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Microsoft has emphasized games are “always important,” revealing its plans to invest $1 billion in projects for Xbox One
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/29/microsoft-investing-1-billion-in-next-gen-gamesedit also
Microsoft has reported record-breaking viewership for the reveal of Xbox One. According to Microsoft, more than 8.45 million people watched the reveal in a 24 hour period, “rivaling one of the top-most concurrent streamed events of all time.”
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“we just ran through our script and counted the number of exclusives, and looked at the amount of money that we're spending and the deals that we have, exclusive windows and [things to create differentiation]. I think, candidly, people are way, way under-indexing how hard we're punching."
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“If I want to play a game for two minutes, or I want to play a game for two hours, or I want to play a game with twenty other people, all of those opportunities are available on the platform we're putting forward. I see our creators really taking that opportunity to think about their games in a more granular way.”
Two quotes I really liked. They are hitting the market in a broad spectrum, but they aren't forgetting about the core gamers.
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Following the Xbox Reveal last week, Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business chief of staff Aaron Greenberg Tweeted that “E3 is all about the games” for Microsoft, and has since added “we care a lot and will get it right.”
With this it seems they heard the comments coming at them from their Console Reveal and will show what they got at E3.