Phil Harrison speaks on reactions and controllers
by Adams Briscoe 
{ Jun 20th 2006 at 1:30PM }
It's been a month since the ubergeek gathering at E3, but people are still interested in collecting the opinions of Sony's showing. One such interview tries to pry into the mind of Phil Harrison in an attempt to find out his thoughts on the public's reaction to the show and the controller.When asked why he thought people came out of the press conference less enthused than last year, he said "I guess, um, when something is new and exciting and heard for the first time, that elicits a certain reaction emotionally." Yeah, $600 tends to evoke that kind of emotional reaction. Mr. Harrison spoke about how people are reacting to the console and how the "PlayStation 3 is kind of laid out for everybody to see."
From Blu-ray to the controller, there are a lot of people who see these parts laid out and call them controversial. On the heels of the latter, he says "... what I think we've done quite cleverly is combine this industry-standard controller with the motion-sensing technology." No one is going to argue with that. What everyone really wants to know is how they're going to implement it. Check out the interview for more answers.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jeff @ Jun 20th 2006 4:05PM
what is more suprising to me, maybe i did not know this, is that the ps3 uses a standard harddrive indtead of a special hard drive for the storagelike the xbox 360. that should have been a bigger headline.
Andir2.0 @ Jun 20th 2006 7:42PM
"the ps3 uses a standard harddrive indtead of a special hard drive for the storagelike the xbox 360. that should have been a bigger headline."
If there's one thing I've noticed during this whole phase of market is that Sony puts it out on the table and people tear them to pieces over it. We can only wait until the console hits the shelves, then decide. If they made that a major headline, people would cry, "If I wanted a computer, I'd go buy one!! The hard drive adds too much cost to the machine. It should be optional limiting the potential of the machine!"
But that's just a one sided opinion from reading Joystiq too long.
(And I've yet to figure out why my Andir ID has such a hard time posting!! This gmail account works just fine)
Night Elve @ Jun 21st 2006 1:51AM
One thing that really bothers me, is the fact that people is always saying "If want this or that it should be optional".
I think if you want optional hardware for a gaming center and you are not conform what the companies (Sony, Nintendo, MS) are offering you, well then get a Ubber PC.
Just my two cents.
Big Bird @ Jun 21st 2006 8:36AM
Sure hope he is looking over his shoulder while doing all this backpedaling. If nothing else Sony is good for laughs these days. A shame they arent accompanied by good products :(