E3 2006: Microsoft Praises Nintendo, Slams Sony
Posted by Sean Fallon on May 11, 2006
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Peter Moore, the XBox head honcho over at Microsoft, spoke out on Sony Playstation 3 pricing saying:
“Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3? People are going to buy two (machines.) They’re going to buy an Xbox and they’re going to buy a Wii … for the price of one PS3.”
He went on to praise Nintendo with the following comment:
“People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product — like what I believe Wii will be — with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid.”
The last thing Sony needs is Nintendo and Microsoft “teaming up” on them in a console battle - but the fact is Moore may be right on this one. $600 is far too expensive when compared to the $400 price tag of the XBox 360 and the probable sub $300 price for the Nintendo Wii. Only time will tell if Sony can deliver a product so superior that the average gamer will be compelled to spend the extra $200.
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[...] Even Peter Moore, XBox chief at Microsoft, had nothing but praise for Nintendo - speaking of them as an ally of sorts in the battle against Sony. [...]
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[...] Many had speculated that Microsoft would drop the price of the console in response to the launch of the PS3 and Nintendo Wii. However, the bottom line here is that Microsoft is a fairly good position here. We all know that the PS3 is going to be wicked expensive, so the 360 price point already looks attractive in comparison. On the other hand, the Wii’s $250 price point is unapproachable - but it will likely cater to a different audience. It could also be picked up by many, as Moore himself has pointed out, as a second console. If and when a price drop does take place, I would expect it to happen sometime after Q1 of 2007 when Microsoft upgrades the XBox 360 CPU to 65nm. [...]