Phil Harrison Debates PS3 “Home” of Porn
Source: threespeech.com
Phil Harrison of somy online entertainment was apparently shocked that a Sony paid interviewer would ask if he though that user of the new PS3 Home service would be used to distribute porn. At this point I think that any new use of the PS3 would be a welcome addition.
Q: In terms of some of the actions you can do within the world, presumably there’s no adult content there?
PH: Well, it’s absolutely deliberate that there is no physical impact between characters, between avatars. We are going to have animations that will allow you to shake somebody’s hand or to have some social touch but in a very, you know, appropriate way. But no, we’re not going to have ‘those’ kind of animations that I’m imagining that you’re thinking about.
Q: What about uploading porn from your PS3’s hard-disk to your private space? And maybe inviting people you don’t necessarily know back and them being slightly offended by what they see, then going to a moderator?
PH: Well I’m disappointed that you would use those as the first questions. I think Home should be used for a much wider and more beneficial scope than that, but I think that people can express their creativity inside Home in a wide variety of ways and it’s not necessarily for us to dictate what that should be. However, if somebody feels uncomfortable about an encounter on Home, it’s very easy for them to ban that person from their friends list…