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Is the PlayStation 3 losing development support?

playstation 3 and controllerRumors are flying high, spreading across a network of Japanese, Dutch, and German websites, that developers are wary of creating content for the PlayStation 3. Unfortunately, the article in question is difficult to decipher, but perhaps someone with knowledge of Japanese can give us the clear scoop. There's also a Dutch article that has a quote in (broken) English: "In the (Japanese) game industry, many people are losing trust in Kutaragi's non-stop pursue of this evolution, people are leaving PS3 at a rate worse than Nintendo's GameCube era" (source unknown).

Several developers, like John Carmack, have publicly announced a preference for the Xbox 360. But could that number be growing? The recent cancellation of Condemned for the PS3 seems to suggest as much…

 

[Update: full translation from PS3Focus.com awaits after the "read" jump, below.]

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