Moore Dissects State Of The Xbox

Posted by simoniker on Thursday June 19, 2003 @02:51PM from the splayed-on-operating-table dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the C+VG article interviewing Peter Moore, Xbox VP and former Sega of America boss. This long, detailed, and intriguing interview covers a lot of interesting ground, such as Microsoft's online service versus Sony's ("Do they [Sony] have a service? Don't they just sell adaptors?"), the longer-term strategy of buying developers Rare ("If I thought by acquiring Rare we'd make all the money back in 12 months, that wouldn't be right"), and even a little more detail about why Microsoft aren't getting into portable gaming right now ("..we believe that the future is the social element of gaming, and that's going to be done through a console, not through a handheld gaming device.")

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social element by anotherone · 2003-06-19 15:41 · Score: 3, Funny

we believe that the future is the social element of gaming
hahahahahahahahahaha, he said "Social" and "Gaming" in the same sentence. hahahahahahaha

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How to stub your toe in the console business by djNocturne · 2003-06-19 16:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Step 1: Hire an ex-Sega man and assign him a high-ranking job in your console division.

Step 2: Unknown. (The rapid and ultimate effectiveness of Step 1 renders any futher testing ... problematic.)

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