The author of the article on neogaf
Hello all,
Just wanted to clarify that the source has not been altered. The quote is from a Microsoft employee but, when I wrote it this morning, the intention was to include it in the article as a small caveat towards the end. Nothing flame-baiting because that's not really my thing.
But then, a few hours after publication, it started blowing up into headlines on other websites – and of course here – to the extent that I felt the quote was becoming misrepresentative. The simple fact of the matter is that a Microsoft employee – and a very smart one at that – had offered me his opinion on the PS4 reveal and I felt that was worth including it in a piece I was writing.
But there's nothing official about it. The quote is not Microsoft, as a company, responding to Sony’s plans. That’s why I never said it was, and why it’s not a headline, and why it was at the bottom of the article, and why I was disappointed to see it as a headline, and why – to prevent further poor headlines – I changed the description to "industry insider" (which is still technically true but less likely to inflame).
Hope that helps explain things a bit. Thanks for the feedback, by the way.
Rob
