Peter Moore, former Xbox boss, claims console wars weren’t encouraged to divide gamers.
You don’t need to scroll far to see people arguing about the best platform to play games. Take a look at any social media platform’s gaming section.
Although the individual in question might consider themselves to belong to the famous “PC master race,” the odds are that they will be an Xbox or Playstation enthusiast taking shots at the other box.
According to IGN, a former Xbox executive, Peter Moore, these verbal wars between those in blue and those in green weren’t a result of the sales war between Microsoft and Nintendo.
Two consoles, both identical in exclusivity
Moore’s comments, which he led from 2003 to 2007 in Xbox’s competition with Sony and Nintendo, were made during an appearance at the Front Office Sports podcast My Other Passion.
Moore asserts, “We encouraged console wars not to create division but to challenge each other,” adding, “And when I refer to each other, I mean Microsoft or Sony.”
Moore said that this competition was a positive factor in the rise of the games industry. He cited the “Red Ring Of Death” controversy, which involved severe hardware failures on the Xbox 360, and forced a mass recall. This incident was the speed bump that Moore suggested the competition gave the company.
Moore continues: “If Microsoft had not stayed the course after Xbox, after Red Rings of Death,” Moore says, adding that “gaming wouldn’t be as competitive today.”
