Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura are firm in their belief that the PS3 is the way of the future, but wail just as loudly as we do about the price and rumble shenanigans:

Describing the loss of rumble functionality as "unfortunate", Kojima also questioned why, if its removal was down to incompatibility with motion-sensing as Sony has claimed, the company hadn't simply allowed players to switch between the two.

Nomura's criticism focused on the price. "Right now, as a game machine, it's too expensive," he said. "If the hard disk and Blu-Ray spread, in line with that, the situation for the PS3 will change in one to two years," he added, before arguing that "when the games are there", the machine's profile will change "naturally".

Kojima also commented that "The best thing would be a PS3 with controls like the Wii." With a $200 price point, and a unicorn in each box. Eliza Gauger

Playstation 3 is best bet for the future [GamesIndustry]

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