According to a Famitsu interview of Kaz Hirai, SCE's President and CEO, as translated by 1UP, Hirai is "not satisfied" with the current state of PlayStation Home, the online service meant to vastly improve the PlayStation 3's multiplayer experience. He stated that "[Home] is a very big project for the PS3 and we want to make sure that we deliver to our hearts content. We hope everyone will look forward to its spring release next year."

Hirai also commented on the company's decision to remove backwards compatibility features from the new 40GB version of the PS3, stating that they "concluded that it is only one of many features of the PS3. What is more important is for the users to play PS3 games on the PS3, so our top priority is for them to be playing Bluray games and downloadable contents."

Finally, regarding potential PS3 price drops, said Hirai, "When there are more games on the console and the unit itself has also shipped a fair number, one trend is that we are able to reduce the costs... This is a common trend so the PS3 doesn't need to go against [it]."

Hit the link to view the translated interview.

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