Is the PlayStation 3 too big?

via Tech, UK

The PlayStation 3 is selling poorly because it's just too large for the living room. That's what Japanese games programmer Masaya Matsuura said in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz .

The problem with the PS3 is not that it is too expensive, but that it is just physically too large, said the Parappa the Rapper creator at the Nordic Games conference. "It's too big for the Japanese," he said in the interview .

Many Japanese homes are quite small and it's often not convenient to have beefy games consoles in the living rooms. This is apparently one of the main reasons behind the original Xbox's underperformance in Japan.

Even though Japanese homes are generally much smaller, we're talking a dm2 or so here, so even so I'd say it's a moot point.