Back in November, a Sony developer named
Josh Robinson, who claims to have had hands on experience with one of five PlayStation 3 dev kits available in the
United States, wrote an op-ed on Downinfront.tv citing his disappointment in
the PS3 and his take on the 360. He lamented, "I started of VERY excited about
the PS3. I was very confident that it was going to just destroy the XBOX 360 just on the name SONY alone. The more time
that goes by the more I am becoming doubtful. Everything I’ve developed or seen developed has yet to be 'next
gen.'"The post has made its way around the net a bit since then and Joystiq picked up the story two days ago. In the last two days, the original post has been removed and the corresponding forum had been closed stating, "We removed the post for a reason. I can't go into it any more until I talk with the other members of DIF. When we clear things up, we'll post it again. =)"
After looking into it a bit more, the story appears authentic. Josh Robinson works for Sony, maintains a personal webpage here, and has a member page at Downinfront here. He also posted several responses to the Joystiq post, before the Joystiq trolls proved insurmountable. What does this mean?
Well, not much probably. Could one developer have had a bad experience with early PS3 dev kits? Sure. I personally don't expect the PS3's graphics to look any different than the 360's, but this might help temper some of the Sony hype a bit. The main point is that progress on the system is slow. Dev kits are finally getting out to developers in decent numbers, while Sony meanwhile ignored CES entirely, letting Microsoft walk away with the lion's share of press.
In the meantime, enjoy the op-ed, courtesy of Google's cache.
