Sony Computer Entertainment's president has referred to the 3DS as nothing more than an updated DS.

As the release of the Sony NPG draws ever closer more and more comments comparing the 3DS to the NGP are bound to crop up. After Jack Tretton referred to Nintendo's handhelds as a "great babysitting tool" back in April Sony Computer Entertainment's president Shuhei Yoshida has weighed in his opinion on the 3DS.

Speaking to Eurogamer Mr. Yoshida said the 3DS and NGP are incomparable as there is nothing like the NGP. When asked about the 3DS he adds: "Aside from the 3D stereoscopic display, they seem to be keeping the same theme that they had with the DS � it feels like an update of the DS to me."

However, he does acknowledge that Nintendo and Sony have a common competitor - the cheap mobile game market. Satoru Iwata famously spoke about the rapidly expanding market at the Game Developers Conference and Shuhei Yoshida has echoed Mr. Iwata's words:

"We are dealing with the same issue that Nintendo is. It's up to content publishers, including ourselves, to show people that this is worth �25 or �30 as opposed to 59p. You cannot release the same content that you put on the iPhone for a dollar on to NGP or some other consoles and expect people to pay 20 times that."

A little bit of mud slinging is common within the industry, and Mr. Yoshida's comments on the 3DS are comparatively tame, but it is rare to see Sony express something they have in common with Nintendo.