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INTERVIEW: Peter Moore's Parting Shot
When we met face-to-face with Peter Moore just a few days ago, we didnt realize he'd be going software-only.
In one of his last interviews as a Microsoft exec, he talks defects, missing forecasts, the supposed PS3 non-price-cut and much more...
At E3, Xbox boss Moore was in it with Microsoft for the long haul. Today we know that hes going to head up EA Sports beginning in September.
Regardless, Moore has been the face of Microsoft's gaming business, and he has plenty to talk about. For instance, Microsoft had just announced that it earmarked around $1 billion for repairs of the dreaded three-red-light error on Xbox 360s. Scores of upset customers eventually led to Microsofts decision to up the Xbox warranty and offer repairs for free.
A billion dollars is not an easy thing to say, Moore says. Regardless of the linguistic difficulty, the number slipped right off his tongue, partly thanks to Microsofts deep pockets. I think [the new policy is] going to help us in the long run and put a lot more confidence behind the product.
Were not going to say to the world what issues we have.
What about those elusive failure rates? Youd think that once Microsoft got that difficult number out of its collective mouth (One. Billion.), any other figures would be expelled with relative ease. But no one has been able to get an official, printable figure on how many Xbox 360s have bit the dust due to the reported design issues.
Moore insists that the billion-dollar figure is all that we should worry about.
Were not going to say to the world what issues we have. Hes quick to point out that Sony and Nintendo also change and upgrade the innards of their consoles, albeit much more under the radar. He refuses to comment on the issue, as expected.
No word on design changes to the Xbox 360 hardware, either. Moore finds no reason to go full open kimono on this stuff. What we do know is that Microsoft found that failures were caused by a design issue, not a manufacturing issue, and the company had to engineer around the problem. Our curiosity continues, and according to Moore, is apparently unwarranted.
Quelle
When we met face-to-face with Peter Moore just a few days ago, we didnt realize he'd be going software-only.
In one of his last interviews as a Microsoft exec, he talks defects, missing forecasts, the supposed PS3 non-price-cut and much more...
At E3, Xbox boss Moore was in it with Microsoft for the long haul. Today we know that hes going to head up EA Sports beginning in September.
Regardless, Moore has been the face of Microsoft's gaming business, and he has plenty to talk about. For instance, Microsoft had just announced that it earmarked around $1 billion for repairs of the dreaded three-red-light error on Xbox 360s. Scores of upset customers eventually led to Microsofts decision to up the Xbox warranty and offer repairs for free.
A billion dollars is not an easy thing to say, Moore says. Regardless of the linguistic difficulty, the number slipped right off his tongue, partly thanks to Microsofts deep pockets. I think [the new policy is] going to help us in the long run and put a lot more confidence behind the product.
Were not going to say to the world what issues we have.
What about those elusive failure rates? Youd think that once Microsoft got that difficult number out of its collective mouth (One. Billion.), any other figures would be expelled with relative ease. But no one has been able to get an official, printable figure on how many Xbox 360s have bit the dust due to the reported design issues.
Moore insists that the billion-dollar figure is all that we should worry about.
Were not going to say to the world what issues we have. Hes quick to point out that Sony and Nintendo also change and upgrade the innards of their consoles, albeit much more under the radar. He refuses to comment on the issue, as expected.
No word on design changes to the Xbox 360 hardware, either. Moore finds no reason to go full open kimono on this stuff. What we do know is that Microsoft found that failures were caused by a design issue, not a manufacturing issue, and the company had to engineer around the problem. Our curiosity continues, and according to Moore, is apparently unwarranted.
Quelle
