In a subtle jab towards what one would assume is the Xbox 360, notorious for breaking down with its “Red Ring of Death,” David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, told MCV in a recent interview:
“… Another thing we have committed to for supporting market growth is putting out quality hardware – you don’t grow the market by putting out shoddy machines,” he said. “So we try to make sure that PS3s have a failure rate of just two to three percent, which is very low by industry standards.” — CVG
It wasn’t all easy jabs, however, as Reeves had some more flattering things to say about his competitors.
“On the competition, I will say Nintendo have only done good things. They have expanded geographically and dramatically extended demographically. They have never been afraid to try new products, be that hardware, or software or peripherals.
“For Microsoft, again, I can understand that, again, they have put money into the market and have initiated growth. In some ways what they have done is brought forward consumers from next year into this year.
“By bringing the price down they are trying to establish themselves quickly, as they did with the first Xbox. But they have built online in a meaningful way and the competition they have brought to the market place is great.” — CVG
Now that’s what I like to see: Good sportsmanship.
