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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Neil Thompson and Stephen McGill - the Xbox 360 interview

Yes, the media has gone Xbox 360 mad! After a gruelling day of being interviewed by Radio 1 and BBC World Service, I managed to sneak in a bit of interviewing with Xbox's Senior Regional Director, Northern & Eastern Europe, Home and Entertainment Division, Neil Thompson, and the head of Xbox UK Marketing, Stephen McGill (both very affable chaps) on the eve before the launch of the next generation - before they they went and celebrated the release of the 360 with Greg and the other official party-goers.

Unfortunately, I didn't get the list of your excellent questions before I quizzed them; next time I'll ask you folks for suggestions sooner.

I did manage to get in a few about their vision of the future of user-generated content (from ownership to economics), how they're gunning for the non-traditional market (even though most of the casual gaming applications require the 20GB hard drive add-on), how they intend to educate disinterested parents in their children's gaming habits and their top tips for maintaining a stellar Xbox Live digital identity.

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