Electronic Arts’ chief operating officer John Schappert has heaped praise on Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, describing the black behemoth as being "on fire" as of late.
Unsurprisingly, Schappert – formally corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Xbox Live department – attributes the spike in performance to the introduction of the PS3 Slim and Kevin Butler ad campaign last year.
"We’re platform agnostic," said Schappert, during a chinwag with IGN. "That being said, we partnered with Sony on the press conference; we were on their stage and got to announce some things.”
"I wouldn’t read too much into what we’re showing the demos on, but I will tell you, in the marketplace, the PlayStation 3 is doing incredibly well." He added: "We like them all, but PlayStation 3 is doing very strong right now."
EA announced at E3 that it will be releasing an exclusive collector’s edition of Dead Space 2 and Medal of Honor for PS3, all thanks to the added storage space offered by Blu-ray disc.
“We partner with Microsoft on a ton of products, but those are just two good opportunities we had with Sony that we wanted to highlight," said Schappert.