E3 update: Peter Moore says Dille’s HD-DVD’s death comment greatly exaggerated

Following the last statement from Sony’s Peter Dille, it’s not surprising that someone from the Xbox 360 camp comes out to say his piece as well. Enter Microsoft‘s head of Interactive Entertainment Business Division, Peter Moore.

Moore did not care about Dille’s comment that the Xbox 360 will not be having a 10-year life cycle. He continued to say that Sony’s opinion on what would happen in the next ten years is perfectly fine with him, and is not worth sparring about. However, Moore bristled a bit about Sony’s claim that HD-DVD will be going out of business in a few months:

Of course, the fact that Sony has an economic interest in making sure that it’s dead is interesting. I think his comments will be read with interest by folks in the European Union, and looking at the tactics the Blu-Ray forum has been using to ensure that retailers do things their way. Let’s just look at what happens this holiday. I think it’s kind of a preposterous statement. Within months? No.

Is Moore hinting that Sony is using underhanded tactics to ensure that the PS3 and Blu-ray come out on top of the console and format wars?

The Microsoft executive is confident that results in the future will disprove Dille’s remarks. He could be right, since HD-DVD is currently doing well in European shores. When asked about the format wars, “On that mark I look forward to speaking with you at, say, CES next year,” he said, referring to the next Consumer Electronics Show. “I was just looking at HD-DVD numbers over the weekend, and I think Toshiba may have an opinion about that.”

Following the last statement from Sony’s Peter Dille, it’s not surprising that someone from the Xbox 360 camp comes out to say his piece as well. Enter Microsoft‘s head of Interactive Entertainment Business Division, Peter Moore.

Moore did not care about Dille’s comment that the Xbox 360 will not be having a 10-year life cycle. He continued to say that Sony’s opinion on what would happen in the next ten years is perfectly fine with him, and is not worth sparring about. However, Moore bristled a bit about Sony’s claim that HD-DVD will be going out of business in a few months:

Of course, the fact that Sony has an economic interest in making sure that it’s dead is interesting. I think his comments will be read with interest by folks in the European Union, and looking at the tactics the Blu-Ray forum has been using to ensure that retailers do things their way. Let’s just look at what happens this holiday. I think it’s kind of a preposterous statement. Within months? No.

Is Moore hinting that Sony is using underhanded tactics to ensure that the PS3 and Blu-ray come out on top of the console and format wars?

The Microsoft executive is confident that results in the future will disprove Dille’s remarks. He could be right, since HD-DVD is currently doing well in European shores. When asked about the format wars, “On that mark I look forward to speaking with you at, say, CES next year,” he said, referring to the next Consumer Electronics Show. “I was just looking at HD-DVD numbers over the weekend, and I think Toshiba may have an opinion about that.”