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From Midway to Xbox, The story of Seamus Blackley

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aye-capn'n-blackley dept.

Matey-O writes: "Red Herring has an interesting look at Seamus Blackley, the Man behind the Xbox, and what it took to bring the console to market." I like that this article points out the risks that Microsoft took by trying to enter a field with very established competition (and with mixed results, so far).

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  1. Glad to see it was American.. by Frank+of+Earth · · Score: 0, Troll

    .. I'm not a M$ hater which seems to be the majority of the slashdot community, but I am happy to see that a US company is trying to dent the console market.

    Even though the games may be made my foreign companies, it still brings jobs to the US.

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  2. Don't know about you, but i like my Xbox. by cybrthng · · Score: 1, Troll

    First of all, People complain the Xbox is just rehashed versions of games you already have on your PS2. Well, i don't have a PS2, so it isn't a rehashed game and secondly, 99% of your PS2 games are rewrites of PSX games. Not much is new for PS2.

    My xbox has tons of hours of play from Halo to Project Gotham and several different people running through oddword begining to end.

    I don't have many games, but come on, it isn't about the amount of games you own, but the quality of games you own.

    The Xbox is here to stay, and selling really well. I already have like almost a 100 titles to choose from and the sucker hasn't even been out a year. The Games have been INCREDIBLE for FIRST generation and *NOTHING* is standing in the way of the xbox.

    Incase you didn't know the average Xbox owner is 25 to 36 years old. This croud is a technology oriented and often wealthy crowed. The Xbox has enjoyed a NEVER before seen selling of 3.2 games per console and well, nothing has repeated that yet. The PS2 is for the 18 to 22 year old croud and the nintendo cube thing is any age really.

    Sure the PS2 sells alot, but there isn't a single game i havn't already played on another console that i liked on the PS2. For all those people saying "Halo will be on the PC" but so is Tony Hawk, so is your highly rated GTA3.

    I bet it will be another story come this october when the xbox has been around for a year, sold 5 million units and launches the online gaming network. From racing to Unreal Championshop the PS2 nor Gamecube have anything BUILT IN to compete. The "peripheral" network has never taken off for *ANY* console so i don't see the PS2's ability to use external devices as any means to compete against the Xbox's built in broadband support.

    Yes, the PS2 has a lerge library of decent games and has some great titles you can't get anywhere else, but so does the xbox.

    And i'm sorry, if your pushing graphics, gameplay, connectivity and peripheral support the xbox winds hands down.

    Remember todays games are only pushing today's tvs. The xbox will be able to push graphics beyond what anyone can imagine when it comes to 1080 and 760 hdtv.