James Delahunty
29 Jan 2007 17:47
Microsoft's Peter Moore has said that he believes there is nothing about Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) console that could give it an edge over the Xbox 360 in the console war. "I really don't know what I would look at there that we're really missing," he told IGN.
"I look at the games and I feel really good at where we stand from a portfolio point of view. The online service, they're still trying to get it up to speed and there's nothing really there that I can really point to that I wish we had."
PS3 fans proclaim that Sony's latest console is much more powerful than the Xbox 360, and favor it for the console war despite coming to the starting line a year late. One of the biggest weaknesses they point out in Xbox 360 is the use of the DVD format for game content. However, even some of Sony's biggest fans aren't willing to dish out the high price for the console, a fact that Moore couldn't help but mention.
"You know, certainly the price point of the PS3 isn't something that I want to emulate. It's very difficult for me to point to anything there that I think we're missing right now," he said. When asked about the terrific launch success of the Nintendo Wii, he said he is certainly a big fan of the console.
However he did say that it is what Nintendo "needs to do" adding that it "ties directly into their strong intellectual property that is more youth oriented and more family oriented".
Source:
GamesIndustry.biz