Did someone spook Microsoft and Sony?

Today both Microsoft and Sony released statements about how they plan to be cautions regarding their entry into motion control market for their consoles. Microsoft had this to say which I first read about on Edge Online:

“We are going to be really careful in the way we think about our portfolio for Project Natal. We want the first impression to be a great one, so we are not just going to dump products because we can. We are going to be very thoughtful about what we bring to market.”

Really? Are you simply trying to say you aren't going to put shovelware games on Natal? This is kind of meaningless until E3 when, assuming the Holiday 2010 launch holds true, Microsoft will have to unveil whatever software it has up its sleeve.

Meanwhile, Sony had this to say, which I also first discovered on Edge Online:

“Rather than go out and do a whole PR barrage to give everybody the 'happy, happy, joy, joy' news, we're going to show up and have a line-up of products to show people rather than having a lot of great statements to say, 'This is what's going to happen'."

Does this mean there won't be any PR for Arc compatible software leading up to its launch? Seriously, I doubt that is possible as Sony will have to unveil something at E3, again assuming a Holiday 2010 Arc launch.

The fact that both Microsoft and Sony are issuing cautionary PR statements on the same day - Sony's ironically discussing how they won't do a PR barrage for Arc - makes it appear as if (a) they hired the same PR firm that gave them both odd advice or (b) they have been spying on each other or (c) this is a crazy coincidence or (d) one of them released a statement and the other decided it needed a same-day response implying a brewing PR war which would defy Sony's statement about not doing a PR barrage or (e) they both have no good software yet and are trying to set the bar low for E3.