Archive: november 16, 2008

Microsoft Exec: It Never Pays to Bash Nintendo [Microsoft]

Microsoft Exec: It Never Pays to Bash Nintendo [Microsoft] Shane Kim, the VP for business development in Microsoft's game division, was down in Berkeley, Calif. this weekend to show off the new Xbox experience at the University of California's Play conference. Venturebeat's Dean Takahashi writes about Kim's wide-ranging discussion, of NXE, the economy, the development cycle. But we like it when people start commenting on competitors, so let's pull out some choice quotes there.
“I can tell you how that conversation goes at Microsoft. They say, ‘I don’t think that’s a game,’” Kim said in regards to Wii Fit. “But the guy at Nintendo says, �...

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Tags: 360, Microsoft, Xbox, nintendo, ps3, sony, wii

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Nov 17 The Kotaku Carp Fighters [Weekend Note]

Sep 5 Beat Nintendo? Price Cut To Help Microsoft Land Second Place [Don Mattrick]

Dec 1 Microsoft admits the NXE can break 360 audio outputs, working on fix

Sep 16 Microsoft completely fixated on Sony, according to Peter Moore

Oct 7 Microsoft Surface and the Nintendo Wii Balance Board

Sep 5 MS not cocky enough to think they can beat Nintendo this generation

Aug 1 Avatars a 'logical extension' for Xbox. MS didn't copy Nintendo after all

Aug 18 Customer pays $50 for a SILVER account?

Nov 17 Microsoft opens online store, unsurprisingly fails at it

Sep 11 Xbox Division Hasn't Seen Consumer Slowdown [Business]

Aug 11 Nintendo lying about third party dominance? Microsoft would argue so

May 15 Steven Spielberg Is Anime Cute, Apparently [Night Note]

Aug 27 Microsoft made out like a bandit on the Immersion rumble debacle

Oct 5 Shock: Nintendo wants more people to buy Nintendo products

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