The difference is Nintendo's numbers have stalled while Microsoft's are still climbing along with Sony's.

They've already caught up with and surpassed Nintendo as of last month's NPD results.

That's only one side of the equation. PSN only offers 2 games per month per platform. That's nothing compared to what Netflix offers.

In what universe is that better than Netflix?

No, it's not. The CPU in the PS3 and PS4 are radically different from one another. The PS4 doesn't have enough CPU power to run its own software AND emulate the PS3's Cell at the same time.

It's not the ONLY reason why memberships are up. The free monthly games definitely do help with that. But you can't deny that tying PS+ into online play is a great way for them to sell more memberships in the PS4 era and get more people on board.

Well of course. Sony HAD to create PS+ and start giving away games each month in order to get people to buy PS3's at a time when everyone wanted an Xbox 360.

Nothing but sidestepping and excuses coming from you.

You can sidestep all the facts I brought up and keep spouting BS if you want to, but your precious Sony bubble is in danger of popping. The longer and harder you hold onto it, the more it's going to affect you.

Nothing but lies coming from you, it's amazing.

Like what? All the features the console launched with are still there, and there's even more features added over the last 5-6 months.

So how do you feel knowing Sony still hasn't followed through with their promises during PS4's launch?

Keep up the good fight, console warrior. Without people like you to put down others' opinions, we wouldn't have the console war we have today.

Contacting Microsoft was more than any other site bothered to do. That's why I'm giving them props.

But they haven't released two conflicting statements. The Microsoft engineer was speaking off the cuff during an unscripted Q&A. His words did not represent Microsoft's stance on Xbox One dev kits.

Kotaku and Gawker have always been partially opinion-based sites mixed with facts to make an article. That's personally why I read them, I like the added commentary.

The difference is Kotaku is reporting Microsoft's official position, whereas other sites were reporting something unofficial. You're right, though, it's all still very vague.

Anyone not fully in the know can be misquoted. It's happened before.

Or it sounds like Microsoft simply doesn't want to comment on something that is still actively in development. That's not very far-fetched. Yeah, it's a PR answer, but it's a safe PR answer.

Thank you, Kotaku, for being one of the only video game websites out there who bothered to go to Microsoft for clarification, rather than posting inaccurate and incorrect heresay.