Shane Kim: "We Have the Best Exclusive Content"

Microsoft's Shane Kim sat down with Gamasutra and waxed philosophical about the competition. And by "waxed philosophical," I mean he basically laughed and pointed at Sony before sending a respectful nod Nintendo's way.

Given the amount of bad press that Sony has received lately, we'd be fools to think that Kim and his pals at the big M aren't laughing behind their hands a bit, but he was fairly civil when describing what he thought of the current state of the 360/PS3 brawl:

We're the leading game development platform, and I think we have the best exclusive content. Certainly I feel like we're executing our strategy, and it's running on all cylinders. Sony has helped us with their own missteps, and I'd be foolish not to say that it's not helping us. That's fine. I feel better about our competitive position than when we launched the platform.

While respecting how the Wii is broadening the gaming audience, Kim wasn't terribly concerned about them from a competition standpoint, saying, "I don't view Nintendo as a direct competitor, simply because they're not trying to do the same things as we are on the higher end -- they don't have the same online aspirations as we do." Kim did acknowledge that Microsoft would be wise to tap into Nintendo's "expanded audience," however.

The full interview goes up tomorrow.

Microsoft's Kim: 'Sony Helped Us With Their Own Missteps' [Gamasutra]