Sony's Tretton Hits Out at Xbox 360 AND Wii
SCEA top man says competition "starting to run out of steam now "
Tretton exits stage left.
Sony Computer Entertainment America's head man has slammed out at both the Xbox 360 and the Wii, telling Fortune magazine that both competitors have run out of steam.
Jack Tretton states that, "Here we are four years into the Playstation 3, and it's just hitting its stride. We'll enjoy a long downhill roll behind it because the technology that was so cutting edge in 2006 is extremely relevant today and is conspicuously absent in our competition."
He then gets specific when asked about the 360 and Wii:
"They're starting to run out of steam now in terms of continuing to be relevant in 2011 and beyond.
"I mean, you've gotta be kidding me. Why would I buy a gaming system without a hard drive in it? How does this thing scale? Motion gaming is cute, but if I can only wave my arms six inches, how does this really feel like I'm doing true accurate motion gaming?"
He saves some real venom for the DS though, telling Fortune, "Our view of the 'Game Boy experience' is that it's a great babysitting tool, something young kids do on airplanes, but no self-respecting twenty-something is going to be sitting on an airplane with one of those. He's too old for that."
It's going to be fascinating to see how the NGP bears up isn't it?
Jack Tretton states that, "Here we are four years into the Playstation 3, and it's just hitting its stride. We'll enjoy a long downhill roll behind it because the technology that was so cutting edge in 2006 is extremely relevant today and is conspicuously absent in our competition."
He then gets specific when asked about the 360 and Wii:
"They're starting to run out of steam now in terms of continuing to be relevant in 2011 and beyond.
"I mean, you've gotta be kidding me. Why would I buy a gaming system without a hard drive in it? How does this thing scale? Motion gaming is cute, but if I can only wave my arms six inches, how does this really feel like I'm doing true accurate motion gaming?"
He saves some real venom for the DS though, telling Fortune, "Our view of the 'Game Boy experience' is that it's a great babysitting tool, something young kids do on airplanes, but no self-respecting twenty-something is going to be sitting on an airplane with one of those. He's too old for that."
It's going to be fascinating to see how the NGP bears up isn't it?
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PaulRayment 11 Apr 2011 12:24
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Got to say, I do agree with him. I know a lot of people who are late to the game opting to buy a PS3 because it comes with a BluRay player and has the best available online options.
Given the choice, I'd probably do the same now. People are finally seeing the console as something for the living room and Sony nails it with stuff like 4oD, iPlayer and BluRay. They even have a free music video service...MS charge of this, who the hell pays for music videos for their console!?
Given the choice, I'd probably do the same now. People are finally seeing the console as something for the living room and Sony nails it with stuff like 4oD, iPlayer and BluRay. They even have a free music video service...MS charge of this, who the hell pays for music videos for their console!?