Where is MS Taking the 360?

The Inquirer has an article up asking the question where is Microsoft taking the 360? The author had a chance to sit down with UK Xbox head man Stephen McGill to get a sense of what they want to do. From the article: "You gotta love the PR hype and mud slinging that goes on during the run up to a really, really major competitive product launch. Sony and Microsoft are at loggerheads over their upcoming next-generation releases, and while we have all the tech specs (relatively) nailed and the hype about what will make each console Gods Gift to 14 Year Olds, what about the actual direction in which the two companies are pulling their franchises?"

Wired Mag has Great X-Box Article

[DavidD_CA]

This article from Wired really gave a good perspective of where Microsoft is taking the X-Box:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/xbox.html [wired.com]

From that article:

For Allard, Xbox 360 is all about gaming. For Microsoft, it's about gaming - and a whole lot more. The big picture isn't 10 million hardcore gamers trash-talking one another over a massively multiplayer version of Halo 3. It's 100 million Middle Americans using Xbox 360 as the linchpin of their Windows-powered digital home.

Real 360 Devkits Slower Than G5s

[Anonymous Coward]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/636/636018p1.html [ign.com]

Ouch!

Maybe this is why we aren't seeing anything from the 360? Sounds like the real 360 hardware is giving sub-E3 type performance.

Sounds like developers are having a real hard time with the 360 hardware. Only a few months away from shipping, this doesn't sound good for launch titles.