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http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/28/sony-jim-ryan-interview-giving-away-stuff-on-day-one-its-kind-of-odd-3939866/
Basically Gamecentral's interview with Jim Ryan, querying his thoughts on various matters from MS's line-up of games vs theirs, EA's 'close partnership' with MS, the FIFA bundle, whether or not indies will matter, whether or not PS4's power will matter, TLG, and various other deals. Thought it was quite nice.
Full interview in the link above. It's quite lengthy, and it's classic Jim Ryan all the way through, with some mild shots fired every now and then.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/28/sony-jim-ryan-interview-giving-away-stuff-on-day-one-its-kind-of-odd-3939866/
Basically Gamecentral's interview with Jim Ryan, querying his thoughts on various matters from MS's line-up of games vs theirs, EA's 'close partnership' with MS, the FIFA bundle, whether or not indies will matter, whether or not PS4's power will matter, TLG, and various other deals. Thought it was quite nice.
GC: So I was at the Microsoft event, where I saw the two Jims.
JR: Phils.
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GC: Do you worry that you’re falling behind now? You obviously won E3, I think anyone would admit that, but a lot has changed since then. You may have forced these changes on Microsoft but they are clearly working in making the Xbox One more attractive to gamers. So do you worry that there’s now less to distinguish the two consoles and that they’re actually now in danger of overtaking you – because as we discussed last time I think they have the better line-up of games at the moment.
JR: And that’s your opinion.
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GC: You’re not tempted to go and make a deal with some other game?
JR: Why should we do that? Our problem is gonna be matching supply to demand. It’s perfectly rational when a platform holder, or indeed a publisher, runs a pre-order campaign to engage in promotional behaviour to dial it up if you feel it’s not where you need it to be. That’s a rational thing for any businessman to do. We’re perfectly happy with where our pre-order are.
Our problem… we’ve actually had to turn off the day one pre-orders and now we’re onto day two. So why would we go out and add something? Giving away stuff on day one of a new platform launch, in my mind it’s kind of odd.
Full interview in the link above. It's quite lengthy, and it's classic Jim Ryan all the way through, with some mild shots fired every now and then.