Post by Ztrl on May 11, 2006 21:03:11 GMT -5
E3 2006: Microsoft Wants You to Buy Wii --- May 11th 4:25 pm CDT
posted by JeffEaston
Microsoft on Wednesday sided with rival Nintendo in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony, saying many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.
With the next-generation battle between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo heating up this week at the annual E3 Expo, the video game industry's largest trade show, the companies have taken shots at each other left right, though nothing this interesting has been said.
"Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" Peter Moore, a Microsoft vice president, said in an interview. "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."
Sony plans to sell their premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, but Nintendo has not yet disclosed launch or pricing information for their upcoming Wii. However, the console is expected to launch in November for $199 to $249.
"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," Moore told Reuters, as if he were trying to sell the Wii to people.
"When I think on everything that we've got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand."
It looks like the entire industry may have changed in just a matter of a few days. We'll bring you more on this very interesting story as it comes.
Source: Reuters
posted by JeffEaston
Microsoft on Wednesday sided with rival Nintendo in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony, saying many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.
With the next-generation battle between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo heating up this week at the annual E3 Expo, the video game industry's largest trade show, the companies have taken shots at each other left right, though nothing this interesting has been said.
"Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" Peter Moore, a Microsoft vice president, said in an interview. "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."
Sony plans to sell their premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, but Nintendo has not yet disclosed launch or pricing information for their upcoming Wii. However, the console is expected to launch in November for $199 to $249.
"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," Moore told Reuters, as if he were trying to sell the Wii to people.
"When I think on everything that we've got going right now that is real versus what Sony promises to do six, seven months from now, obviously we feel very good about where we stand."
It looks like the entire industry may have changed in just a matter of a few days. We'll bring you more on this very interesting story as it comes.
Source: Reuters
