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[bitbydeath]

Read into that what you will…

Xbox cofounder J Allard joined Amazon last month as a vice president on the company’s devices and services team. In an email to The Verge, Allard confirmed his new role but says it’s “too early to have anything to say” about what he’ll be working on at Amazon beyond “new ideas.”

Allard will report to former Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay at Amazon, according to GeekWire. Panay left Microsoftlast year after being at the software giant for almost 20 years. Allard spent more than 20 years at Microsoft, cofounding the Xbox division, launching Microsoft’s Xbox Live network, and developing the Xbox 360 console. Allard also oversaw the development of the Zune, Microsoft’s iPod competitor.

Xbox cofounder J Allard has joined Amazon to work on ‘new ideas’

Allard helped create the original Xbox, Zune, and Courier tablet.

www.theverge.com

 

[Unknown?]

Xbox, Zune, and some tablet no one has ever heard of? Wonder if he was a Sony agent all along?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

never trust the "ideas" man.

 

[simpatico]

Z-Box incoming?

 

[DoomGyver]

Z-Box incoming?

PrimeStation

 

[Mr Hyde]

 

[Matsuchezz]

that guy and Robbie bach both were transformed by some public image company or something because they were nerdy guys and then they were kind of cool looking and were dressing like Poochie from the simpsons.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Damn, this man will deliver the secret sauce. Sony is finished.

 

[Wooxsvan]

guys where are the old pics. so disappointed...

 

[Revolutionary]

J Allard's new idea: "what if I wore the hoody OVER the blazer?"

 

[Quantum253]

guys where are the old pics. so disappointed...

Was an amazing console and amazing time throughout the reveal to the One announcement

 

[Topher]

guys where are the old pics. so disappointed...

 

[Quixz]

This dude knows what he is doing, I would buy a LunaBox or possibly a Handheld.

 

[fatmarco]

Peter Moore and J Allard were so key to Xbox branding and marketing in that era. As soon as they were gone the wheels started falling off.

 

[chokotoureiki]

Yeah, new ideas like an Amazon warehouse sim. Sign me up.

 

[qbxwhi]

This dude knows what he is doing, I would buy a LunaBox or possibly a Handheld.

he peaked with the 360.
resting on his laurels now

 

[West Texas CEO]