PlayStation 3 font identical to Spider-Man. Not an accident.
So it seems that the PlayStation 3 having the same font as Spider-Man isn’t just a coincidence or a fluff by the designers at Sony, it actually came from way up high, from Ken Kutaragi himself.
Computer and Video Games has posted the story coming from the designer of the PS3, Teiyu Goto. It appears Kutaragi insisted on this typeface and indeed the curve of the machine was designed around this awful font.
However, Goto contradicts himself by stating that it was “wiser” to use the Spider-Man typeface because of the contours rather than create a new one with all the “risks that entails”. He then goes on to explain how President of Sony, Ken Kutaragi, wanted the typeface from the beginning, with the console being designed around it.
This really astonishes me. A company like Sony, who usually are at the front of the gaming industry when it comes to visual design and communication, basing their console and logo off of a typeface made for another franchise. Where should the brand recognition go?
This whole thing sounds more like the designer covering for the mistakes of
the overlord of the company who wouldn’t let them design their own typeface for their latest machine.
Oh how I miss the Sony from last generation.
June 8th, 2007 at 2:42 am
PS3 is just a faster ps2 so just buy a wii which isn’t about graphics… its about the gaming fun and experience… sigh these game critics or so naive….
July 24th, 2007 at 7:01 am
“PS3 is just a faster ps2 so just buy a wii which isn’t about graphics… its about the gaming fun and experience”
Based on what research?
It sounds more like fanboy talk, stop pulling comments out of your ass.
And being upset over the choice of font Sony made is just narrowminded.
According to you guys I could say “The Wii font sucks because it’s round”, grow up.
If Sony decides to use the font from the Spiderman movie; they have all the right to do so. (*COUGH* Sony pictures *COUGH*)
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