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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Xbox Executive Jumps Shark

This has got to be the dumbest comment I've ever heard from a Microsoft executive, and I've heard a bunch of doosies, as you might expect. Peter Moore, the Microsoft VP in charge of the Xbox, had the following to say about the Xbox 360 and backwards compatibility:

Some gamers have been underwhelmed by the volume and quality of games that are compatible on the new system. It doesn't look like much is going to change either, based on Moore's latest comments in the interview. "Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It's a very complicated thing... very complex work. I'm just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible."

He added: "more are coming, but at some point, you just go, there's enough, let's move on, or people aren't as worried about a game being backwards compatible - and I like to think we've upheld our end of the bargain in making at least two or maybe three hundred games backwards compat."

I want to be clear here. Microsoft has, in fact, completely underdelivered on backwards compatibility for the 360. In fact, it's a joke, given that they were going to do monthly compatibility updates and have only released two since last November (a record of 2 for 6, by my count). Microsoft promised it would eventually make every original Xbox game play on the 360.

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