Spong.com is reporting on an interesting interview in the Japanese site PC Watch with PS3 boss Ken Kutaragi. The long and short of the article is that Sony really seems to still be running with their “The Playstation 3 is a computer” line. In the interview, Kutaragi suggested that - much like PCs - the Playstation may see regular upgrades in terms of hard-drive size, or even writeable Blu-Ray disc drives. One has to wonder on that second point - when are you going to want to transfer 40-50 GB off of your PS3 (other than, of course, to “legally” make “backups” of your games and Blu-Ray discs)?

Kutaragi also goes on to say that “Speaking about the PS3, we never said we will release a game console…it is clearly a computer”. Granted, the whole distinction is a bit artificial at this point, but one has to wonder - if Sony’s intention was simply to release a high-powered Blu-Ray-capable computer, why didn’t it just release it under the VIAO line?

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