Sony: Playstation is behind the Wii's success.

It's not the first time Sony has commented on the Wii's success being because of the Playstation series, but lets make one more. Chris Deering, former president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has commented that the Playstation brand is the reason why the Wii is so popular now.

"...in some ways I smile at the success of Wii, knowing that it was PlayStation that kind of emancipated people from the keyboard, mouse and joystick with EyeToy."

"Then, with the success of that, we said that if we really want to bring in a much bigger audience we ought to look at this in other ways, and that’s what gave life to SingStar and even something like Buzz."

"And I think now, obviously, Wii has taken that concept and turned it into a console, so good on them (smiles)."

"But I think you’ll see more of that kind of thing happening with the other consoles, and obviously the power of the Cell chip should make PlayStation 3 the ultimate, definitive standard of gaming over the next five years."

It does sound to me like a rival company once again trying to take credit for Nintendo's success. Good on them (smiles) :D.

Source: Aussie-Nintendo.com - Australia's Best Nintendo Coverage - Article