Game Grill: Sony Not Bothered about Wii U Being A Threat (Dont Be So Sure Sony)

So as everyone knows Nintendo has officially revealed their next console, the successor to the Wii, and with this news all eyes are on the other console manufactures in anticipation for any announcements regarding their next machines. Seeing as Sony has not made any indication as to the existence of a Playstation 4 or whatever they want to call it. Then we would be foolish to expect anything out of them anytime soon, so it looks as if Nintendo is winning the hardware race. Or are they? Sony’s Jack Tretton reassured people that he hasn’t seen anything about the Wii U that PS3 has to worry about.

"PlayStation 3 is really just hitting its stride," he said. "I wouldn't look for any discussion of a next generation PlayStation for quite some time." He continued with "Technologically, I don't think it's possible to provide any advancement beyond what we have now." Very confident words indeed from the Sony spokesman.

He went on to point out that Sony’s competitors being the Xbox360 and the Wii are now trying to develop and add features to their consoles that have already been available in the PS3 for quite some time, and that high-definition gaming and multimedia features were in the PS3 as early as 2006. So in terms of Nintendo beating Sony when it comes to multimedia and functionality, they have nothing to worry about as Nintendo have decided not to include DVD and or Blu-Ray capabilities in the Wii U’s feature’s list.

We all know having DVD or Blu-Ray capabilities is cool, but what we really want to know is how the games will look on the Wii U. So far all we’ve seen is footage taken from other platforms shown on the Wii U. So even though it would seem that Sony are pretty confident about being able to stay ahead of the technological curve. With a little under a year until the expected release of the Nintendo Wii U, I doubt that we have seen everything the Wii U is going to throw at us when it finally hits the shelves. So this expectant observer is positive that Sony will change its tune and take this hardware race a lot more seriously when they finally get to see what the Wii U is capable of.