Microsoft’s Shane Kim: “We’re in leadership position, we have the greatest game lineup”

Shane Kim, director of Microsoft Game Studios, had a lot to say at E3. GamePro sat down with the big wig to talk about Metal Gear Solid 4 on 360, the future of the box, hardware issues, upcoming games, and everything under the sun.

Rumor is hot on MGS4 coming to the 360, and the entire gaming industry anticipates any new word on the issue. Kim sees Konami‘s defection to Microsoft as a feasible business move. “If you look at it from an economic standpoint, third parties have to support more than one platform. How much do you think that Konami is spending on MGS4? So economically they’ve got to leverage that the best that they can.”

While Sony is dead set on making the PS3 live for ten years, the box’s destiny isn’t set on stone. “The customers will tell us how long the Xbox 360 is viable. We definitely plan on it have a five-year-plus life cycle. We do plan on winning this generation and nothing is going to shake us off of that aspiration,” Kim stated.

The biggest dilemma raining on 360’s parade would have to be the hardware failure rates. Kim claims that the box is a “very complex high-end piece of machinery.” What of the PS3 then, the machine developers complain about because of its complexity? “I can’t speak to Sony and how they built their product. They’ve got a much bigger product than we do.”

Right now, Shane Kim is confident that Microsoft will dominate the competition. “We have a ton of confidence of the content portfolio of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live… We have this huge momentum, and we have the greatest game lineup of any system.”

Nintendo’s magic wand and the plethora of games that come to the Wii doesn’t seem to faze this man. “We’re in the leadership position… It’s really up to the first parties to create the content that’s going to differentiate the platforms and that’s where we think we have the competitive advantage.”

Via GamePro

Shane Kim, director of Microsoft Game Studios, had a lot to say at E3. GamePro sat down with the big wig to talk about Metal Gear Solid 4 on 360, the future of the box, hardware issues, upcoming games, and everything under the sun.

Rumor is hot on MGS4 coming to the 360, and the entire gaming industry anticipates any new word on the issue. Kim sees Konami‘s defection to Microsoft as a feasible business move. “If you look at it from an economic standpoint, third parties have to support more than one platform. How much do you think that Konami is spending on MGS4? So economically they’ve got to leverage that the best that they can.”

While Sony is dead set on making the PS3 live for ten years, the box’s destiny isn’t set on stone. “The customers will tell us how long the Xbox 360 is viable. We definitely plan on it have a five-year-plus life cycle. We do plan on winning this generation and nothing is going to shake us off of that aspiration,” Kim stated.

The biggest dilemma raining on 360’s parade would have to be the hardware failure rates. Kim claims that the box is a “very complex high-end piece of machinery.” What of the PS3 then, the machine developers complain about because of its complexity? “I can’t speak to Sony and how they built their product. They’ve got a much bigger product than we do.”

Right now, Shane Kim is confident that Microsoft will dominate the competition. “We have a ton of confidence of the content portfolio of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live… We have this huge momentum, and we have the greatest game lineup of any system.”

Nintendo’s magic wand and the plethora of games that come to the Wii doesn’t seem to faze this man. “We’re in the leadership position… It’s really up to the first parties to create the content that’s going to differentiate the platforms and that’s where we think we have the competitive advantage.”

Via GamePro