Xbox Exec: Comparing console specs is meaningless

Xbox executive Albert Penello says flaunting hardware specs is "in some ways meaningless."  Speaking to OXM about Sony's hardware reveal, Penello says "The problem is that Sony decided to go and and publish a bunch of numbers," which isn't why customers buy new consoles.

Players want "to play great games and have great experiences. I feel like our games and experiences are going to be every bit as good, if not better, technically."

Penello says of Sony, "As a matter of fact, they actually go out and they talk about how proud they are about their off-the-shelf parts," The Microsoft senior director says. Penello proceeds to say, "Our guys'll say, we touched every single component in the box and everything there is tweaked for optimum performance."

For Penello, the conversation about which box has better technical guts isn't "going to matter" because, as it was in the previous generation, "it's a pointless argument because people are debating things which they don't know about."