In an interview with CNN Money, [Sony Computer Entertainment America President] Hirai said: “We felt that if you want to save something on your Memory Stick, most people have those readers on their PC, which is easily adaptable to the PlayStation 3 with a USB cord.”
“The only difference is HDMI - and at this point, I don’t think many people’s TV’s have that. The ultimate result, to my eyes anyway, is there’s not a discernable difference between what you get between HDMI and other forms of high definition.”
There is still some confusion over whether the 20GB PS3 will feature wi-fi functionality - according to a spec sheet issued by Sony, it will only be incorporated into the 60GB model. Neither Hirai’s comments nor those made earlier by Sony Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison have cleared up the issue.
“Are there two versions of the Xbox 360 that people want to buy, is my question,” [Sony's Phil Harrison] continued. “I don’t know.”
“This is my personal view, not my corporate view, but when I look at those formats, I think it just confuses the audience. They don’t know which one to buy, developers don’t know which one to create for, and retailers don’t know which one to stock.”
“So I think we wouldn’t take that strategy. We wouldn’t create confusion,” he concluded.
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