Following on from Microsoft's Vice President's Peter Moore's verbal attack on Sony last week, when he said ,"Tell me why you would buy a US$600 PS3? People are going to buy two (consoles). They're going to buy an Xbox 360 and they're going to buy a Wii ... for the price of one PS3." Sony's Phil Harrison has responded by also recommending that gamers buy a Nintendo Wii as a second console.
In an interview with Gamepro.com Harrison has said that "Nintendo will be the second system consumers purchase after PlayStation 3." Harrison considers the next-gen console war to be between Micosoft and Sony and not Nintendo.
On the subject of the price of the PS3 he said, "I know what Peter was getting at with his price point issue but he's not comparing apples to oranges.It's clearly a case that PlayStation 3's price is justified by PlayStation 3's value. That's what consumers base their purchasing decisions on - value. What we have in addition to a great game system is a Blu-Ray player, a network platform, a new controller, and HDD in every system combined in an unbelievably compelling package. And frankly I'm amazed that we can do it so cheaply." he concluded.
Nintendo must be loving the extra exposure!
Further details can be found at: Games Industry.biz
