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"Connectivity and handheld gaming dismissed as Microsoft corporate VP for retail sales and marketing, Peter Moore, talks tough

19:24 The console war of words upped a couple of notches this week, as top brass from all sides took to the stage to give their own rallying cries at the first Annual ELSPA Games Summit in London.
Microsoft was represented by corporate VP for retail sales and marketing Peter Moore, who gave a keynote address earlier today, outlining Microsoft's longterm direction for Xbox.

And comments made by former Sega of America President Moore to us recently provide a crystal clear account of why the company believes its strategy is the best way forward. Asked if Microsoft was planning its own entry into handheld gaming, following the revelation of the PlayStation Portable at E3, Moore told us: "We're not in that business and there are no plans to be in that business right now."

Explaining this stance, he added: "If I believe, which I do, in the social aspects of gaming, at the furthest end of the gaming spectrum against that is handheld gaming, because that's a very solitary, time-killing activity.

"It's not something you share - 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."

And on the subject of connectivity, Moore launched into a stinging attack on Nintendo's key E3 focus, stating: "When I was at Sega we did that [GC/GBA connectivity] with Sonic Advance - and the consumer went [shrugs shoulders] big deal! Someone's yet to explain to me the value of hooking up your handheld device to your console."

Seemingly throwing the gauntlet down to his competitors he added: "If somebody can tell me what the value of [connectivity] is, I'm all for it." We're assuming Nintendo might have something to say on that matter...

Microsoft's position is clear: it believes wholeheartedly in the future of gaming as a social activity revolving around the myriad possibilities offered by its hardware and Xbox Live. So don't go holding your breath for that handheld Xbox anytime soon."

Taken from C&V.

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ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> Oh come on FFS you didn't think I would say it was better than bloody
> Nintendo consoles or games?

I didn't at first, I thought we'd left Garbe123 in the closet, hopefully to never resurface again.

Then I wasn't sure for a minute.

Bloody hell the pack of hounds have quickly disappeared knowing that they have wrongly accused me of something.

*Sigh*

Some games like Enter the Matrix and Legends of Wrestling don't make any use of the Dolby Digital on offer and all they do is transfer all of the TV sounds to the front 2 speaker, ignore the sub completley and only use speaker to speaker transfer for about one item every level.

Seriously though. Play Leg-ends or Wrestling in 5.1!

*Takes off in Banshee and shoots Bowser in the goolies*

Oh come on FFS you didn't think I would say it was better than bloody Nintendo consoles or games?

Geez!

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> we are encouraged to be slightly biased towards a game

Well that's stupid.

I mean come on, look at you. First off you interpret my post saying that its better than anything Nintendo have ever done. Then you start going off on other things like my review scores for different sites which may I add is something I get free games from and I enjoy doing.

ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:

> READ MY COMMENT AGAIN.

You need to make youself more clear then if that is the case.

Saying it's better than anything Nintendo offered could be taken any way.

You couldn't feel like Jon from Big Brother.


The only reason they all have a massive surge when he says something is because he is an intelligent person in a house comprised of mostly idiots.

I gave it 10/10 when I looked around and saw that other games which deserve a lower score were getting 9-10/10!

On top of that we are encouraged to be slightly biased towards a game and thats why I did it.