One of the reasons I like interacting with this community, despite the shellacking a I get, is because I generally believe that you guys are one of the most insightful and thoughtful places around. When we say or announce something, I read these threads because I've felt like people here would have a brighter view of how this industry works, so I can get some really good and interesting points of view on complicated topics. If I just wanted to get confirmation that everything we were doing was awesome, I'd post on a fan site.
Instead, I come here, and take the beatings, in hopes of learning something.
So that said - is this story *really* worth 10 pages (and counting)?
People do realize I wasn't walking around PAX with a sign that says "Please ask me about the price! Will spout PR nonsense for food!"
I was there doing pre-scheduled interviews. That means people ask us to get an interview, I get to sit in a chair all day. Then journalists come to me and ask questions, and I try to give good answers. We don't censor or review beforehand, so I have to be prepared for a wide variety of questions like this, and we have a very limited amount of time (sometimes like 15 min after we've met each other, etc.) so the answers are truncated because the interviewer has a page full of questions.
So I answer the question I was asked about price. I do it without talking s**t about our competitors, or putting them down. I talk about why I think WE will be better. I make it clear it's what "I think" and that it's "our job" to prove our belief. Overall, absolutely *nothing* in what I said disparages anyone or ducks the question.
As for the shoulder shrug. I have no control over what part of what I say gets put in print. I'm not in control of the tone of how it's written, and it's the writers choice what to include or not. The shoulder shrug was really an involuntary physical action - because, well, I was sort of running out of things to say. Think of it as my body saying "well, that's it" or "I don't know what else to say" so you shrug.
I'm happy to reflect on whether or not you agree with what I say. I think someone like Blueblur1 put together a thoughtful point of view, versus making this unnecessarily personal. I was there to talk up Xbox One. Talk about what I think is good about our platform. Just because some people don't agree, doesn't make it PR nonsense.
Anyway, feel free to continue.
For anyone at PAX, who's on the floor playing our games and their games, I'd love to see what people think. I was only their Friday, otherwise I'd meetup and chat in person.
