| shikamaru317 said: ^Yeah, I heard that was true as well. Though if it's true, that TSA agent is kind of an idiot, he didn't really give away Shenmue, both Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 still released on Dreamcast, Shenmue 2 on Xbox was a port that happened a year after it released on Dreamcast, it's not like Shenmue 2 was an Xbox exclusive or something. Peter Moore really was something special though, none of Xbox's heads have managed to achieve the level of applause that Peter Moore recieved at E3, he pretty much got standing ovations from the crowd. He really was loved by Xbox fans. Phil has some big shoes to fill. Phil always kinds of comes off as fake to me, like he has a persona he puts on just for the public that's completely different from how he actually acts. He honestly kind of looks like a used car salesman. I never got that impression from Peter Moore though. |
I don't doubt Phil likes gaming, and I bet he (sometimes) does say genuine things. My problem is that he does just that: talk, but hardly ever achieves something he proposes. Moore, on the other hand, aside from the ocassional tatoo and some stupid comment about japanese people playing mahjong, made some agressive deals, tried localizing games and overall wanted to give Xbox a distinctive identity: he was hired to steal Playstation marketshare and so he did. He didn't even hesitate recommending Nintendo products either, all in a very natural fashion despite being, at the core, a simple bussinessman contracted by Microsoft. I can't be certain of this, but I think some of those MS/Ninty collaboration were product of his work (like Blue Dragon on DS, for example).
Now, I can understand some dislikeness over him due to his very agressive nature, but as I said before, I probably wouldn't have liked Xbox if it wasn't for him in the first place. I can't say the same about Phil. He's not making me want an Xbox, at all.
