In a rather interesting interview that has left gamers and journalists scratching their heads, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai issued a few statements that can be fairly explained as borderline delusional.
"This is not meant in terms of numbers, or who's got the biggest install base, or who's selling most in any particular week or month, but I'd like to think that we continue official leadership in this industry," Hirai said in the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine.
Even though Hirai said he wasn't talking about overall sales, it's still worth mentioning how his company's console has struggled. The PlayStation 3 has trailed the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles in the next-generation console battle. Sony is banking on the prediction that the console with the most powerful hardware will be able to outlast the consoles that have less power but better game catalogs.
In another interesting turn of events, Hirai also took a quick shot at Microsoft and the company's Xbox 360 game console.
"And with the Xbox -- again, I can't come up with one word to fit. You need a word that describes something that lacks longevity," he said, indicating Sony plans to keep a 10-year life-span for the PS3, mentioning the Xbox 360 will "fall by the wayside in five years."
What does Hirai think about the Wii? Not much, really. "We don't look at (the Wii) as being competitors. They're a different world and we operate in our world -- that's kind of the way I look at things."
It makes sense that Sony executives won't suddenly give up on the PS3, but Hirai's statements saying the Wii isn't a competitor has been seen by fans as a statement that borders lunacy.
