? No. They just make trip packages that are so attractive that you will work as much as you need to to be able to purchase them. That is what Kuturagi meant.
How did "feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else" get spun into "get a job, get two jobs" and people, in turn, have ran with it for almost a decade......when the exact quote is right there?
Not to mention, if he did say "get a job", well, how else is somebody supposed to buy a game console, otherwise? Somebody has to work to earn the money to get it. So even the misquote doesn't have grounds for mocking.
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