| DMeisterJ said: @ sqrl. Like I said, I don't think that he was being "difficult", but you can't lie and say that it wasn't a loaded question. It was! We all know that anything that anyone says gets twisted in the media. So saying nothing is often the only recourse. The only thing he could have said was "I admire what they guys over at [Game Company] are doing, and would be honored to have a game as good as [Game] on the PlayStation 3, but I am extremely happy with the PS3 lineup and what's coming, as every other PS3 owner is." That could have still gotten twisted, but that's really his only recourse. |
When you say loaded question, you mean to imply the reporter wanted him sound desperate for a 360 exclusive? Or just for him to tip his hand about what he geninuly admired about his competitors? Personally I would have liked and respected an honest answer, it's always interesting when one company says something genuine and nice about another, escpecially a competitor, he could have given a generic and ambigious compliment like you given, then used the oppurtunity to turn around and plug his own lineup.
And you also can't pretend loaded questions are a shocking and new practice by reporters. Any business man that handles these questions poorly especially one as obvious as this, heck , you not good at your job. If your asking a ceo a questions your probably going to go for the , "what do you admire about your competitor?", to see what they may copy or what gap in their own lineup they may want to fill, or just to get an idea of how they think, and most importantly allow them to spin the crap out of the answer to turn it into a compliment. these guys should be masters.
How many people would really be annoyed if he said, "Well no one is going to turn down a multi-million selling franchise, as a company you strive to offer your consumers everything out there, but the franchises we don't have we strive to have even more compelling content in that genre," Example: it's great to see halo 3 having 4 player co-op and bungie.net, and the forge, it's obvious why it's popular, that's why I think ps3 owners will be thrilled with 8 player co-op in Resistence, Resistence.net, the next level of graphics in intensity in Killzone 2, and 256 player matches in MAG, plus the creative and user drivien content in games like LBP. Compliement competitor, leads to bigger compliment to yourself. Sure we love the Wii's Miis, that's why I think people will really love HOME! See it's easy. So you don't have to say, "shoot me."
