Microsoft Pats Sony on the Back for Successful PS4 Launch

Good on Microsoft,

I can't help but think this is a response to Shuhei's previous comments about how smart and resourceful Microsoft is.

Regardless, it's still nice to see.

I don't trust 'em.

I've never seen MS play nice with the competition. The sneaky buggers are probably up to something.

In business it's usual for this talk, to make one image is good. But anyway if it's the truth then it's good to hear

It's the competition that keeps both ms and sony honest, if either folded and gave up the other would implement whatever policies they liked with no fear. I've only ever had playstations but am glad that for each generation there has been an alternative, survival of the fittest requires competition.

I think this kind of stems from all the negative press the company's been getting. Microsoft is trying to seem like a nice, human corporation here.

Y'all some paranoid ****s. You guts do realize that Shu owns a 360 and Phil Spencer owns a PS3. Hell they've talked The Last of Us. Animal crossing, and Pokemon in the major nelson podcast.

Sony & Microsoft are such friendly partners in so many markets and you don't see them at each other in court nearly the same way as you do with Samsung & Apple. They have great business respect for each other - it's a shame that doesn't extend to some of their fanboys (and yes I do mean that about some of the people that comment on here as well as on other more vitriolic websites).

Clearly anyone at either company that loves gaming has no real hatred for its competitors. Those who are simply in it for the business couldn't care less.

Yeah console wars were fun until I was 13 lol There's good games on all platforms. I wish I could afford all of the next gen systems.

Makes me laugh when fanboys expect fully-grown, mature, successful businessmen to also behave like they do when it comes to games.

don't know if they're actually up to something but for now I like to see good sportsmanship! =)

@Hyperstar96 Yep, all of the above. How are they not playing nice? All they did was keep things the same. It's not their fault that everyone loved them for it. The only people that have hurt Microsoft are Microsoft.

@Hyperstar96

When I said "how are they not playing nice", I was assuming you were talking about this year's E3, in which they merely took advantage of Microsoft nailing their own scrotum to the floor.

Besides, I didn't say Sony always play nice. I said I've never seen Microsoft play nice. That's quite different.

Somewhat convenient, though, that you overlooked the Nintendo love that's been coming to the fore more recently:

http://mynintendonews.com/2013/11/13/sony-we-need-nintendo-to-be-very-successful/

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/06/mark_cerny_i_hope_sonys_impact_will_match_nintendos_in_years_to_come

Regarding the links you gave:

#1 - I agree with practically all that Tretton says, so I see it more as a statement of truth than an attack. Nintendo have always been largely irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, as I never liked their games even when I was a kid. I owned 2 Game & Watch systems as a kid (Snoopy Tennis and Donkey Kong), and also picked up a Gamecube, though not for Nintendo's own games but some 3rd-party exclusives. I guess it's a matter of personal perspective. (EDIT: Oh, and an original Gameboy.)

#2 - It's a cartoon. But practically everything in gaming is borrowed from someone else. They're all hypocrites to a point.

#3 - Tagged a video as SSB? Irrelevant. Standard advertising practise these days. It's a similar product, so you tag it as such, hoping to get people interested in one to try the other. Certainly not a dirty tactic. Every PS4 game stream I see on Twitch at the moment has an Xbox One advert in front of it. Same kind of thing.

#4 - "Oh yay, another Mario game!" - Basically what I think every time Nintendo release one. It seems to be that if you grew up playing Nintendo, you love them; otherwise, you see it as Nintendo re-releasing the same game for the last 20 years. It's a recognised thing, so they're going to play on it.

#5 - "Sony gets cocky ahead of PS4 reveal." Yup. But as the article itself states: "it’s cocky, and a taste of the immature, self-assured and arrogant stuff we expect from everyone at the beginning of each console generation."

#6 - "Sony sticks it to Microsoft" - And yet they didn't actually mention anything other than what won't be required. No, this one doesn't count at all, I'm afraid. All they said was "we're not changing anything about used games." Not sure how you see that as an 'attack'.

As for Microsoft... they've never done anything like this? Either you're quite a bit younger than me, or I need to ask which rock you've been living under. Just a (very) few examples...

Against competing platforms in general: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-24-why-microsoft-wont-publish-psn-firsts

Against Nintendo: http://www.dashhacks.com/wii-u/wii-u-news/multiple-neogaf-users-are-reporting-microsoft-invading-wii-u-best-buy-events.html

Against Sony: http://hexus.net/gaming/news/ps3/7603-microsoft-launch-attack-sony-branding-ps3-launch-disaster/

Against Apple: http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2013/05/23/microsoft-uses-siri-to-attack-ipad-in-new-windows-8-advert/

Against Google: http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/9/4206486/scroogled-android-google-play-campaign

And the rest of their history:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=microsoft+anti+competitive+practices

One particularly nice document:
http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf

When it comes to not playing nice, Microsoft practically wrote the book.

@Paranoimia Microsoft used Fowl play!

Did I tell you Nintendo Life is invading Push Square WTF!!! We don't need whining people and negativity on this site and i'm talking about the Nintendo Lifers keep that heat at y'all site.

This is microsoft doing PR damage control, they were seen as the bad guys this turn and very rightly so. They gimped their system specs in favor of that kinect garbage which is being forced on us, the drm, dead rising fps dropping down to 15, etc. its a bad time for the xbox. Microsoft needs all the PR they can get and thats all this "congratulations" is about, nothing more.

@Hyperstar96

As I said before, I never claimed that Sony always played nice, only that Microsoft never had - something which I think we can both agree that I've proven beyond doubt.

Any further discussion is pointless. We can go back and forth forever on the finer points, so let's just agree that we have different points of view.

The only thing I will add is that the shouting about PS4 playing used games was something to make a big deal about, not only because of Microsoft's DRM plans at the time, but also the fact that it was heavily rumoured that Sony would be doing something similar with PS4. It was very important that they got the message out there loud and clear, and they did so in some style.

@Hyperstar96

Ha ha! Another one to add to the list, just surfaced. It's as if they wanted to help prove my point! XD

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/11/20/microsoft-store-selling-keep-calm-google-steals-data-mug/

@Uberchu Just like Sony.