Sounds like Kutaragi is worried. He should be :)
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> http://ps3.ign.com/articles/623/623546p1.html
>
> Kutaragi Takes Shots at Xbox 360
>
> June 8, 2005 - Outspoken Sony Computer Entertainment chief Ken Kutaragi
is
> in the news again. In an interview hosted by Japanese technology site PC
> Watch, the father of the PlayStation brand continues Sony's cor****ate
> ba****ng of the Xbox 360 with one of the sharpest attacks yet since the
> original Xbox 1.5 comment.
>
> When asked about the difference between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360,
> Kutaragi responds, "This time, Microsoft has stated clearly that it is
> going after the PlayStation. However, they're going not after the
> PlayStation 3, but the PlayStation 2. They were looking at 2, and that's
> why [Xbox 360] became like that."
> Kutaragi reminisces about the unveiling of the original PlayStation and
> how many compared the system with 3DO, stating that both could do 3D
> graphics. "It was tough," he states. "Even after we said that the PS1 is
> actually doing 3D calculations while the other one isn't, people still
> insisted that they both had CD-ROM drives and 3D graphics. I believe
that
> many people, even when looking at specs, don't understand the
> differences."
>
> Things are similar this time around, according to Kutaragi, who
explains,
> "This time, people probably won't be able to understand the difference
> between PS3 and Xbox 360 if the spec charts are just lined up. However,
at
> E3, a suitable number of people said that they were glad they came and
saw
> rather than just looking at the specs. When the PS3 is actually
released,
> this will spread and people will come to understand."
>
> Commenting on the demos shown by Microsoft and Sony at their respective
> conferences, Kutaragi adds, "One famous re****ter let slip, Xbox is 1.5,
> the PS is more than what I was expecting, so it's 3.5."
>
> I didn't say it...
>
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