The Kraziness of Ken Kutaragi

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In the past, you've known him as the father of the PlayStation, a revolutionary in the videogame industry. However, these days, he's better known as the Sony crackpot who is always saying something crazy. He's Ken Kutaragi, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment and the father of the PlayStation.
It all started after E3 when, in an interview with Japanese media outlet Impress PC Watch, he said the PS3 "is not a game machine. We've never once called it a game machine." A shocker, to say the least. Well, if it isn't a game machine, what is it? He continued, "With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment." This obviously didn't sit well with some members of Sony's brass, forcing the chief technical officer, Masayuki Chatanai, to tell gaming magazine Famitsu, "make no mistake--games will be the killer app for the PlayStation 3."

As of late, the prez has made quite a few oddball comments about his own company, his competitors, the industry, and the products he creates. His remarks simply leave gamers shaking their heads in confusion. I decided to round-up his most inflammatory comments in a piece I'd like to call, The Kraziness of Ken Kutaragi.

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