DICE 08: Shane Kim Q&A from AAA to Xboy

by Christopher Grant { Feb 8th 2008 at 2:10PM }

In a lengthy and comprehensive Q&A conducted by New York Time's games journo Seth Schiesel with Microsoft Game Studios' veep Shane Kim at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, the two go a couple rounds hitting on everything from big AAA titles like Halo, to ActiBlizzion, to the departure of the Bs (Bungie, Bizarre, BioWare), all the way over to the long-rumored (and so far totally fictitious) Xboy.

Gamasutra was there to detail all the good bits in a lengthy writeup that we'd be doing you a total disservice by trying to condense. Check it: digital downloads, Vista-only PC games, console war winners, third-party sales, mass-market appeal, Grand Theft Auto IV, console lifespan, PS3 growth in Europe ...

... phew. See? Comprehensive.

Tags: DICE, DICE-08, Microsoft-Game-Studios, Shane-Kim, Xboy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Gamer98 @ Feb 8th 2008 2:21PM

wut

Gangsta Smurf @ Feb 8th 2008 2:28PM

Xboy FTL?

maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 8th 2008 2:30PM

Didn't Microsoft confirm they were making an Xboy? (obviously not that name of course ¬_¬)

Marty @ Feb 8th 2008 2:39PM

Trying to read the title of this article (and much of the subsequent text) makes my brain hurt.

Abuzar @ Feb 8th 2008 2:48PM

When I read Xboy, I thought you meant Xbox Fanboy. lol

Ihya @ Feb 8th 2008 3:10PM

That much spin hurts my brain. How do you reprogram your self decency and respect to such a whorish level?

ComicShaman @ Feb 8th 2008 3:53PM

Not a terribly informative interview, but at least he didn't succumb to trash-talking, as we see so often from execs in all three of the big console makers. Their press conferences and interviews too frequently sound like WWE wrestlers fluffing themselves up before a match.

HB96st @ Feb 8th 2008 8:35PM

"In terms of those exclusives, Scheisel told Kim he doesn't think 2008-2009 are "as stacked" as previous years, to which Kim replied, "Oh, I think it's very stacked, but you just don't know about it!"

Sounds like M$ got a few tricks up its sleeve for '08.... Gears 2 maybe?? Something totally new??