Microsoft’s John Schappert has spoke his mind when asked by Eurogamer what he thought about lack of innovation remarks at the Tokyo Game Show.
With the all clear from the PR man, Schappert launched his ”little rant” saying Microsoft have earned their ”chops in terms of innovation.” He touched on Miis and Avatars too.
”The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me,” started Schappert.
”You’ve got the Xbox, which is the console that pioneered hard drives, broadband gaming, online gaming, Achievements and gamercards. It’s the console that arguably pioneered first-person shooters in your living room, wireless controllers… I could go on.”
”I think we’ve earned our chops in terms of innovation. The games division has some brilliant people who have done amazing things, and who have shaped the industry forever. I think we’ve done a great job of innovating and we continue to lead.”
The Avatar system is the hottest topic of contention among Xbox fans and critics with many labelling the corporate giant of pinching Nintendo’s idea with the Miis.
”With respect to Avatars - Miis are wonderful. Nintendo has done great things,” he praised, but went on to explain that ”avatars are just a logical extension of what we’ve had already. We’ve had a gamercard and a gamer pic; I want to take that to the next level. Now we’ve got Live parties, we launched the first video store… So I get a little riled there. I think we’ve done some great things for the industry and for gamers.”
”I might also add that gamers recognise it. We’ve done pretty well and we’re really happy with our success so far, and proud about what we’re launching next.”
Click here to read the full interview between John Schappert and Eurogamer.
