"Moore, Satchell savage 'talentless' Sony at CES"

[GoatMother]

lol, this guy is worse than Krazy Ken.. The last thing he should be talking about is "hardware issues". This donkey garbage with the best of them.

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22117

Peter Moore - VP of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, entertainment and devices division and Chris Satchell - general manager of Microsoft's game development group - launched an unprecedented attack on Sony's PlayStation 3 business at CES in Las Vegas yesterday.

Speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz, the two senior executives branded the Japanese firm's online service for the newly-launched console a "disaster" and said the company lacks the talent and the "DNA" to ever deliver a suitable online console service for consumers.

"It's going to take [Sony] a couple of years to get up to speed on this, and I'm not sure that they necessarily have the talent, or it's built into who they are as a company," Moore said.

"They're struggling with some of their hardware issues, and apparently they're going to deliver another five million in the next 90 days. But this business is about hardware, software and services now. And the consumer expects that."

Moore's comments came as he explained how much commitment Microsoft has needed to create the currently available Live offering.

"It's taken a company like Microsoft four solid years to get where we are today - the richness of the experience, the consistency of the experience, constantly updating features and making it feel fresh - and we're a software company and this is a software plane," he said.

"It is not in Sony's DNA to be able to get that up and running from zero."

Satchell bore similar sentiments. "If I wanted to make my online service better, and I wanted to give [Sony] a little piece of advice, it would be to copy Xbox Live a little more closely," he said.

"My honest opinion is that it's pretty much a disaster. They keep saying that they have a free service. Well, if they don't have anything, of course it's free. And you know what: what's free about $600?"

Moore and Satchell were speaking after announcements at CES from Bill Gates on Sunday that Xbox Live will be brought to Windows Vista this summer, and an announcement from Sony on Monday that 1 million PS3s have now shipped in the US.

The full interview with Peter Moore is now on GamesIndustry.biz. The interview with Chris Satchell will follow tomorrow.

[BrewCityUpstart]

Sony and MS should just get it over with and f*ck lol

[Crippler]

Can't blame Mr. Moore for speaking the truth.

[Jon Liu]

Satchell bore similar sentiments. "If I wanted to make my online service better, and I wanted to give [Sony] a little piece of advice, it would be to copy Xbox Live a little more closely," he said.

I agree 100% with this! Seriously, if they would things more closely to XBox Live, the PS3 owners would have a better chance to dominate.

[Statham Guy]

I agree also jon. Microsoft has the online service hands down but they also have had much more time to perfect it. Plus I heard this guy Bill Gates and Microsoft might know a little bit about computers and online service.

[GoatMother]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

I agree 100% with this! Seriously, if they would things more closely to XBox Live, the PS3 owners would have a better chance to dominate.

Definitely agree with this part as well.

[Quo]

"It is not in Sony's DNA to be able to get that up and running from zero."

This statement seems a little brash. At first glance I thought it was pretty ridiculous, because in this case "DNA" can be purchased... Sony could easily hire the right people and have a "Live" clone up and running within a year. Heck, if hackers can do XBConnect, etc., Sony can get the right people and do a matchmaking service with some of the same features that Live has.

I think what he's saying though, in context, is that the way Sony's being run right now it's unlikley they could go from what they have (a minimalist setup) to something comparable and feature-rich in the short cycle of the early stages of the next-gen console war. I suppose I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure, though, that listening to the entire conversation would make the comments a little less brash-sounding.

[BrewCityUpstart]

Originally Posted by Statham Guy

I agree also jon. Microsoft has the online service hands down but they also have had much more time to perfect it. Plus I heard this guy Bill Gates and Microsoft might know a little bit about computers and online service.

By Jove, I think you've got it.