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Dated :- 08 June 2006


Ken Kutaragi, the creator of PlayStation, has spoken once again about the PS3's likeness to a PC.

In an interview with technology site Impress Watch, he joked that the PS3 could be "built to order". Of course, he conceded, this would cause manufacturing and distribution problems.

But his words do show that the PS3 has been designed as an upgradable system. The first signs of this surfaced when Sony clarified that any memory card reader, wi-fi adapter and hard disk drive could be added to the PS3. Whilst at first the $500 seemed unattractive with its stripped down features, now many feel that saving $100 is a worthwhile path to follow if you want to put in your own high-capacity hard drive, and are not concerned with wi-fi or memory card readers.

But Kutaragi took this a step further, suggesting that the PS3 could be changed significantly, as long as the base specification stays the same to keep it compatible with all games. After all, "All configurations are the PS3," he said.

Kutaragi also discussed the importance of first party development. He felt that first party titles have to set a high standard in order to bring confidence to the third party developers.