Hirai: Microsoft keeps copying Sony!

[wraggster]

Ding ding! Everybody back in the ring! Those cheeky execs are at it again, this time with Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Kaz Hirai accusing Microsoft of stealing all Sony's ideas. Buckle up boys, this could get rocky!

Speaking to PlayStation Magazine, in an avalanche of irony so heavy it's a surprise the weight of his words didn't squash the poor guy flat, Hirai winged, "Every time we go down a path, we look behind and [Microsoft is] right there - we just can't shake these guys. I wish that they would come up with some strategies of their own, but they seem to be going down the path of everything we do. If you look at their strategy in other business areas as well, they tend to do that."

Woah, fighting talk there buddy! That's not all though, according to Hirai, Microsoft's strategy of launching an HD-DVD add-on is all $#@!-eyed too. "And the other thing is, you take a look at, for example, the fact that we incorporate the Blu-ray drive from day one," Hirai frothed, "You're not going to be asking me, 'So, talk to me about this Blu-ray add-on that you have. Does it work for games? Is it just for movies?' That's exactly the kind of pitfall you fall into if you launch something that's too early, too premature..."

So, another day, another console exec unleashing verbal blows. Let us know what you think about all this in the comments below - in the meantime, we're off to the fallout shelter.

Via CVG

[Cap'n 1time]

lol... **** Hirai..

[deftonesmx17]

is he serious..............

[Elven6]

Hows Microsoft copying them? PS3 as ripped something off from everyconsole right now!

[Gizmo356]

Hows Microsoft copying them? PS3 as ripped something off from everyconsole right now!

lol yes it has

[Crimson_Lotus]

Hows Microsoft copying them? PS3 as ripped something off from everyconsole right now!

So he ripped off a ripper I guess...

[Gizmo356]

So he ripped off a ripper I guess...

lol i never thought of it that way

[Crimson_Lotus]

lol i never thought of it that way

What I don't understand is... unless they make the controller with an extra button or something it will most likely need to be moved (think wii mote). When one of the Executives at Microsoft talked about Sony's controller they said in essence "people don't want that". If they go back on their word, then they are even more money hungry than before.

I think it is funny that Microsoft pretends like they know that their console is prepared for stardom and they go and do something like this because they are scared of the Wii and PS3.

[Cooe14]

That is the biggest load of bullcrap on earth. It is actually the other way around. Does the PS3's online service look familar to anyone?

[Crimson_Lotus]

That is the biggest load of bullcrap on earth. It is actually the other way around. Does the PS3's online service look familar to anyone?

Of course it does. Look at it this way, they are taking all the good things from the other consoles and putting them on the PS3. That means that no console gets to brag about features when that sponge of a PS3 has them all.Well, except rumble. None of them are polished though, so most of them are just meh.


Xbox live=PS3 online
Guidebutton(360)=PS3 guide button
Wii-mote/possibly 360-mote=PS3-mote
Virtual console,XB partial BC=PS3 full(supposed) BC
360 looks like a cheese grater=PS3 looks like a grill
Gamecube had.... games=PS3 has games!