Its nearing the end of February/beginning of March and I sit here playing Fight Night Round 3 on my 360 while looking forward to GRAW, Battlefield 2 360, and Oblivion. Obviously the 360 marketing machine is moving with Moore giving interviews and what not to EGM, etc. Then it occured to me....I haven't heard from J Allard so far this year...in fact, he kinda fell off the radar towards the end of the year. You'd think he'd be conducting at least an interview here or there on his new promotion and what he's up to... so where is he?
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What happened to J Allard?
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Ninja Scooter
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Peter Moore killed him.
Eel O'Brian
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Ninja Scooter said:
And then ate his flesh. Raw.
Eel O'Brian
Member
Seriously, though, he saw his shadow and scampered back underground. Six more weeks of supply problems!
JohnnyKorea
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I had actually heard rumblings of his impending "disappearing act" for a bit now; mainly that it would be after the Xbox 360 launch and it would be very hush-hush.
SolidSnakex
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Wasn't there some thread about him a few months ago where it was mentioned he'd been repositioned in MS (demoted according to some)?
Zombie James
Banned
He went crazy, apparently he got tired Microsoft dressing him everyday. Let the man wear what he wants!
SaggyMonkey
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_leech_ said:
You know what's scary? that IS what he wants. He thinks he's hip and singing for REM now.
Quartet said:
excuse me? i dont have xbox 360 and i am not buying one and waiting for ps3, but xbox 360 is a failer?
the system is sold out for more than 3 months in US, Canada UK and almost every where expect japan [ mainly for less japanese appealing games and lack of new releases ] not because the system sucks. DS sucks compared to PSP and look how its kicking PSP ass its not even funny anymore.
how is that called system failer? they got winning eleven and RR6 and RE5 games which are considered very big in everywhere ... how is the system is failing?
they got Square Enix on board [ not just FF11 ]
they got this guy who is making Blue Dragon.
they got most of the whole world developers making games for the system.
an amazaingly line up of games coming to the system even i hate to admit it.
they released a console 1 year early before ps3 is going to be out and YET they are about the same power that if not some xbox 360 games looked better since its easier to make games than ps3.
you are the failer for not seeing this dude.
Battersea Power Station
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It's just his turn working the wheelbarrow, trying to get new shipments of 360s to retailers.
Chris Michael
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llTll said:
What other games is SE making for the 360 besides FFXI?
Chris Michael said:
you will know in time.
and lets hope you dont start saying stuff like me claming up some shit up.
but i know for fact there is another game coming from them.
anyway, they also said that in E3 video.they said that this is a demo from a game to be annouced for xbox 360
He wasn't quite promoted, and not demoted. The exact wording was "repositioned," which in business terms is a very polite, tactful way of saying "We moved him away from the project."
Peter Moore's your cheerleader now, Xbox fans. I somehow doubt he'll be getting the same X-TREEM MAKEOVER, though.
Peter Moore's your cheerleader now, Xbox fans. I somehow doubt he'll be getting the same X-TREEM MAKEOVER, though.
Battersea Power Station
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True, true, but that's no reason to refrain from X-TREEM Photoshops... commence to the MAXX!xsarien said:
UncleScr00ge
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I saw a hoodie/blazer combo at Hot Topic the other day. The hoodie part was actually sown into the jacket.
Also,
http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_884
Also,
http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_884
Zombie James
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llTll said:
You heard it here first folks: Crystal Chronicles gets ported to the 360.
123rl said:
Microsoft wanted their console back.
I read an interesting suggestion in a magazine recently, that the very original Xbox crew would be "spinning in their graves", so to speak, at what is becoming of Xbox. The argument is that everything they tried to avoid with the original Xbox - basically the rest of MS getting their mitts on it an interfering - is coming to fruition on 360. I guess it was inevitable after the financial performance of the first, though, and I guess it's a matter of opinion as to whether it's a good or bad thing.
I <3 Katamari
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UncleScr00ge said:
Hey now, the hoodie/blazer combo is nifty.
Sabaku Ika
Member
Promoted to the afterlife.
gofreak said:
It's pretty clear that this is happening. The original team was very adamantly talking about games all the time. That all changed when Ballmer let slip about a year or so into the sales of the original that they wanted to do all that other stuff with Xbox. Somewhere around that time is when the original minds started disappearing.
As far as I can tell, Peter Moore is the only Games guy left there. Everyone else is pretty much your standard Microsoft suit, especially that main guy, Kim. Given the lackluster launch lineup, I think it's pretty clear they don't care so much about the games now, just that they continue getting marginally good stuff to keep the platform rolling forward. Internal development and publishing at MS has changed quite a lot from the first couple years of Xbox.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Would you believe... he (and his car) is now an indentured servant to Nintendo and Miyamoto works at Microsoft? Someone bust out a photoshop of Miyamoto with a hoodie/blazer.
Dave Long said:
Yes it has. It's gotten much better. They whole idea now where they want quality over quantity is working out really well. Look at some of the crap they were pushing out before him. Azurik, Bloodwake, Fusion Frenzy, Kakuto Chojin, NFL Fever, etc.
Now you look at their output and what's in the pipeline. It's quite a turn around. Halo 3, Fable 2, Project Gotham Racing 3, Mass Effect, Too Human, Gears of War, Jade Empire 2, Shadowrun, Forza Motorsport 2, etc.
MS's first party efforts are very good now a days, and I'm thankful they stopped chugging out the crud they did in the first few years of the Xbox. Lackluster launch line up? LOL, if that was lackluster most other console launches had abosulte crap for launch titles.
element
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you have your groups mixed up.
Shane Kim runs MGS, while Peter Moore run Xbox. They are two different groups. Both report to Robbie Bach.
MGS leaned out their porfolio, signed with some major players (Epic, Bioware) and trying to making AAA games, not shovelware. I think MGS is going to far, and not doing more stable sales games, but they have lots of money.
Shane Kim runs MGS, while Peter Moore run Xbox. They are two different groups. Both report to Robbie Bach.
Because Ed Fries took some huge risks, and almost none of them paid off. Oddworld, Psychonauts, Azurik, Nightcatcher, The Unseen, TFLO, and many others were huge busts. And don't forget many games that were never offically announced that got cancelled.
MGS leaned out their porfolio, signed with some major players (Epic, Bioware) and trying to making AAA games, not shovelware. I think MGS is going to far, and not doing more stable sales games, but they have lots of money.