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Xbox 360 Doesn't Want To Be Hardcore

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the your-mom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au has just posted an interview with Microsoft Game Studio head Shane Kim. The head games exec for the Xbox 360 admits he wants the console to be more family friendly (read: more like Nintendo and Sony). From the article: 'The positioning of the platform is very different now. We were so paranoid that people knew the Xbox was a hardcore gaming machine in the first generation that we really alienated, or closed off, a lot of our opportunity.'"

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  1. Weird by LordNimon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not a hard-core gamer by any means. I bought my Xbox because I thought it was a user-friendly way to enjoy some casual gaming.

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  2. Doesn't make sense... by Pichu0102 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...When mostly the Xbox 360 is made for things like High Definition Television, and many of the games are heavily geared towards older people.
    Considering that Microsoft has generally made the XBox quite a bit about online play also furthers the distance from what's being said here.
    Most parents don't want their younger kids doing things online without their supervision or at all, due to much media attention, so trying to make online play the main attraction of it (and making it cost money to do so) would seem to be leaning towards a more mature audience.