Reaction: Moore's departure "a huge loss for Xbox"

A day after Microsoft's Peter Moore announced his resignation, the video game industry sounds off on the move and if it will affect gamers in any way.

Geoff Keighley, a Spike TV host, thinks Microsoft's image will take a hit from losing Moore. "This is a huge loss for Xbox... Gamers will no doubt wonder what this means for the future of the platform. Xbox 360 will be fine. Peter's not the visionary behind the platform, but he was the voice and the soul of that whole division of Microsoft and the public cheerleader. Xbox will continue on without Peter, but I have a feeling that his departure will knock some wind out of the platform," he said.

[Mr VideoGames]

here is a BIG loss for Sony (Video Attchment)

[chasegamez]

what not funny think u should check your 360
and see if those red rings are there

sony did even have 2 take down 360
they did it there self
damm another 360 out for repair

its funny now how there repairing more than they sell now

[marinelife9]

Take a look at that picture. Would you buy anything from that man? He looks like a balding crook.

[MoonDust]

EA exclusives?

[rev20]

For a start its ea sports and all there sports games suck all just rehash's every year with better gfx.

You can have ea sports exclusives for all i care only sport game im interested in is football and pro evo embarrases EA

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

LOL all EA sports games suck?

I thought they had like the best-selling sports games of all time, but I could be wrong.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

<EDIT>

Madden is great man. I don't care what you say.

NCAA is good too. But Madden is a way of life for some people.

[rev20]

That would be cos they have a monopoly on sports games of all genre's
owning all the player licensing etc, so no one really challenges them bar pro evo which walks all over it ^^

[tomfoolery]

get extra love from pete at EA.The 360 was his baby.
EDIT:Funny Sonydroids have to disagree.I think it's a simple thing
called fear for their ps3s behalf.

[clownfacemcgee]

Business is business and Pete's loyalties lie with who has his next paycheck. He didn't remain loyal to Sega and trying to get their games on his platform. He wasn't trying to help Sega. Now he's moving on to EA and something tells me, he won't give a crap about Microsoft anymore.

[KingJFS]

Considering all of the support Sega threw behind the original Xbox and all of the support they continue to give the 360 (Condemned, VF5 with online play, Chromehounds) I'd say you might to reconsider that.

Old Pete definitely called in a few favors with his old friends at Sega.

[Boon Tarkas]

Those that truly loved reading through entire interviews only to realize that nothing was said.

[Maddens Raiders]

"Xbox... Gamers will no doubt wonder what this means for the future of the platform. Xbox 360 will be fine. Peter's not the visionary behind the platform, but he was the voice and the soul of that whole division of Microsoft and the public cheerleader. Xbox will continue on without Peter, but I have a feeling that his departure will knock some wind out of the platform," he said.

So yeah you don't have to read the entire article to get the jist I guess. =]

[power of Green]

You mean like the way Ken K effected the PS brand lol. I'm sure theres some PS3 threads to check out theres plenty of them infact they flood the site.

LOL...

[DJ]

Ken planned to retire at the age of 60, and did so in a respectable manner. On the other hand, Peter Moore quit without warning. The Xbox brand has been going through a lot of turmoil, and Peter isn't the first, nor second Executive to show a lack of confidence in this company.

[tehcellownu]

yeah it seem peter escaping the 360 before somethin happens..

and xbots need to stop talkin about exclusive comin from peter..its just none sense...

[heroman711]

I dont think this will affect Microsoft too badly

[power of Green]

The bulk of consumers looking to buy a game console to play games and watch movies could careless and thats considering if most of them even know who Peter is.

No one would dare say the average Soccer mom etc knows who Reggie is when they pick up a Wii.

[Dragonopolis]

Microsoft blew their year lead by making a cheap product. Supposedly by now Micrsoft should have been in a position to really put pressure on Sony with a possible price drop.

Now Microsoft can't afford to really play the price war game because they need all the capital they can get to cover for the high hardware failure rate of their console.

Its good to leave while your career performance was at a high among the xbox 360 community. At least at EA, its not like he is totally jumping ship since they are pro Microsoft, but, he has an out if Sony and Nintendo succeeds and Microsoft fails.

Good career move.

Notice the timing. Sony had a pretty good E3 press conference (and was better than Microsoft's). The PS3 has started on a second life and is selling well. Lots of games coming to the PS3 are very well done and rival most games Xbox 360 has.

Could it be a sign of trouble for the Xbox 360. Only time will tell.

[Odion]

1. They haven't blown their lead, to blow your lead is to loose it, and as it stands right the 360 is still beating the PS3 by what? 7 million units?

2. Can't afford is not something MS knows of, they're not stupid and they know the fastest way to make their money back is to drop the price by 100 for each SKU, and let the massive intake of game sales make their money for them.

3. I highly doubt he's jumping ship, his console is still number one, and they have the best fall line up ever. If anything MS is about to solidfied its lead even more.

4. Sony won whats coming up in the future for the PS3, they didn't however win this holiday season which everyone was saying was going to be the deciding factor.

Also Sony doesn't have an answer to Halo 3 this holiday, they don't have an answer to PGR4 (GT5: Pro doesn't count its not a full game), they don't have an answer for Mass Effect, Bioshock, or Lost OD, and they have no casual games coming out.

peace

[ben hates you]

i always liked moore

[peksi]

Hope that the next boss will be a younger lad.. a "real" gamer. I don't know if I'm the only one thinking this but aren't these console bosses a bit old grumpy men..? Trying to be gamers and playing their games just for the sake of their jobs.

[Ravenator529]

Granted Peter Moore did bring a ton of personality to the 360 community, M$ will do just fine without him.

He is initially from the "Bay Area" and his family was the reason for his move. Not to mention that by moving to EA he is still working for a billion dollar company that provides content for all consoles.

No, you won't see extra exclusives to the 360 from EA. It's the reason why they make more money than any developer on the market. Every one of their biggest franchises goes multi platform in some form or another.

The funny thing is that everyone is making a huge deal about him going from "exclusive" to "multiplatform". When Peter Moore worked for Sega and created the 2K franchise, who do you think he was in direct competition with? Ummmmmm.. EA maybe?

So really, its not that big of a deal. The thing that will be missed the most is his personality. And realistically, thats not what sells 360's. His marketing strategies and behind the scenes work is what sells them. And as long as the predecessor knows how to manage a business, they will be fine.

[power of Green]

Agreed!.

[power of Green]

You people/haters are dissagreeing with the wrong person i'm agreeing with #10 which means you need to dissagree with number Ten, I did not say anything.

[Ravenator529]

What are you trying to do! LOL!

[THAMMER1]

http://feeds.feedburner.com...

Some people will exploit the situation for their motives or benefit. Players play, and haters hate.

[omansteveo]

UggggHHHH G-SH!T!!

[nomad117]

what ever helps you guys sleep at night and sony droids come on now you can think of something better then that can't you think of a name that actually makes me care because those pathetic names you call us sony fanboys are pretty lame i guess same goes for what we call you guys think of something that makes me want to punch you in the face can't you do that

[mrk01]

I'm a Sony guy, even so, Peter Moore was fun to watch in conferences, unlike the other guys at MS at E3, I felt he really cared about the gamers, he was genuine, the others looked like they were trying to sell us timeshare instead of games.

[CodeMonkey]

"Very huge lost in 360 personallity"

Look out folks, more genius PS3 owners are giving their opinions. Faces of the industry do not change anything. Games are all about developers.

[mrk01]

hey genius, regardless of what I own, I'm just saying, I really respect Peter Moore; he was a big voice of 360.

[Delive]

I can say I respected Peter as a voice moving gaming forward. Regardless if he was specific to the Xbox, he was the voice of the 360 and a respected person in the gaming world.

(I kinda said that like he died huh).

[witchking]

Let's face it, the majority of people who are buying consoles don't know who Phil Harrison, Jack Tretton, Reggie Fils-Aime or Peter Moore are. Huge loss? Nah. Mattrick will come up to speed and slide into the face of the Xbox. But Moore leaving isn't going to change anyone's buying behavior. The 360 has a solid set of games to take it through the holiday season. How Mattrick works with Shane Kim to chart the 2008 and beyond will be for later discussion.

[mrk01]

the hardcore world knows them like their goverment officials, face it.

[ApocalypseShadow]

that when you lose a captain,things change.there's still chance for the ship to stay afloat,but things don't look good right now.robbie selling stock,pete leaving,1 billion in losses on top of 5 billion in xbox 1 losses.360s having RROD.not hitting new targets after lowering old targets(from 13-15 mil to 12mil-but still failing).

when bernie stolar left sega(he got removed before dreamcast launch in america),sega went downhill with dreamcast.he was the one that got namco to release soul calibur on dc(the direct competitor of sega).he was the one that got capcom to put resident evil:code veronica on dc.he was the one that forced the modem in the system.he was third party go to guy for sony,and he brought it over to sega.but old sega didn't like that forcefullness.he got the boot.and pete stepped in from reebok.but bernie was the one that created the best launch sells of any sega product.but now sega is done with hardware.

the difference with sony however,is that ken k. was an engineer.not a good public speaker.phil and kaz were the ones speaking for the company most of the time.and it continues to this day.only difference is that jack tretton had to replace kaz in america(he blinks too much)when kaz moved up.but the system actually has gained more support after ken k. retired.

with microsoft,there were too many speaking,jay,pete,robbie,bill gates himself.too many people talking.they needed to have one face.and pete filled that roll as a good speaker for the xbox brand.that's a loss.and no one knows mattrick.he could do well since he was advisor or he could lead the company into the abyss.or pull them from the brink of the abyss.

we'll just have to see.

EDIT:code monkey.microsoft is making money on software for pc.but the entertainment side that houses zune and xbox is bleeding money.i know how much they make as a whole.but losing 6 billion for 6 years and not making a profit just to get a foothold in the console market has limits for investors.you SPEND money to MAKE money.not SPEND money to LOSE money.

[Bloodmask]

is leaving, but as stated in many articles it was for personal reasons.

Micro will do fine. It is just a hit for them bc Moore was the voice of XBOX and brought the platform a lot of positive PR.

[CodeMonkey]

For starters:

I am not a kid. I am a programmer who writes software for MS Windows and actively follows the company.

"May stay afloat":
Do you honestly think MS has a chance of failure? Do you know how much money they produce a year outside of their gaming business? This is their 2nd console ever produced and its spanking the PS3. The first xbox cost them $30 for every sale. They have the loot to take hits like this. Why? They want to get into the market...better yet, they want to run the market. MS's biggest concern is not profit (as of now). People are pointing out their failures yet they completely overlook everything else. Ask 10 people who own an xbox who Moore was.

[Marty8370]

MS should think them selves lucky that he never brought Xbox game division down, Like he did Dreamcast.

[mightydog01]

Let face facts here 360 is loseing money.invester and bill gate are there to make money. the 360 was rush on the market when it was not ready so they could have a 1 year lead thats why. there was no compition thats why they rushed it out. When the 360 just came out there was not many games. just like ps3, now they are coming. but yet u knock it cause there are more games out for the 360 the way you talk is like it came out the same time as 360 grow up 360 not out of the woods yet. ps3 will only get stronger watch what happens PS what happen to the dreamcast will happen to 360 when that was losing money. MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.

[FreedomReign]

'Rushing' the 360 to market is the main reason MS is still in this generation. Without that headstart, they'd be done for.

[FreedomReign]

and this is bad news how? Keighley really needs to take a history class.

What does it take to be a game reporter today?
1) Frosted tips
2) Pale complexion
3) 15 years reporting on an ever changing industry without ever changing your tune.
4) A network of "friends", who meet the first 3 criteria.

[TheMART]

Lets say gamers buy a console for its games.

Not for the persons that tell the story. But he was a good PR dude, no doubt about it. Will he get some EA exclusives for the 360? :P