From The Guardian: Yesterday, we followed Moore from Dreamcast to Xbox 360. Today, there's more from the Microsoft years, including a damning indictment of UK developer, Rare. And what does the rest of Microsoft really think of the Xbox business?
So during your reign at Xbox, how hands on were you, at a creative level?
I ran the entire business – everything reported to me. So I would go from meetings with McCann Erickson who did the Standoff spot, into an Xbox Live retention meeting to a financial commitments meeting looking at the quarterly numbers – it was a complicated yet exhilarating time, we were trying to pull all of these pieces together. And the [profit and loss forecasts] of what we were doing would absolutely make your hair curl.
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New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
OH!!! NOOOOOO!!! ;-D
That photo has been used to much on this the last few days, his Face is Fading out!!! ;-D
'So during your reign at Xbox, how hands on were you, at a creative level?'
'I ran the entire business'
Hmm...and 'EA' still gave him a Job??? ;-D
The dude sure likes to talk a lot.
So I guess Peter Moore will be the head of the new EA - Microsoft joint venture for their next gaming console? Just speculation from my part.