Jack Tretton: Better than you thought
Posted by bendz666 on July 27, 2008
So Jack Tretton has become famous for his E3 delivery – his ever-so-slightly nervous presenting style isn’t polished, but it is earnest. He’s much more credible one-to-one however… as the following videos show.
Here’s a couple of post-conference interviews you may have missed. Jack makes some very interesting points – that Sony have invested in their internal studios precisely because the age of the big thirdparty exclusive is over… and that for what Microsoft paid to secure exclusive DLC for Grand Theft Auto ($50 million), Sony made Resistance 2. Which would you rather have? Jack says he’d rather have R2 than exclusive DLC. We agree.
Part One:
Another interesting point made in part deux, is that when Sony was thinking about PS3, it had the luxury of knowing PS2 was still successful and that afforded it a little room to think further ahead – especially given that that original Xbox actually had to be killed off to make room for 360. Lest we forget that PS2 is still on the shelves of major retailers across the globe… Xbox and Gamecube…? Not so much.
Also… bombshells… Sony would consider a sales target of 20million consoles a ‘huge disappointment’ – that’s the lifetime sales of the first Xbox, right there. Jack acknowledges a 4 million system gap between 360 and PS3 in the states – but goes on to suggest that their long term ambition is to sell 140 million PS3′s – so 4 million in year two isn’t causing anyone any lost sleep… Except for Square Enix, maybe?
Anyway, Jack, I like you – you’re concise, don’t resort to cheap shots… well, not too much… and unlike David Reeves from Sony Europe (shudder) I suspect you’re actually human.
Part Two:
