Sony: GTA IV on Xbox 360 "won't hurt us"

posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 6:29 PM by Westlee Harrington

Color me amused.

In one of the most absurd statements I've heard in a long while, Sony of America COO Jack Tretton stated that the company was "pleased" with its showing at this year's E3. (Never mind the fact that the company got widely criticized for dropping a bunch of features from the PS3, downright STEALING motion sensitivity from Nintendo, and is still expecting gamers to pay $600 for the priviledge of being so royally ripped off.)

Later on in the interview with TheStreet.com, Tretton went on to say that the PS3's astronomical price was ALSO a non-factor, choosing to bash the Xbox 360's feature set by saying "Well, I guess if price is the only consideration, then we've won the war, because we've got a $129 PlayStation 2 that outsells the Xbox 360 today."

Continuing on, Tretton mentioned that the premium edition of the Xbox 360, priced at $399, "falls well short of what the PlayStation 3 offers at $499."

As for one of Microsoft's biggest announcements of the show, the initial Xbox 360-exclusivity of Grand Theft Auto IV, Tretton waved it off with the following quote: "There's no question that having the Grand Theft Auto franchise helped us a lot and helped us sell some units, but I don't think the battle would be any different with or without Grand Theft Auto ... I don't think [losing GTA IV exclusivity] hurts us. ... I really don't."

Riiiiight. Sure, I'll pay $600 for the priviledge of playing MGS4 and... oh wait, MGS4 is really the only ESTABLISHED franchise with PS3 exclusivity. Try again, Sony.

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Comments

Blank: I can't wait until it comes out and there's stories of GTA 360 outselling the PS3 version, etc.

Inferno101487: Is it me, or does it seem like Sony is being too overconfident like Nintendo was back in the mid 90's. After all history does repeat itself :D

linked to the past: Upon losing his left lung, Tretton waved it of with the following quote: "There's no question that having my left lung helped me a lot and helped to keep oxygen in my brain, but I don't think life will be much different without it. I don't think it hurts me, I really don't."

Sigma_Crow: I'll bet Tretton was sweating like a catholic priest at a little league game the whole time he was giving that quote. That, or he was slowly expelling a thin layer of ooze, like a hagfish.

keeko_ca: Pffff. I love how Sony keeps saying the stupidest shit. Losing GTA exclusivity hurts, and everyone knows it.