Goodwill and sportsmanship, not trivial bitterness, is spreading between official Xbox and Sony camps following the launch of the Sony PlayStation 4. The official Twitter account for Xbox tweeted the image above to the PlayStation twitter. Xbox had this to say in its tweet:
Congrats @Playstation. From, #Xbox.
The praise and congratulations did not stop just at the official @Xbox channel, but continued on through other Xbox executives and team members. Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios also named the following Sony executives by name in a tweet:
- Jack Tretton
- Shuhei Yoshida
- Adam Boyes
Congrats to the PS4 team @PlayStation, @amboyes, @CEOJackTretton, @yosp on the launch of PS4.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 15, 2013
While the Xbox itself does not launch for another week, Albert Penello, Direct of Product Planning at Xbox also sent word of congratulations to Sony. He also included that he is looking forward to the next generation of consoles.
Congrats to all my friends @PlayStation and @amboyes and @yosp on the launch of PS4. Great job, looking forward to Gen8!
— Albert Penello (@albertpenello) November 15, 2013
One of Xbox’s most well-known public figures, Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb took to the twitter scene as well to give PlayStation and the executives their praise.
Congratulations to @Playstation on their North American launch cc @yosp @amboyes
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) November 15, 2013
Sony was just as congenial in return as they wished Microsoft and Xbox good luck on their launch for the One, which is set for November 22nd. One such tweet was by Yoshida to Larry, and it included an emoticon.
@majornelson @PlayStation @amboyes Thanks Larry, your turn next week! 😀
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) November 15, 2013
Despite all the console-wars talk, it is easy to see that both companies are able to act so professional and congenial to each other. While Xbox took the first step for Sony’s launch of the PlayStation 4, it will be at least a week before we will see if Sony will respond in kind.
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