Sony\u2019s CEO has given us a new candidate for the worst.quote.ever. from a usability point of view:<\/p>\n

“We don’t provide the ‘easy to program for’ console that (developers) want, because ‘easy to program for’ means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is, what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?”<\/p>\n

–Kaz Hirai, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So let me get this straight\u2014the plan is to make a platform that is intentionally difficult for developers so that it can buy Sony time to make the next version of their console that will be hard to use so that it can buy Sony time to make the next version of\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have to file this one away in the long term memory for the next time some project I\u2019m working on gets criticism for complexity or poor usability: \u201cactually, this is intentionally difficult so that you don\u2019t notice it\u2019s taking a lot of time for the next version to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sony: PS3 is hard to develop for–on purpose | The Digital Home – CNET News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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