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"Microsoft has praised Sony for the launch of the PS4 and its commitment to new intellectual properties. Microsoft&amp;#039;s Phil Spencer told OXM that Sony had done a &amp;quot;nice job&amp;quot; with the PS4, delivering a clear message to consumers.  &amp;quot;When I think about their announcement, their clear focus on a customer, leading with the value proposition of what they&amp;#039;re trying to do, staying true to a vision, I think they&amp;#039;ve done a nice job in how they defined the PS4,&amp;quot; Spencer explained. He also praised Sony&amp;#039;s commitment to new intellectual properties, highlighting titles like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. &amp;quot;I really respect their focus on investing in new things and creative things, what they&amp;#039;ve done with David Cage and Quantic Dream around Beyond and Heavy Rain; they stay committed to franchises even if they don&amp;#039;t sell 10 million units, they&amp;#039;ll stay committed to things,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;I think that long-term commitment to franchises is important, where it&amp;#039;s easy to pull off the Band-Aid and move onto the next thing [if it doesn&amp;#039;t sell]. I respect their &amp;#039;stick-to-it-iveness&amp;#039;.&amp;quot;  Spencer also had kind things to say about Nintendo, describing its first-party titles as an amazing asset.  It was recently revealed that Sony&amp;#039;s PS4 outsold the Xbox One by approximately 166,000 units in the UK during 2013. Despite falling behind its rival, Microsoft&amp;#039;s latest console significantly outperformed the Xbox 360, backing up previous claims that the console was selling at a record pace. Microsoft is believed to have sold more than 2 million units worldwide, shifting 111,111 units per day since making its debut on November 22.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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