This is exactly the type of response you’d expect from a CEO who sees Bill Gates attempting to turn the ship in his direction. The ship may be awkward and slow but it’s certainly not a ship I’d discount.
I remember so many of my PC gamer friends making fun of Microsoft and their decision to enter the console business and go head to head against Sony and Nintendo. Five years and a few billion dollars later, you can’t discount that the Xbox team is doing a lot of things right. They are winning over the hard-core gamers which I didn’t think was possible. I was at Target tonight and there was a line to play the Xbox360 demo unit. Even some moms stood back and watched the kids play Call of Duty 2. The same line existed at Wal-Mart when I was there last week. $400 is a lot to spend for a console but, then again, that’s the price of a 60 gig iPod so maybe it’s not so outrageous.
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