Has the success of the Wii made people think that game play is more important than graphics improvements?
There is no question it has made people think. Whether it is the right thing, the jury is still out. You can’t just focus on consoles sold. You have to look at how many games are sold for each console. It’s not very close. Q: Do you think social networks are stealing time from games? A: I think that games are stealing time from movies. Our business is very healthy now. We are seeing usage on Xbox Live, if you see that as an indicator, going up. Our platform is pretty healthy. Q: Could anything slow down the expansion of gaming? The recession doesn’t seem to be doing it. A: We’re not into the recession yet. The official decision makers haven’t declared one yet. We don’t really know what it would be like in a full recession, so we have to be careful about saying video games are recession proof. Q: What is the reliability of the machine? A: Improving dramatically. We took the steps we need to do a year ago. It was difficult step to offer replacements for faulty machines with a warranty ex
