In an interview with MSNBC, Sony's Jack Tretton admits that the PS3 may be more machine than the average consumer is looking for, but says "I don't know that we expect or need them to be ready for it."
Sony, he explains, is taking the long view with the PS3, and if that means taking some hits in the short term so that the console can win in the long term, so be it. "If you summed up the mission statement for PS3, it's short-term sacrifices for long-term gains," he says.
Tretton references the lack of console availability at launch and the dearth of PS3 of exclusives to date as some of those short-term sacrifices, describing PS3's first year as being plagued with "missteps."
With 19 exclusives that he says "just couldn't be done on any other platform," Tretton is excited about going "into the holiday season with a fully loaded weapon as compared to last year."
