Microsoft of late hasn't been kicking a dog when it's down. No, the company's been stomping the pooch's head in. In an interview with game site Spong, Microsoft's Senior Regional Director Neil Thompson talks trash regarding Sony's PlayStation 3. Thompson, the company's outspoken European Xbox honcho, says:

The PlayStation 3 is obviously a significant factor in terms of what is going to happen in the market. But the interesting thing about this week is that they have really positioned themselves as a Blu-ray player. And I think they've missed the ball, in that it's not really a next-generation games player - it's a next-generation DVD player. For us, that's great news, because we think we make the next-generation games console.

Thompson then points out that Sony was the company that brought us Betamax, MiniDisc and UMD. He adds that Msoft is neither forcing technology on anyone nor relying strictly on brand loyalty. To add insult to injury, the exec doubts that Sony will launch with "anything that's dramatic", doesn't see where the PlayStation is really headed, is puzzled as to why there is a Blu-ray player without HDMI and says Sony is not a software company. "They are offering a truck engine in a truck," Thompson even snapped.

Kutaragi-san, would you like to retort? Brian Ashcraft

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