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• "No, it is for computing-but I wanted to change the concept of computers. The name of our company is Sony Computer Entertainment; I wanted to merge computer technology and entertainment. It may be regarded as game applications for the time being, but I wanted to realize the day when "computer entertainment" would mean all such entertainment applications, including games.
  • On the Cell Broadband Engine Computer Architecture in the PlayStation 3 and upcoming Cell-powered devices

• "Though sold as a game console, what will in fact enter the home is a Cell-based computer."
  • About the PlayStation 3

• "is it not nonsense to compare the charge for dinner at the company cafeteria with dinner at a fine restaurant? It's a question of what you can do with that game machine. If you can have an amazing experience, we believe price is not a problem"
  • About the PlayStation 3's price

Attributed

• "You can communicate to a new cybercity. Did you see the movie The Matrix? Same interface. Same concept. Starting from next year, you can jack into The Matrix!"
  • About the PS2

• "Beating us for a short moment is like accidentally winning a point from a Karate master, and Microsoft is still not black belt."
  • About Microsoft's Xbox Live

• "Is just an Xbox 1.5 and stated that it was only going after PlayStation 2."
  • About the announcement of Xbox 360.

• "PlayStation 3 will be capable running games at 120 fps."

• "PS3 is not a game machine. We've never once called it a game machine. I'm not going to reveal [the PS3s] price today. I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive. I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households."
  • Highlighting Sony's desire to attract consumers interested in high-end, convergent technology with the PS3.