{"id":28503,"date":"2008-06-20T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/scee-president-david-reeves-believes-in-the-power-of-the-ps3\/"},"modified":"2008-06-20T10:44:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T14:44:53","slug":"scee-president-david-reeves-believes-in-the-power-of-the-ps3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/scee-president-david-reeves-believes-in-the-power-of-the-ps3\/","title":{"rendered":"SCEE president David Reeves believes in the power of the PS3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Citing internal statistics that show the PlayStation 3’s install base to be growing much faster than older brother PS2 (at a comparable snapshot in time), SCEE president David Reeves recently told those attending an undisclosed conference that Sony expects the Blu-ray beast to eclipse their previous ventures over the long haul. Not only that, but as far as he can see — there’s nothing but blue skies ahead for all: <\/p>
“The next five years are going to be turbulent. But I think it is going to be the most exciting period that we have ever seen in the past ten years of video games”<\/span><\/p> In a surprise move, he even reserved a kind word or two for the “other guys” on the battlefield: <\/p> “We welcome all competition. Whatever happens, we are all going to do well. We should celebrate the growth of the industry.”<\/span><\/p> Now this is what you call subtle PR at its best. Acknowledge your competition in a positive light, all the while reminding people that your current hardware is still going to do what the previous ones did to them… just a little later than before. The only barrier to this, is that the competition is a lot stiffer than it used to be<\/a>.<\/p>