All right, I’ve just about had it with Sony and Microsoft’s bullshit. Their little verbal fencing matches were fun at first, but now it’s just getting old. Old and lame. GamesIndustry.biz had a word with Xbox boss Neil Thompson, and of course, he jumped at the opportunity to sling mud at the distinguished competition.
Here’s a couple of quotes from Thompson when asked what he thought about Sony’s delay with the European PS3 launch:
“In a lot of ways we’d like people to put the system side-by-side and see whether people want a platform where they’re paying for Blu-ray straight away. Is Blu-ray that important to you that you want to buy into that platform right now and spend GBP 500 doing that? Or do you want a gaming system that has more high-definition gaming content today, has a better online service and provides you the choice of whether you want to upgrade to the next-generation of DVD platform in the future?”
OK, so Microsoft hates Sony. We knew that. But what do they think of Nintendo and the Wii? See for yourself:
“It has the potential of taking consumers spend and wallet share away from us in general, but at a product comparison level it’s not competing with us at all. It’s an innovative, low-definition product.”
“People will make a clear decision as to whether they want that sort of product – a kids toy – or they want high-definition gaming and entertainment and all that it brings.”
There you have it. The Wii doesn’t even count as competition because it’s a kids’ toy, and PS3 is overpriced and doesn’t offer enough high-definition gaming content today. Going by that theory, we should never ever have to pick up another gaming console, because hey, the 360’s got us all covered!
No doubt Sony will have some smart ass retort of their own to counter this. Oh joy.
