Speaking with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Sony, Kaz Harai, stated the following:
"It's not fun for me replicating the PS2 numbers. I've seen that movie already. I want to try to see if we can exceed the PS2 numbers after nine years, otherwise why are we in this business?"
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