As I recall the story originated when one of the Freidens, I think it was Rogue made an off the cuff remark on one of the forums about wishing to experiment a bit on the PS3 and cell processor if he owned such a machine.
A few people took this out of context including Bill P who started a Bounty on his own initiative to raise funds for the PS3, which Rogue later declined to accept because he couldn't give any assurances it would lead to working port or indeed be a target system for Hyperion.
So if Rogue was saying this very publicly, I doubt very much he told the author of the article any differently.
