PS3 Interview in EGM
Posted: February 7th, 2007, 10:41 pm
I just got finished reading an interview with Sony America's President and CEO Jack Tretton in Electronic Gaming Monthly (March 07). His responses were typical: Sony never does anything wrong. If something negative is reported in the press, it was somebody else's fault.
No wonder Sony is in hot water. Check out some of these quotes (which may or may not be taken out of context):
On the negativity surrounding the launch:
"The problem we have... it's society in general. We're been the undisputed winner for over a decade now, and people keep waiting for us to slip up, and we haven't, so people try to create stories that aren't there"
On PS3's sitting on the shelf (early Jan):
"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it."
On the price:
"If you want the ultimate gaming experience and you see value in all those other experiences, all of a sudden 599 bucks doesn't sound like a whole lot of money"
On the lack of HD cable with the system:
"The statistics I've read say that 38 percent of the TVs that were sold this year were high-def TVs. To me that says 62 percent were not high-def"
On the lack of vibration in the PS3 controller:
"...it personally wasn't all that compelling to me. We feel that vibration is not part of our future"
On the Wii:
"I think Nintendo is trying to find their place in the market"
On attracting new consumers:
"I don't know if [the Wii] ultimately has the horses to do that"
On the ill-fated UMD movie:
"The mistake we made in UMD as a movie format was assuming the movie studios understood our consumers and their tastes... that they knew what they were doing"
On his vision:
"To ultimately be successful, you have to believe that every consumer matters"
For the record, the cover of the March 2007 EGM has a PS3 with tomatoes splattered on it.
No wonder Sony is in hot water. Check out some of these quotes (which may or may not be taken out of context):
On the negativity surrounding the launch:
"The problem we have... it's society in general. We're been the undisputed winner for over a decade now, and people keep waiting for us to slip up, and we haven't, so people try to create stories that aren't there"
On PS3's sitting on the shelf (early Jan):
"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it."
On the price:
"If you want the ultimate gaming experience and you see value in all those other experiences, all of a sudden 599 bucks doesn't sound like a whole lot of money"
On the lack of HD cable with the system:
"The statistics I've read say that 38 percent of the TVs that were sold this year were high-def TVs. To me that says 62 percent were not high-def"
On the lack of vibration in the PS3 controller:
"...it personally wasn't all that compelling to me. We feel that vibration is not part of our future"
On the Wii:
"I think Nintendo is trying to find their place in the market"
On attracting new consumers:
"I don't know if [the Wii] ultimately has the horses to do that"
On the ill-fated UMD movie:
"The mistake we made in UMD as a movie format was assuming the movie studios understood our consumers and their tastes... that they knew what they were doing"
On his vision:
"To ultimately be successful, you have to believe that every consumer matters"
For the record, the cover of the March 2007 EGM has a PS3 with tomatoes splattered on it.