Sony: Xbox Live HDTV Service "a disservice"

[NFS4]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161261.html

Last night, Microsoft unveiled an ambitious plan to make available a sizeable offering of high-definition movies and television shows on Xbox Live on demand. As is becoming common in the increasingly acrimonious next-gen console war, one side was quick to respond with a scathing criticism of the other's latest move.

"I think they are doing a disservice to their consumer base because they are ignoring all those people who bought the Core system," said Sony Computer Entertainment America PR chief Dave Karraker, referring to the lower-end $299 Xbox 360 system. Said system does not come with the attachable hard drive necessary to store content downloaded off of Xbox Live.

Naturally, SCEA's head spokesman pointed out that both the $499 and $599 models of the PlayStation 3 have hard drives built in. "We would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system," said Karraker. The HDD-equipped premium Xbox 360 costs $399, and the hard drive itself costs $99.99 when bought separately.

The executive also pointed out the fact that 7 gigabytes of the Xbox 360's 20-gigabyte hard drive are taken up by preloaded content, such as the game Hexic, and its operating system. He did not point out the fact that nearly 4GB of said content is deletable. Since only test units have been made available to the press, it is unknown how much of the final retail PS3s' hard drives, which weigh in at 20GB or 60GB, will be taken up by their operating systems and preloaded content.

Microsoft plans on launching its video and movie service on November 22. Sony executives said at its 2006 Gamers Day that the company will eventually tap its vast library of music, video, and movie content to distribute online to PS3s, but they won't say when. "We haven't announced when other entertainment content, beyond games, will be available from the PlayStation Store," said Karraker.

 

[GTaudiophile]

LOL! MS is swinging back with results...Sony has nothing but hot air.

 

[Ramma2]

Wait a minute, I thought Sony didn't care about the competition?

 

[Unheard]

Here @ Sony we would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system. Thats why both of our systems include a HDMI port, WiFi built in, and a memory card slot.

 

[Czar]

when will sony just admit it that they lost this round

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Unheard
Here @ Sony we would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system. Thats why both of our systems include a HDMI port, WiFi built in, and a memory card slot.

To be fair, both DO include an HDMI port...

 

[thehstrybean]

Sony needs to drink it's glass of STFU

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Unheard
Here @ Sony we would never segregate or shut out any of our consumers from our entertainment experience because they didn't buy the top of the line system. Thats why both of our systems include a HDMI port, WiFi built in, and a memory card slot.

To be fair, both DO include an HDMI port...

My mistake, didn't realize Sony had gone back and changed their plans (again).

 

[Queasy]

Sony's multi-paragraph response summed up in one word - "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Sony seems to forget that there is nothing stopping Core owners from adding a HDD to their unit. They have a point that the 20GB HDD is too small but I think we can expect a larger HDD in the future.

Of course, the PS3 options seem to be deal with really long loading times or install ~5GB of data on to the HDD to shorten load times. That makes their 20GB HDD seem REALLY tiny.

 

[yllus]

lol. So the way to not do a "disservice" to Xbox 360 Core owners is not to offer this content availability at all? That's just idiotic.

Sony has been acting really, really weird for the last few years. I don't get it. They're a superbly intelligent company. What's with this neverending PR disaster?

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: yllus
lol. So the way to not do a "disservice" to Xbox 360 Core owners is not to offer this content availability at all? That's just idiotic.

Sony has been acting really, really weird for the last few years. I don't get it. They were a superbly intelligent company. What's with this neverending PR disaster?

fixed!

 

[thirdeye]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.....

Thank you Sony for looking out of the poor people who can't afford the more expensive console.....Oh wait your "core" system is $100 more than 360s "premium" system. :roll:

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: yllus
lol. So the way to not do a "disservice" to Xbox 360 Core owners is not to offer this content availability at all? That's just idiotic.

Sony has been acting really, really weird for the last few years. I don't get it. They're a superbly intelligent company. What's with this neverending PR disaster?

Yeah I hate sony as much as everyone else but I at least want them to be competitive so prices are lower, etc. But with the way they have been running the company the last few years...

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Sony's multi-paragraph response summed up in one word - "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Sony seems to forget that there is nothing stopping Core owners from adding a HDD to their unit. They have a point that the 20GB HDD is too small but I think we can expect a larger HDD in the future.

Of course, the PS3 options seem to be deal with really long loading times or install ~5GB of data on to the HDD to shorten load times. That makes their 20GB HDD seem REALLY tiny.

Exactly. And for what Sony is charging for the PS3, XBox 360 core owners can buy A FEW 20GB HDDs.

 

[forfor]

Microsoft > Sony

Sorry Sony, go ride your pony!