It wasn’t cheap for Microsoft to carve out space in the gaming industry in the 2000s.
Basically, it wasn’t easy to get games on Xbox initially.
“You’re writing really big checks at this point to get content,” he said.
“You don’t have an install base you’re free to point to.
You have forecasts, if anyone’s going to believe them.”
Last year, Moore explainedwhy Microsoft encouraged the console wars in the 2000s.
He believes the competition between Xbox and PlayStation was good for gaming and not about creating divisions.
Moore was at Sega before his time at Microsoft.
He’s since left that position and returned to gaming with a role at Nifty Games.
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