Microsoft exec dismisses Sony's Gamescom dig

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Sony's PlayStation leader Andrew House, decided to take some time near the end of its Gamescom press conference on Tuesday to take a shot at Microsoft, specifically on its many changes it has made for the Xbox One between its reveal in May to today. House hinted that Microsoft had "shifted their message and changed their story" in regard to the Xbox One while Sony has stayed on target with the PS4.

Today, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer dismissed Sony's "shifting message" jab during a Eurogamer interview, saying that their efforts to listen to consumers was in fact an advantage. Spencer stated:

The two-way conversation we have with our customers is a strength. Certain people have tried to turn that into something that's a bad thing about what we're trying to do, and I just disagree.
Spencer used the example of his own participation at a community event at Gamescom on Tuesday night, were members of the general public were able to play Xbox One games. Spencer said he walked the floor and listened to comments from gamers, both good and bad, about the Xbox One launch titles that were playable on the floor.

In the end, Spencer says that Microsoft is still committed to its digital vision for games and the Xbox One console, despite making changes to their original plans to accommodate gamers who still want physical media. He stated, "It meant some delays in some of the stuff around digital so we could fit in the time to get physical done at launch, but our vision remains the same."



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Scared_of_WaterPosted:

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Youngy Sony are getting as childish as their fanboys.


Ok first off your obviously an xbox "fanboy" so you have no right to call playstation fans "fanboys..." and playstation fans haven't had any problems with the ps4.. thats why we haven't changed. ..


Have you even seen where the power supply plug is on the PS4 cause its right with the heat exhaust fans
No it isn't. Again lying. Go away you Xbox scrub.


Actually his right, the PS4's power brick is inside the PS4. It better have a great cooling system.

Evo8Posted:

Oh all the kids fighting calling each other fanboys, amusing.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

Choaslight
AmaZe-Sync
Youngy Sony are getting as childish as their fanboys.


Ok first off your obviously an xbox "fanboy" so you have no right to call playstation fans "fanboys..." and playstation fans haven't had any problems with the ps4.. thats why we haven't changed. ..


Have you even seen where the power supply plug is on the PS4 cause its right with the heat exhaust fans
No it isn't. Again lying. Go away you Xbox scrub.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

Choaslight
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weec2k9
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Proclaim Well Xbox is still the better console it has been since the original xbox. Sells more, has better games, better exclusives, more competition. PS4 will always have online issues. It getting constantly hacked. Sony should of stayed to making tv's. They arn't good at making a console.


Sony has been hacked once, Sony have made the best consoles to date, PS2 beat Xbox, PS3 has sold the same amount of consoles as Xbox 360 despite releasing a year later than Xbox. So maybe Microsoft should stick to making Computers.


omg insanelyawesome - i totally agree with you , big whoop sony got hacked once but xbox has had a **** lot of outages just in this year , ps1 dominated when it released , ps2 was branded the best console of its time and as this guy said ps3 released a year later than xbox and still managed to sell the same amount of consoles , infact a recent poll shows that the ps3 has now sold more consoles than the 360 :)


Big Whoop? It was down for months...

Xbox has a sh*t ton of outages? They've only had three this year and the longest outage lasted 4 hours. It also wasn't even a complete outage, anybody already logged in could still play


At least Xbox puts what they are doing up on their website for the status of what is going on, where as SONY doesn't even say what they are doing unless you find something and plus Microsoft has been around for how long and SONY is ONLY IN THE CONSOLE WARS FOR THE MONEY AND NOT THE CONSUMER, oh and SONY steal's ideas from Nintendo for handheld consoles
Sony has a blog dedicated to the PS3. Plus they have Twitter, FB, etc. So don't sit there and lie because i know Sony says what they do with PSN.

ChoaslightPosted:

Proclaim Well Xbox is still the better console it has been since the original xbox. Sells more, has better games, better exclusives, more competition. PS4 will always have online issues. It getting constantly hacked. Sony should of stayed to making tv's. They arn't good at making a console.


I agree with you on that though SONY should've just stuck with the PS2 Slim design and just called it an update with wifi enabled. At least I would buy it then but the games on the PS+ network that you get for free are ones that people don't buy or play

ChoaslightPosted:

AmaZe-Sync
Youngy Sony are getting as childish as their fanboys.


Ok first off your obviously an xbox "fanboy" so you have no right to call playstation fans "fanboys..." and playstation fans haven't had any problems with the ps4.. thats why we haven't changed. ..


Have you even seen where the power supply plug is on the PS4 cause its right with the heat exhaust fans

ChoaslightPosted:

--Eminem--
weec2k9
-InsanelyAwesome-
Proclaim Well Xbox is still the better console it has been since the original xbox. Sells more, has better games, better exclusives, more competition. PS4 will always have online issues. It getting constantly hacked. Sony should of stayed to making tv's. They arn't good at making a console.


Sony has been hacked once, Sony have made the best consoles to date, PS2 beat Xbox, PS3 has sold the same amount of consoles as Xbox 360 despite releasing a year later than Xbox. So maybe Microsoft should stick to making Computers.


omg insanelyawesome - i totally agree with you , big whoop sony got hacked once but xbox has had a **** lot of outages just in this year , ps1 dominated when it released , ps2 was branded the best console of its time and as this guy said ps3 released a year later than xbox and still managed to sell the same amount of consoles , infact a recent poll shows that the ps3 has now sold more consoles than the 360 :)


Big Whoop? It was down for months...

Xbox has a sh*t ton of outages? They've only had three this year and the longest outage lasted 4 hours. It also wasn't even a complete outage, anybody already logged in could still play


At least Xbox puts what they are doing up on their website for the status of what is going on, where as SONY doesn't even say what they are doing unless you find something and plus Microsoft has been around for how long and SONY is ONLY IN THE CONSOLE WARS FOR THE MONEY AND NOT THE CONSUMER, oh and SONY steal's ideas from Nintendo for handheld consoles

ChoaslightPosted:

Umm did Andrew House say anythign abotu bring a better network protection for their user's if not, I'm not buying a PS4 cause you would need to buy the PS4 Eye own it's own just to use the damn touch-screen for games. if I had a $800 I would get a Xbox ONE and two games that I want, PS4 is Console & PS4 Eye well there is $637AU dollars down the drain and I would only be able to get a game. So where is my money going if I got a PS4 not towards network protection and removing modder's and hackers from games SONY doesn't care about their consumer's they only care about the money, they are in the console war for the money and nothing else

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Im still getting a Ps4

lolohnoeszszPosted:

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lolohnoeszsz
Proclaim Well Xbox is still the better console it has been since the original xbox. Sells more, has better games, better exclusives, more competition. PS4 will always have online issues. It getting constantly hacked. Sony should of stayed to making tv's. They arn't good at making a console.

1. Xbox is not better. The community is trash the hardware is ****. I mean i've gone through 4 xbox controllers. And for the PS3? zero controllers. What kind of console still uses a disc tray? I remember when i was playing MW2 and i moved my xbox. it **** up my disc thanks MS. Worthless system.

2. It sells more because of the 12-year-olds.

3. Better games? Like what? Better exclusives? Name me 5 that aren't ****. PS3 has the best exclusives *cough* The Last of Us *cough*.

4. What competition? Oh you mean fagmlg and gaybattles? Wow such great competition *rolls eyes*.


Hey it's not our fault you suck at Competitive Gaming!


Only reason you have gone through the xbox controllers is because you actually used them, bet your ps3 controller sat there collecting dust. Or maybe it's because the controllers which i assume are designed for small monkeys like yourself and give you arthritis after about 10 minutes. Xbox dominated last gen because they have one big thing that sony doesn't have... software. I Can't stand the playstation dash and the xbox is so much more intuitive and simple i feel. They have never had any issues with security breaches... unlike sony's network. They are clearly not on the same level when it reaches market. It's just the classic media hype trying to rustle up some sort of comparative debate. The best thing i read is when people say "i have a PC so i don't care" Mate you're supporting who ? microsoft?
You're right i did use my controllers. I have also used my ps3 controller a lot. Infact my PS3 is older than my x360. How does the controller give you arthritis? Are you literally retarded? Lol.. I'm sorry but i can't read anymore of your sentence. It's stupid and makes no sense. And seriously Sony had 1 breach and people are saying "oh Sony ya **** up". At least PSN doesn't go offline *literally* for maintenance. PSN will have maintenance but at least you can stay online. Typical MS.


Listen, that and what others said is whats known as an opinion, what you have also is your opinion. In your opinion, Sony is better, in others, its Microsoft.
Opinions are not worth fighting over, please stop.
Depends on how you see the "opinion". Most of the stuff said about MS is true and the stuff about Sony is true. Nothing really is an opinion about it. Sony has and always will be better simple. Enjoy that shitty X1 that'll never outsell the PS4. Ta Ta.