文章来源：gamespot
翻译：wjbobby
上周，sony全球副总裁Phil Harrison由于暗示ps3可以代替家中的pc而掀起轩然大波。
而他的话是主要指娱乐和多媒体功能方面，sony一直称ps3会有一部分pc的功能。
今天SCE总裁久多良木健再次重申了这个观点。在接受日本网站PC Impress Watch采访
时，这位总裁为ps3的高价辩解说ps3不仅仅是一个游戏平台。“不像以前的ps游戏机，
ps3明显就是一台电脑，”他说。
久多继续谈到扩展ps3功能的必要性，正像pc一样。“因为ps3是一台电脑，我们需要做
更多而不仅仅是降低成本，而它必须能够升级，”他说。他说目前的一个首要任务将会
是引进一个比计划中的20G和60G更大的容量的硬盘驱动器。
久多甚至展望在更远的将来，sony可能发售一个可以烧录作为dv散装光盘片的继任者蓝光碟
片的ps3外围设备。“我们可能想加一个BD驱动器，一个可写的驱动器，”他说，在他
迅速转身前。“然而，也可能不是BD。”
久多还说，除了ps3的只读蓝光光驱外，ps3成本高的主要因素是内建的硬盘。“对于一
个游戏平台来说，加上一个硬盘会造成成本上的压力，”他说。“不像半导体晶片，硬
盘不能帮助降低产品的成本。作为一个游戏平台，价格随着时间的过去可以降低100美
元以内，但硬盘成本很难降低……那就是ps3的定价不符合一般游戏机的传统定价的原
因。”
gamespot原文：
Last week, Sony Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison caused a semi-furor by insinuating the PlayStation 3 could replace the PC in the home. While his comments were mainly directed at the console's entertainment and multimedia capabilities, Sony has long said that the PS3 will have some PC-like functions.
That line was repeated again today by Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi. Speaking with Japanese site PC Impress Watch, the executive defended the PS3's high $499/$599 price points by saying it was not just another console. "Unlike previous PlayStations, it is clearly a computer," he said according to a GameSpot translation.
Kutaragi went on to talk about the need to be able to expand the PS3's technical functions, just like one would with a PC. "Because the PS3 is a computer, we need to do more than just lower the costs, but the console must be able to evolve," he said. He said one of the first tasks at hand would be to introduce a hard-disk drive with higher capacity that the currently scheduled 20GB and 60GB models.
Kutaragi even raised the prospect that, further down the road, Sony might release a PS3 peripheral that could burn Blu-ray discs, the company's high-capacity successor to DVD. "We might want to add a BD drive, a writable drive," he said before quickly reversing himself. "Well, maybe not BD."
Kutaragi also said that, other than the PS3's current read-only Blu-ray drive, the main reason for the console's high cost was the built-in HDD. "For a game console, to add a hard drive puts pressure on cost," he said. "Unlike a semiconductor chip, HDD cannot help lower the cost of the product. ... As a game console, the price has to, over time, be reduced to the 100 dollar range, but that is hard to do with an HDD. ... That [is why] PS3 pricing is not conforming to conventional pricing for a game console."
Meanwhile, Kutaragi's boss, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer, had a few choice words to say about one of the PS3's rivals, the Xbox 360. Actually, it was more like one choice word. During an on-stage Q&A at last week's D: All Things Digital conference, which is organized by the Wall Street Journal, he was asked about the mixed critical reception of Sony Pictures' blockbuster film The Da Vinci Code. He misspoke when responding, saying "Xbox 3" instead of "X-Men 3," prompting laughter from the audience. The Welshman then joked, "There's an obsession!"
Stringer recovered quickly, talking up the PS3 in no uncertain terms. "It's got more bells and whistles than a 747," he boasted. "That Cell processor is extraordinarily powerful and you have nine hours of high definition on the Blu-ray disks alone. ... The reason it's expensive [is that] instead of concentrating on just the games player, which would have been done in the past, PlayStation 3 is designed to go somewhere else, where it's the center of the living room |
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