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Toulouse: Hardcore gamers have been 'wrong a lot for the past 10 years'
Xbox LIVE's Director of Policy suggests the hardcore crowd have been getting it wrong, points out the success of Wii and DS.
Written by David Scammell, 04 July 2010
Microsoft's Director of Policy and Enforcement for Xbox LIVE Stephen Toulouse has hit out at the hardcore gamers who have raised concerns about Microsoft's upcoming motion control interface Kinect, saying that they have "kinda been wrong a lot for the past ten years".
"I have one thing to say to the hardcore gamer who says Kinect has nothing for them," said Toulouse while discussing concerns about Kinect on Major Nelson's latest podcast. "Those games will have achievements, so don't tell me you're not going to play at least some of them, you hardcore gamers out there. I know you will."
But Toulouse later suggested that the hardcore audience, who largely expect Kinect to underperform and under deliver when it launches in November, had been "wrong a lot" about market trends and successes "for the past ten years",
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For our latest Kinect coverage, click here to download 360Zine Issue 49 for free."Let's go back and look at the track record of the hardcore gamer," he continued.
"Shipping a console with an Ethernet port? Oh, it'll never succeed. Paying for multiplayer? Oh no, that's not good. I don't like avatars; I won't buy anything that goes to my avatar. The Wii... I mean no offence hardcore gamers, you've kinda been wrong a lot for the past ten years.
"I love you and I'm a hardcore gamer and I've been wrong too. I was the one who thought the DS was kinda gimmicky and probably wasn't going to take off. I was obviously insanely wrong about that. Give it a chance."
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After all, the E3 presentation was very disappointing. But if it gets reviews, it'll go on my Wanted List.
Shodex
6 July 2010 @ 0:48AM GMT
spirit777
4 July 2010 @ 12:53PM GMT
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4 July 2010 @ 0:35AM GMT