Stringer: The Xbox 360 is an "obsession"

by Dan Choi { Jun 7th 2006 at 5:36PM }

Howard Stringer obsessed with the Xbox 360

Well, you know what they say about what to do when you have nothing nice to say ... erm, say that the competing gaming platform (in this case, the 360) is an "obsession"?

That's exactly what Sony CEO Howard Stringer had to offer in an interview with Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal recently. While sharing how The Da Vinci Code from Sony beat up on "X-Men 3" (aka The Last Stand) over in Europe, he seemed to mistakenly throw in "Xbox 3" in the stead of Fox's great summer blockbuster hope. Following Mossberg's correction, Stringer is reported to have retorted, laughing, "There's an obsession!"

We don't know if he's referring to the media's obsession with the corporate gaming rivalry, his own obsession with the console that would dethrone the PlayStation, or some combination of the two (irony really doesn't help here), but he does seem to at least outwardly admire Bill Gates' salesmanship (as well as his hypocrisy in delaying Windows Vista while lambasting the PS3 delay). Of course, a lot of supposed compliments could go both ways, so we've provided a few handy links below to check out what other "nice" things hardware execs have had to say about their competitors lately. We're sure it's all in good fun.

[Thanks, JC & SickNic; also via GameDaily BIZ]

See also:

Nice words -- "Thanks," "flattered," and "flattering."
Not-so-nice words -- "Plagiarism," "no need for PC," "not mainstream for most games," and "same old experiences with new graphics."

Tags: Bill Gates, BillGates, CEO, Da Vinci Code, DaVinciCode, delay, delayed, Gates, Howard Stringer, HowardStringer, Journal, Microsoft, Mossberg, obsessed, obsession, salesmanship, Sony, Stringer, The Last Stand, TheLastStand, There's an obsession!, There'sAnObsession!, Vista, Wall Street Journal, WallStreetJournal, Walt Mossberg, WaltMossberg, Windows Vista, WindowsVista, X-Men 3, X-men3, Xbox 3, Xbox3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cage @ Jun 7th 2006 6:43PM

I do feel bad for the PS3 lovers out there. Everyday you have to defend something. Its just not a good way to live...LOL

Pedro @ Jun 7th 2006 7:02PM

Lol the sony fanboys have to defend against this one again, they keep getting attacked and attacked and attacked and attacked and attacked. Its no surprise, no one likes Sony anymore.

boots @ Jun 7th 2006 8:08PM

Look! Anti-Sony spam at PS3fanboy! Isn't that weird?

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