So after every Sony exec on two continents made an ass out of himself over the last few weeks, Microsoft's Peter Moore just couldn't keep his mouth shut.
I wrote last week that every time Sony put its foot up our ass about the PS3 supercomputer, Microsoft should say use the words "fun" and "games" over and over again.
Peter Moore didn't do that, though. Instead he said this (thanks Kikizo Games, via Kotaku):
Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It's a very complicated thing... very complex work. I'm just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible.
That's funny, because we're stunned, too. I'm stunned that you guys picked the shittiest, most bizarre list of games imaginable to make backwards compatible. For every AAA title, there are five Cabela hunting games or Barbie Horse Adventures. Meanwhile, games that sold millions of copies, like ESPN NFL2K5, aren't on the list.
Hey, remember this statement from the 2005 E3 press conference?
"The Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible with the top-selling Xbox games."
Umm, not exactly.
Look, we know that the 360 has been handled pretty well, generally. And we're even okay with the state of backward compatibility, if you don't remind us of what a lousy job you did. But don't outright lie to us by saying you "underpromised and overdelivered." That's a joke.
The best thing Sony or Microsoft could do at this point is to get all their executives into a room and put a gag in their collective mouths. What is it about these guys that makes it impossible for them to have any common sense when they give interviews? They say the most ridiculous, stupid things, then expect us to believe it. Why, exactly?
DQ reader Noah Dullis put it very well. Here was the subject line of his e-mail:
Sony to Potential Customers: I'm the Juggernaut, Bitch!
That originated in an X-Men satire that is about as unsafe for work as you could possibly imagine, so no link. But if you just type that phrase into Google, the video is at the first URL listed.
These people all seem to be feeling their oats. Bad news, guys. Those aren't oats.