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August 23, 2000 Link to this post
Gamecenter talks to Xbox Tech Director
Gamecenter.com interviewed Seamus Blackley, director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Team, about where Microsoft sees themselves fitting into the console market.
GC: How confident are you about Microsoft's foray into console gaming?
S. B.: We try to put 300 percent into everything we do. We're here until 10 p.m. every night. I'm never home. We have this feeling that we're coming from behind and we have to get everything right. We're always second-guessing ourselves because we need to get everything right for the worldwide launch next year. We have a great team, a great console and a great game lineup for Xbox. We think about the gamer who walks into the store and buys an Xbox and thinks, "Why am I happy I bought an Xbox?" Then we think of it as a business model.
The HBO spin: Microsoft is aware of the tenuousness of their position... there's a lot riding on the success of this platform. For us, here, if the Xbox fails, we could care less about Microsoft's loss... but what happens to Bungie?Thanks to BGH for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 02:19:22 UTC)
