14 DAY TRIAL // Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House spoke at the Developer 2014 conference taking place in Brighton today, saying that after seeing the reaction to Microsoft's unpopular announcements regarding the Xbox One's initial policies, the company decided to rewrite some portions of their E3 2013 presentation.
House said that he felt the need to rewrite some key areas from Sony's script after hearing the concerns that the PlayStation 4 would copy Microsoft's restrictive policies regarding used games and DRM.
"It made us feel a little bit clearer about our message, when a lot of the negativity was emerging around DRM issues and used games. I remember reading an article literally the weekend before E3 that was basically saying that this is the direction Microsoft was taking and that it was only a matter of time before Sony adopts the same approach," House said.
"That sort of put me on the back foot and I went and re-wrote portions of my E3 presentation script that weekend and we re-crafted the presentation because there was now an onus on us not to be seen to be going down the same path," he continued.
As such, Sony made it crystal clear that the PlayStation 4 would be first and foremost a gaming platform, with everything else taking a back focus, and the company's priority was highlighted to be catering to the core gaming community's needs.