Florian called it, and Kutaragi said it. Game news site Next-Gen has kindly translated the Japanese interview with fearless PlayStation leader Ken Kutaragi. His quotes talk for themselves:

Speaking about the PS3, we never said we will release a game console. It is radically different from the previous PlayStation. It is clearly a computer. Indeed, with a game console, you need to take out any unnecessary elements inside the console in order to decrease its cost. ... This will of course apply to the PS3 as well.

...and...

However, the PS3 is a computer. Lowering costs is important but more important is its capacity to evolve. I think the HDD will gain in capacity. If a new technology gets into mainstream PCs, the PS3 will have to adopt it as well. Maybe the Blu-ray drive will become writable. Well, maybe not at this point.

...as well as...

I think a year from the launch we could indeed extend the configuration of the PS3. Why not! Okay, this is may be joke or a personal opinion. I mean we have no such plan at this very moment. However, companies like Dell or Apple have such programs. In the PC world, specifications rarely last more than two years. You need to update them. I believe the PC is always evolving. I think that the time may come that the 60GB HDD would become too small or the RAM to low. Such issues are numerous.

...also...

It is strange to think that games are more difficult to develop with increasing processor performance. On PC, I don't find anyone complaining about improved clock, memory or HDD. On the computer named PS3, I would like the top guns of programming to express themselves.

...and finally...

I think that if this can make the market and the industry more dynamic, why not? If we we're all doing the same thing, the market would transform into a killing arena—that's not really good, in my opinion.

But, I already have a computer. I just wanted a PlayStation 3. *sigh* Brian Ashcraft

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