nVidia CEO speaks about PS3, Xbox 360

nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was recently interviewed and he gamely talked about the Xbox 360, PS3 and his personal life. But really, do we care about the guys personal life? Maybe, but not as much as we care for what he has to say for two of today’s next-gen consoles – the Xbox 360 and the PS3, after all he is the CEO of the leading maker of graphic chips for gamers. But so as not to be unfair, the guy is married with two kids (who whoops his behind when playing video games). He migrated to the U.S. from Taiwan at age nine. So with all those things said, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of things.

When asked if he thinks that his company made the right decision of working with Sony to make the PS3, he reiterates the fact that Nvidia can’t build chips for all the game consoles and difference is important. He also believes that the “picking” process takes two – ” Sony picked us and Microsoft didn’t.”

But to ultimately answer the question he said that “I don’t think that working with Sony is wrong. There is no way that is going to be wrong. There are many wonderful things that Sony did. I’m excited that they made Blu-ray high-definition storage as a standard part of the PlayStation 3 platform. The first PlayStation had a CD-ROM drive. The PlayStation 2 had DVD. It makes no sense for the PlayStation 3 to use DVDs. To postpone it by a few months so they could include Blu-Ray was a master stroke.”

He says that working on consoles was inevitable for them, he confidently adds that “it makes sense that in the long-term we would work on game consoles as well. The others can’t keep up with the R&D that we do. That part makes perfect sense to me.” He also added that the company has no regrets in their decision to not work on the 360, he said that “if we use our people on a project where the economic return is not good enough, and there are other projects we could be working on, then we’re going to lose money.” He also predicts that come Christmas 2007, “the  Xbox 360 can’t possibly be a DVD-only device.”

So, going back to PS3 talk, he confirms that the RSX for Sony is in production for quite some time now and even the Nvidia CEO can’t have special privileges – he claims that he doesn’t have a PS3 at home. He was also asked if everything about the PS3 is right on track, he dodged the question by saying that “Sony hasn’t changed their schedule”.

Even with its steep price, the Nvidia CEO believes that Sony’s master stroke is the PS3, why? He says that “the moment we put those consoles together it’s going to be very clear. If I’m going to buy a next-generation game console, I’m going to buy a console with next-generation media. It’s going to last 10 years.” He believes that the PS3 has that much staying power.

nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was recently interviewed and he gamely talked about the Xbox 360, PS3 and his personal life. But really, do we care about the guys personal life? Maybe, but not as much as we care for what he has to say for two of today’s next-gen consoles – the Xbox 360 and the PS3, after all he is the CEO of the leading maker of graphic chips for gamers. But so as not to be unfair, the guy is married with two kids (who whoops his behind when playing video games). He migrated to the U.S. from Taiwan at age nine. So with all those things said, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of things.

When asked if he thinks that his company made the right decision of working with Sony to make the PS3, he reiterates the fact that Nvidia can’t build chips for all the game consoles and difference is important. He also believes that the “picking” process takes two – ” Sony picked us and Microsoft didn’t.”

But to ultimately answer the question he said that “I don’t think that working with Sony is wrong. There is no way that is going to be wrong. There are many wonderful things that Sony did. I’m excited that they made Blu-ray high-definition storage as a standard part of the PlayStation 3 platform. The first PlayStation had a CD-ROM drive. The PlayStation 2 had DVD. It makes no sense for the PlayStation 3 to use DVDs. To postpone it by a few months so they could include Blu-Ray was a master stroke.”

He says that working on consoles was inevitable for them, he confidently adds that “it makes sense that in the long-term we would work on game consoles as well. The others can’t keep up with the R&D that we do. That part makes perfect sense to me.” He also added that the company has no regrets in their decision to not work on the 360, he said that “if we use our people on a project where the economic return is not good enough, and there are other projects we could be working on, then we’re going to lose money.” He also predicts that come Christmas 2007, “the  Xbox 360 can’t possibly be a DVD-only device.”

So, going back to PS3 talk, he confirms that the RSX for Sony is in production for quite some time now and even the Nvidia CEO can’t have special privileges – he claims that he doesn’t have a PS3 at home. He was also asked if everything about the PS3 is right on track, he dodged the question by saying that “Sony hasn’t changed their schedule”.

Even with its steep price, the Nvidia CEO believes that Sony’s master stroke is the PS3, why? He says that “the moment we put those consoles together it’s going to be very clear. If I’m going to buy a next-generation game console, I’m going to buy a console with next-generation media. It’s going to last 10 years.” He believes that the PS3 has that much staying power.