How could they? Nintendo's first party is more successfull than either competitors first party or any third party game in the last 10 yrs. This despite having a last place console for 7 of those years.

scottie- You make a good point there. Perhaps Sony see iPhone as a threat to PSP?

Also, the PR emphasis from Sony at the moment (particularly this guy) seems to be to emphasise their first party strength. It's a decent idea, especially when neither Microsoft or Nintendo have many confirmed big first party games on the way, particularly for the second half of the year. They could do without throwing shit around though, it's more than likely to hit the fan at some point and come back to haunt them.

I expect E3 (with it being a much bigger show this year) may be the point when Sony's talk of first party strength loses some effectiveness, depending on announcements from Microsoft and particularly Nintendo. It's Nintendo who have the biggest first party system sellers, and I don't see that changing any time soon. Does anyone have a list or analysis of Sony/Nintendo first party titles on Wii/PS3 and DS/PSP and how they compare in raw sales numbers and effect on hardware sales?

(General notice: I'm not interested in lists of big name games that will somehow prove my speculations wrong, whether that list includes Wii Sports Resort and Punch-Out!!, Alan Wake and Mass Effect 2, or Sony first party titles. I'm interested in actual comparisons of Nintendo/Sony first party efforts, because I think the conclusion must be that Nintendo titles are the more successful in sales terms)

as long as great titles come out for ps3 im not bothered about these PR tit-for-tats

He's just trying to get people's attention away from the fact that Microsoft's strategy is simply Sony's PS2/PS1 strategy revived.

Sony would also be spending money on third party content if they could afford a bidding war with MS. After all, most of the important games on Playstation consoles have always been third party, the only really important first-party series is Gran Turismo.

And how many GAMING studios did sony have when they first started in the console gaming business?

I love how sony say crap like this despite the fact that they relied on 3rd party games for the first 5 years of sonys console gaming life.

Sony have been in the console gaming business 15 years, microsoft have only been in the console gaming business 7 years.

@Nj5

I'd say PS1 more than PS2. With the PS2 they had no real need to bring out the checkbook simply because of marketshare.
But yes, on the PS3 they would at least try to counter MS' offers for extra contents if they had the means.

These PR stunts sound so stupid, I wonder if they have any beneficial effect at all?

Well he is just stating the obvious.

What a load of BS. Sony gives more money to develop games than all the moneyhats MS gave put together.

It's a different approach. What do people expect? For MS to just sit and wait for exclusives to come while Sony spends hundereds of millions developing their own games internally?

Well said Sony.

Strong first party dont = quality/best first party games as indicated by ratings.

Ontopic: At least M$ know their weaknesses