"GDC 2005: Interview With J Allard"

[Wunderchu]

What are Microsoft's plans?
What about Xbox 360?
Details inside.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/595/595146p1.html





Edit:
another new J. Allard interview here (this interview is a video interview):

J Allard Interview
J Allard talks about the next generation of consoles and what top expect from Microsoft.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/driving/forzamotorsport/media.html?gcst=jallard_031005_vi.asx




Edit#2:
yet another another new J. Allard interview here:

Microsoft's J Allard Strikes Back
Microsoft's Allard on Xbox 2, the HD era, and Nintendo's Reggie.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3138802&did=2

 

[Inane_Dork]

The tone was so... funny. I think J demands a certain level of respect, but the interviewer sounded rather over-awed.

Sounds like MS's hit squad is going to visit some unnamed developer soon.

 

[Wunderchu]

The tone was so... funny. I think J demands a certain level of respect, but the interviewed sounded rather over-awed.

Sounds like MS's hit squad is going to visit some unnamed developer soon.

heh

 

[Martin Eddy]

He sounds like he gets excited very easily! Yeah man!

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Allard says there's 2 million Live! users. Are these real numbers, or subscriptions? I remember reading that Halo2 shipped with a free 1 (3?) month Live! trial that saw a million new subscribers, few of whom continued to subscribe.

 

[cthellis42]

They were reporting 1.4 million in January--which would have been inside any free time offering for Halo 2 while now would likely not--so if 2 million is kosher it'd new news, and I have a hard time feeling they'd let a milestone like that pass with an offhand comment in an interview, rather than putting it front-and-center in their keynote address.

Considering he says it a bit vaguely as well, it seems more like he's counting the number of people who have had an account at all--whether they are current subscribers or not, or whether they got past their trial periods.

 

[Wunderchu]

interview with the general manager of the XNA team, Chris Satchell:

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=9165

 

[version]

interview with the general manager of the XNA team, Chris Satchell:

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=9165

compression techniques?

 

[AzBat]

interview with the general manager of the XNA team, Chris Satchell:

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=9165

compression techniques?

Yes, and in response to BluRay or HD-DVD support too. It definitely looks like DVD9 for Xenon.

Tommy McClain