PS3: Phil Harrison Q & A Updated! >

	2006/05/12 13:51:46: Posted by nstavros
	In the latest interview with Phil Harrison, director of Sony's development studios network, he answers some questions we have all been asking. See what he had to say by clicking the link. >Link
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Phil Harrison : I think the PlayStation 2 was a difficult machine to write for...

On PlayStation 3, however, the Cell SPUs are programmed with high-level programming languages, and that allows us to get great performance with general-purpose programming techniques. So, the short answer is, it's much, much easier to program for. Witness the fact that we've got so much software up and running, and playable, this far out from launch.

Me : You Should Listen To The Developers And They Will Tell You That Is Completely False. PS3 Is A Pain In The Butt To Programme, And That Was Said By John Carmack One Of The Masters In The Industry... So Phil You Should Try To Tell That One To Someone That Doesn’t Know Anything About SPUs And Vector Units !

So it's confirmed that the PS3 will run linux, and you can replace the hard drive with any ATA hard drive? That's very good news indeed.

Yes yes, you should def listen to the developers who are LOVING the PS3/Cell. They'll tell you time and time again how fun it is to program for the PS3.

John Carmack? Oh please. Might as well ask Kutaragi which console is better? :/