Howard Stringer was interview by the Financial Times and spoke about the PS3. According to Howard, people have bought fewer PlayStation 3s than it looks, and they’re happy with what little they’re getting out of the system! :) At least he's no longer calling it a Mercedes.

“I think PlayStation 3 is following a particular trend of 1 and 2, and if you looked at the history of it, it’s a very similar history. It takes a long time for producers, and more time because of the cost factor, to embrace the full bandwidth of PlayStation 3. It’s only using 20% of it right now. And producers will always wait to see how it’s going, and once they use the full bandwidth the games experience is stunning. And while people have not bought as many PlayStation 3s as it looks, it is no different from PS2 and PS1 in terms of percentage of sales, and it is an experience that is dazzling. People who play it, using only 20% of the bandwidth, are perfectly happy playing it and their games will get better. Most of the games are not third-party games yet; they’re mostly our own games and we’ve got Home coming out; we’ve got some exciting games coming out in the summer, 20 or 30 of them. So I don’t worry about that at all. I think that the public would like the cost to be lower, there’s no question about that, but meanwhile…”

For the full interview, visit the Financial Times.

Back in March, Howard Stringer (Sony CEO) said, "If we fail, it is because we positioned PS3 sales as the Mercedes of the videogame field… PS3 is a different audience and it can be whatever it wants – a home server, game device, even a computer."

Now Dave Karraker in Sony Corporate Communications is saying in the Playstation blog, “SPUs are not ‘normal’ processors like the PPU. There is a trade-off between performance and versatility. A Ferrari is not the best car for a visit to Home Depot…”

What's with Sony? They couldn’t get Gran Turismo out the door for the new console. (Other than a free demo.) With all this obsession with high end automobiles, you’d think they would have led with an amazing car game. Forza pawns.

P.S. Dave also said that porting a game from the 360 to the PS3 is more difficult than beginning development on the PS3. So, why are developers that he's hearing from starting on the 360 in the first place? Hmm... And about issues with games that rely on heavy online use? Ahhh.. yeah, you guys forgot online, even though your flagship launch title was an online game. Phil tried to make up for it by coining the 3rd age at GDC and introducing Home. But you're definately playing catchup, and there's definately a difference.

I have an opinion and it's not too kind. I think Paris Hilton skirted justice and the time coming to her for a legitimate crime.. and so did George Bush. I guess they have one more thing in common now.