J Allard on Xbox 360 Early Adopters

Posted by: Mhaddy at 11:59 AM 

In an interview over at Gamespot that was covered by Kikizo Games, J Allard comments that early adopters for the 360 are going to be in for a rough time. He mentions that the first set of games to launch on the system won't be true indicators of the system's true capability (d'uh), but he also goes on to comment that developers have had to cut corners to meet the early launch date. What's more, Allard goes on to hint at possible supply problems this Christmas, noting that "...there are going to be would-be Xbox 360 owners sitting empty-handed this Christmas." There's nothing like building up that "gotta get a 360 before they sell out" mentality.

An interesting note in the article came from the fact that MS is learning from its mistakes with the Xbox and notes that while their major in-house games (Project Gotham Racing 3, Kameo: Elements of Power and Perfect Dark Zero) are set for launch day one, if they're not ready - they won't ship. Why? Because they have learned with Halo 2 that, "...you don't ship a game before it's ready."

• Kikizo Article