There is a reason Bill Gates, co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft has a large pile of money. He is confident, powerful and ready to take on Sony every step of the way.
C|NET news interviewed him and brought up the whole PS3 thing...
There's obviously one other big product for the holidays in terms of things that you guys make--XBox 360. You did get the year's head start this time. There still seems to be pretty strong critical acclaim and demand for PlayStation 3. How do you see that?
"I wouldn't change positions with them in a million years. I mean, we know what it's like to be a year late. We feel great about the position that we're in. And, of course, they're going to sell a lot in Japan.
You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them. So the real competition--you're going to see the impact of our innovation and all the momentum we have in Christmas 2007. This Christmas, the story is: XBox 360 is going to sell super-well, and they'll sell the rounding error amounts they can make."
Is there a reason for Mr. Gates to be confident? With a years momentum, the Xbox 360 is the king of the next-generation mountain. The question is "for how long?" Sony has a history of kicking console rump in the video game arena and will not come into this challenge as an underdog.
Sure, Sony has had their fair share of bad press since E3 '06 but the console is now in the hands of a few (very few) Americans and Japanese. The Console Wars have now begun and it's time to see if Gates can keep his word on the Xbox 360 domination.
source:
cnet.com
kotaku.com
