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During an interview with Gamasutra, the recently appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sony had the following to say about Microsoft and the Xbox 360:
I don’t want to be argumentative, but I take issue with Microsoft either having a long tail, or being profitable, because they’ve never done either. They’ve never made a dime in this business, number one, and number two, they’ve never had a tail. They’ve never been successful enough to have a tail! So the notion of a back half of the curve doesn’t exist for them. They stopped the Xbox and I kind of feel for the guy that bought an Xbox the month before they said ‘we’re out of business, we’re moving on.’
The reason I get a little emotional about that is it’s in stark contrast to our approach. If we’ve got something that says PlayStation, we’re going to stand behind it for 10 years, and deliver games like God of War II in the 7th year of the cycle.
Wow. But wait, here comes the good part:
With the Xbox 360 you’ve got an inconsistent design, some have a hard drive, some don’t, and none of them have Blu-Ray, and the HD-DVD will be out of business in a matter of months. Is this a 10 year product? And by the way, it doesn’t even work. Do they want to be selling it for 10 years and refurbishing them all for 10 more years? I don’t think that’s a 10 year product. You could disagree with me, or they could disagree with me, but I’d put that up against the PS3 any day.
Thats some pretty big talk for a time when the Xbox 360 is clearly winning against the PS3, especially with all those big titles right around the corner. Although some of his statements have some merit, he definitely is not in a position to be talking about the issue like this. Even though Blu-ray is ahead, I’m pretty sure that it is way to soon to be calling a winner of the HD format war, and I promise you that HD DVD will not be dead in a matter of months. I also think that Mr. Dille is focusing a little to much on the PS2 vs Xbox and PS2 vs Xbox 360, when the question is about longevity of next gen consoles. I do believe the PS3 is destined to get better after what I have seen at E3 this year, but MGS and Killzone are the only current exclusives it has that I believe can challenge the core of the 360 lineup. You could disagree with me, or they could disagree with me, but I’d put that up against the Xbox 360 any day.
Maybe he just needs some sleep 
Gamasutra’s Interview with Peter Dille
WOW! he needs a vacation. Maby he is jealous that the 360 is doing so well compared to the PS3. as for HD-DVD its not dead, its not even out of the gate. toshiba will be putting HD-players in all their laptops soon, also HD-DVD is cheaper to produce i beleive. I have never had a problem with my 360 and i can count one one hand the good games the PS3 have now compared to all the good titles the 360 has and upcoming titles.
PS3 is a great console and im sure it will do well, but its not Xbox 360. The Xbox live is superior to PS3 network, it has rumble (PS3s on the way). and if i had $600 in my pocket today, i still would buy a 360 over a PS3 anyday. i dont need or want a Blu-ray player or a HD-DVD player. so why jam that down my throat like the PS3 did. I like what Microsoft does, they give the customer the option of what they want. and as for support inconsitancy, didnt sony already kill their 20 GB model, and already jump from 60 GB to 80 GB? isnt that all over the board also. F U sony. you tell lies and complain about other peoples good merits. its loosers like that and comments that just belittles sony, you should be ashamed of yourself for this childish comments. If u worked for me and made comments like that, you would be fired. Get to making games and improve your system, we all know microsoft has loads of $$ and are in it for the long haul.
To Xboxlenny, when you consider Xbox live vs. the PS3’s online system, you have to consider Playstation Home, which should be coming out in a matter of months. Also the Sony VP had a point with the inconsistency; when all of the consoles have a hard drive, it is better for developers. Also the PS3 does not “jam” a Blu-Ray player down your throat. It just uses it because it is better than DVD and HD-DVD and it is a good idea, its just like what Sony did with the Playstation 2 and DVD’s.
Yes i can agree with your point. that PS3 home will be great. and the PS3 does have alot of good going for it. I still prefer the choice to not pay more for a HD-DVD or bluray player. I play my Xbox 360 for games only, i have never used it for even a regular DVD movie. It is better for developers to have consistency on any system. but Blu-ray over HD-DVD that is the users oppinion, both have their avantages and disavantages. I am a Gamer over a movie watcher. The PS3 will be a great system and have alot great things soon. I am entitled to my oppinon like any gamer. I stand by my oppiniom Xbox live is better now, but sony is catching up. I dont like microsoft or sony, its just for me the Xbox 360 suits my needs more than PS3 right now.