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Senior Nintendo executive George Harrison has slammed Sony and Microsoft during an interview with Wired.
The Nintendo of America senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications claims both Sony and Microsoft have tried to create similar controllers to its much-publicised Wii Remote.
“So far, they haven't spent a lot of time focused on us. Now that we're having some success, they probably will,” Harrison said.
“We can already see some of the things that they've tried. For last year's E3, at the last minute, Sony rushed out their Sixaxis controller as an effort to respond to the Wii Remote. We saw Microsoft roll out Viva Piñata as their killer app for the Pokémon set. And neither of those worked really well."
"Part of it is, I think it's not in their DNA," he added. "They're really good at reaching a certain customer, and have a real difficulty understanding how we succeed with the customers that we have.”
The Nintendo of America senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications claims both Sony and Microsoft have tried to create similar controllers to its much-publicised Wii Remote.
“So far, they haven't spent a lot of time focused on us. Now that we're having some success, they probably will,” Harrison said.
“We can already see some of the things that they've tried. For last year's E3, at the last minute, Sony rushed out their Sixaxis controller as an effort to respond to the Wii Remote. We saw Microsoft roll out Viva Piñata as their killer app for the Pokémon set. And neither of those worked really well."
"Part of it is, I think it's not in their DNA," he added. "They're really good at reaching a certain customer, and have a real difficulty understanding how we succeed with the customers that we have.”
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