PS3 Gets Flamed by Atari Founder

The next generation-console war that has raged over the last year continues to stay heated and action-packed. To add fuel to the fire, in an interview posted at Red Herring , Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell had some pretty nasty things to say about the PS3 and Sony as a company. According to this post he seems like an ardent supporter of the Xbox 360, and this is what he had to say—
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“I think Sony shot themselves in the foot… there is a high probability [they] will fail. The price point is probably unsustainable. For years and years Sony has been a very difficult company to deal with from a developer standpoint. They could get away with their arrogance and capriciousness because they had an installed base._

They have also historically had horrible software tools. You compare that to the Xbox 360 with really great authoring tools [and] additional revenue streams from Xbox live… a first party developer would be an idiot to develop for Sony first and not the 360. People don’t buy hardware, they buy software.”

Ouch! Is all I can say; that was like a kick that landed right between Sony’s legs, since Bushnell is a legendary figure in the gaming industry and his opinion definitely counts. I hope that Sony can salvage some pride by making sure that everything goes smoothly when the PS3 launches later this month.