lol it wouldnt even make sense to make it hard to develop for

Yes, the moths have told this for us already! All hail our new overlords... THE moths.

(Sorry, I just had to.)

And yeah, Hirai has said this weeks ago. All that article seems to be is some sort of compilation of what ppl have said. :P

Thats the spirit Kaz....

Now tell me the one about how people will work extra jobs to get the money to own the PS3...

The mans a legend

Old news but I still think it's a bit crazy. However, their 1st and 2nd Party was has been top-notch.

This is one of the best things about how Sony runs the Playstation buisness. They force developers to write clean code, and it only makes games better, no matter what the platform. Companies that don't bitch about having to do their job correctly can make masterpieces. Just look at how muchmore advanced Sony's first party stuff is. That is because their devs use proper code, and don't complain. Other developers like Kojima Productions, Criterion, Infinaty Ward, and Dice have all made the choice to start writing clean code, and look what they have brought us.

I think that maybe someone poisons the person that has that position? He is slowly slipping into Crazy Ken shoes... he needs to be care and maybe hire a food tester... or maybe it's just Japan... he was much more sane when he was here in the US

@ KGB: Okay, if we go with the "it helps to write clean code"-theory, they could've just made it both easy to develop for and to write clean code for. You can't make devs write extensive clean code, when those people are actually the ones that can make your console work. You meet them halfway, not entirely at your place and make them wear tutus because you want them to.

Hopefully Sony will learn a lesson and have some better sort of guideline ready with the devkits for the PS4 (just like how Naughty Dog now has a guide for others to use).

@KBG29:
Actually, when developers face a platform that is hard to develop to, it's much more likely for them to put good practices aside in order to make it work. They face a budget and a deadline in order to get the game done. If a quick dirty code fix is the way around a given problem, they will do it.

Hard to develop = more likely to encounter unpredicted problems

I undestand that making devs write code correctly is a pain in the ass, but I think it is good for the industry, and it keeps the truckloads of garbage on the Wii from even being possible on the PS3. Personally, I would rather buy 10 games 5 times every year if the devs make the games to take advantage of the systems, than buy 10 good games, and 40 half assed poorly coded games.

I guess they though HD development wasn't expensive enough and felt like screwing developers even more. Too bad it didn't totally backfire on them and instead screwed over the 360 slightly with games being delayed such as GTA4 when they could have had a much bigger impact during the Christmas season.