GDC: "Games play better on 360"

February 20th, 2008, 20:40 Posted By: wraggster

John Schappert believes that the Microsoft console delivers a superior experience

"Games sell better on the Xbox 360 because they simply play better on Xbox 360."

That's the bold claim of John Schappert, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Live, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business, during his keynote presentation at this year's Game Developers Conference in the Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Schappert, who cited rating aggregation site, Metacritic, believed that the Xbox 360 has more titles rated 80, 90 or above that the other main consoles put together - and this is having a significant impact on software sales.

In addition he heralded the community aspects of the platform: "We've got the best development tools and the best online service. You can simply do more on our platform," he said.

He also revealed that Xbox 360 users have now unlocked over 1 billion Achievements, and that the Halo 3 community was uploading around 100,000 pieces of content every day to the service.

Schappert's keynote is one of the focal points of this year's GDC, and we'll have more from the session in due course.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33350

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