We talk to the man who turned the Xbox 360 into a multimedia masterpiece
Source: OXM
“Here’s a job title for you: Executive Producer for the Xbox Digital Entertainment Groups. Even for Microsoft, that’s a pretty complicated description of what Jeff Henshaw does.
So we’ll make it obvious. Jeff Henshaw is the man who has turned the Xbox 360 from a games machine into an all-singing, all-dancing multimedia masterpiece that can play music, show movies and TV, display digital photos and juggle monkeys with one hand. Except the last bit.
He’s the man who pioneered the Xbox 360 Guide and the power it gives you to switch between all the different forms of entertainment you’ve got stored on your console. He’s the man who developed Xbox Live and the Marketplace into life-altering features that mean you may never have to leave the sofa again.
Essentially, he’s the bloke who put you at the centre of your Xbox 360 entertainment experience. We got the chance to speak to Jeff at the recent Origen event in California and quiz him about iPods, xPods, PSPs, the future of Xbox multimedia and whether Microsoft is trying to take over your living room…”
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