Phil Harrison: Sony Isn’t Arrogant

In a recent Interview with Joystiq, Sony boss Phil Harrison was put on the spot and asked what he thinks of Sony’s recent arrogance (with the PS3). And guess what – you won’t be surprised at what he says. Using the classical market leader excuse, he said that with Sony being market leader for 10 years in the console market, you can lose perspective.

He went on to say that he doesn’t think Sony are arrogant, as you might have guessed he’d say, and that Sony are highly pressurized, being in the media spotlight every day, and editorialized by the media and consumers. Sony have been under a lot of pressure recently, especially since rumours (that all turned out to be untrue) wiped the floor with Sony after E3 2006.

To be honest, I believe Phil Harrison has some very good points, and I do feel sympathy for Sony. If you are the market leader for 10 years, firstly you are naturally going to be smug about your next console, especially when on the statistics you have already beaten your rivals, and since the Wii and PS3 have not yet been released, all we can go on are the statistics as to how good the actual consoles are.

Also, it is true that Sony are always in the spotlight. You can expect for things to go wrong at some point, and not all Sony bosses are that good at A) keeping their mouth shut or B) Dealing with press. So lets cut them some slack eh?

Via Joystiq

In a recent Interview with Joystiq, Sony boss Phil Harrison was put on the spot and asked what he thinks of Sony’s recent arrogance (with the PS3). And guess what – you won’t be surprised at what he says. Using the classical market leader excuse, he said that with Sony being market leader for 10 years in the console market, you can lose perspective.

He went on to say that he doesn’t think Sony are arrogant, as you might have guessed he’d say, and that Sony are highly pressurized, being in the media spotlight every day, and editorialized by the media and consumers. Sony have been under a lot of pressure recently, especially since rumours (that all turned out to be untrue) wiped the floor with Sony after E3 2006.

To be honest, I believe Phil Harrison has some very good points, and I do feel sympathy for Sony. If you are the market leader for 10 years, firstly you are naturally going to be smug about your next console, especially when on the statistics you have already beaten your rivals, and since the Wii and PS3 have not yet been released, all we can go on are the statistics as to how good the actual consoles are.

Also, it is true that Sony are always in the spotlight. You can expect for things to go wrong at some point, and not all Sony bosses are that good at A) keeping their mouth shut or B) Dealing with press. So lets cut them some slack eh?

Via Joystiq