When last we left off, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was asking me to ask Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto when he wants Miyamoto to retire…
This fall, an Xbox 360 game will have the word “gay” in its title. But will 360 gamers be able to call themselves gay by then?
Ever wanted to see Microsoft’s John Schappert dance? Ask him what’s in the Xbox 360′s “Project Natal” hardware, specifically if it uses 3DV Systems’ technology, which Microsoft was rumoured to have purchased earlier this year.
Welcome to the Family is a series of three letters that will run this week from the heads of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
In the wake of Konami telling a Japanese investor site that it was “looking into” an Xbox 360 version of MGS4, Microsoft is now quoted as saying that the Xbox 360 can “handle” MGS4. With Final Fantasy XIII now multi-plat, that argument seems like it could very well hold water. According to John Schappert, the firm’s corporate vice-president of Live, Software and Services:
Conventional wisdom says games are recession proof. Sony Computer Entertainment is not a conventional company and SCE head Kaz Hirai is not a conventional exec. So screw that wisdom. Well, sorta. Hirai doesn’t think games are the market equivalent of Teflon, but does think gaming won’t get hit as hard as other industries. Said Hirai:
Speaking to a gathering of journalists earlier this week at the Tokyo Game Show, John “Crazy Days” Schappert seemed unwilling to say that the Xbox 360 would return to the once comforting twice a year release schedule for its updates.
With daily free falls in most of the international stock markets, a recession isn’t just a scary word, it’s seemingly unavoidable. During a chat with Microsoft vice president John Schappert yesterday I asked him if he thought that the Xbox 360 with its emphasis on high-definition gaming was a “recession proof” console.
Microsoft’s John Schappert is due to take the stage in the International Business Centre at the Makuhari Messe to drop some knowledge on Tokyo’s gaming set. The corporate vice president of the LIVE, Software and Services Business is going to give a speech about the “gaming canvas” of the world, or so we’ve been told (read: translated). We’re getting underway immediately, so hit the jump for the liveblog fun.
What’s this? Are Microsoft just feeling bullish after all those Xbox/Vesperia bundles sold out? Whatever the reason, Microsoft is feeling confident enough to send LIV Vice-prez John Schappert to the Tokyo Game Show with a keynote speech under his arm.
On October 9th at midday, Schappert will present his keynote address “A Canvas for the World” which will apparently lay out how the Xbox 360 will bring people together to enjoy “the next wave of interactive entertainment experiences”.
No, we don’t really know what that means either —- but we bet it is pretty flippin’ important. Who knows? Maybe MS are on a roll – by this time next year there could be an Xbox Elite in every self-respecting Japanese home.
Tokyo Game Show – John Schappert Keynote Address [Gamerscore Blog]
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