It's actually regulatory issues with that that we have to be really cautious of. So, that's why we won't comment on the numbers. But manufacturing is going really well and, honestly, we decided, as a management team, that we'd rather take the heat on all territories saying, "We wish we had more," and we had to say, "Sold out," in too many places.

So are you aren't just trying to rush to market before the other two are? How is your launch line up doing?

You know, sometimes the right thing to do, the gutsy thing to do, is just the hard thing to do.

Right. Gutsy and hard decisions - things I completely associate with M$. It does not split the market? Is not just a cop out for M$?

No. What we learned with Halo [2] is you don't ship a game before it's ready. Not that we shipped a game before it's ready, but because we were very wise to wait until November. I put in the capabilities that we wanted.

Really? Halo 2 is not an incomplete game so you could have a Halo game out sooner on 360? And, wait, you have or have no shipped games early? Wow, you put in everything in Halo 2? I bow before you, Allard. Did you know those pricks at Bungie were taking credit for making the game?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6135302.html

"Four years ago I wrote an email treaty and said, 'Why aren't accelerometers in remote controls? Why can't I scroll down my channel guide with a gesture instead of up, up, up, up?"" Allard revealed.

Wow, lucky us. Only now did you realize how smart you are and, after the fact, that you already invented the Revolution controller.

He went on to praise Nintendo for its innovation, suggesting that Microsoft might also consider producing a simplified controller in the future.

Wait, you spent all the previous part of the article saying it was dumb and pointless. WTF?

"Remote control, that's great," Allard said. "Let's take it one step further and do a simple controller. We've talked about it. I like the idea."

Ok, now it is a good idea? And you have not already invented it? Wait, what?

Allard hit back at critics of Microsoft's decision to offer two versions of the Xbox 360 in a separate interview with Edge Online, claiming that the move will be welcomed by consumers.

"Consumers like choice, and it's a very pro-consumer move on our part," he told the website.

It is not really choice, though, is it? To be screwed or not to be screwed? The numbers do not come anywhere close to lining up. Only M$ thinks screwing over consumers makes them pro-consumer.

"There isn't a game on 360 that you can't play without a hard drive, so I think that's a good thing for consumers. We've made a commitment to broadening the audience," Allard stated.

What about FFXI? MMOGs? Online-delivered games? What, because they do not "officially" exist yet, you are not "officially" screwing over those without it? And broadening the audience? By splitting the hardware? Not having it standard? Asking most developers to do what they can to have it not require one? Having games that do require it, screwing over those that do not have it? Umm...yeah.

"We can either ask the gamer to pay for it, pay for it ourselves, or prove that there's enough value in it and have the gamer say 'I want to pay for it'," he said, adding: "I think that's the right model."

So, wait, now we do need to get the HD? And we need it, but you will now prove that we need it, totally p\/\/nin6 those that did not get it? I am so confused there, Allard.

"But I think it's very pro-consumer and very pro-developer, and I think that in five years everybody will look back and say that this was a very, very good move on our part to launch worldwide and to have the flexibility for consumers to decide on their products."

Oh man, does this one even need a comment?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12101

Thinking the DVD remote comments are classic as well,
Ray Do you not wish you lived in a magical world like Allard's?

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