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Originally Posted by Tyrien
You have to be kidding me though, right? Microsoft and Sony and Nintendo don't endorse the console wars? Nintendo not so much, they just sit back and ride the cult icon that is the Wii. Sony and Microsoft however are horrible for it.
On of MS's PR team's favourite things to do is take a stab at the competition and enforce the idea of "only on 360". "360 has the highest attach rate" "360 has sold the most here" "360 is the best!". It's not directly mentioning the competition (though they're bad for that too), but it's basically saying "you make the right choice with our console over the other 2".
Sony on the other hand likes to talk and make a lot of claims. Some come, some don't. Their PR has taken a stab at the RROD and brought up the stability of the console. All they do is promote Blu-Ray as a key feature that you can ONLY get with the PS3. Sony too says "Our console is the one you should choose, not the other 2".
Sony and Microsoft LOVE the console wars. They may not have created it but they certainly will do everything possible to keep it around.
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That's what I meant when I said 'They talk about the other consoles sometimes but that's about it.' I was meaning they didn't create it, but of course they still like to promote their own consoles and so on. I've seen plenty of news articles where someone from Microsoft subtly slates the PS3 without really mentioning it xD Same with Sony.