In an interview with Wired News’ Chris Kohler, Microsoft Game Studios corporate vice president Shane Kim talked about the Wii as a competitor in both price point and appealing to the casual and broader market. Brief excerpt below:
Shane Kim: With all due respect to my friends at Nintendo, I don’t think they’ve captured everybody in that consumer segment with the Nintendo Wii…. For some people, what Wii offers is going to be what they want. For a lot of other people, that’s not what they want. They want a next-generation console system. For them, we’re going to bring it into reach for those folks…. Our Core system is $299, and that has greater capabilities in my opinion than the Wii does, if that’s what you want.
Head on over to Wired for the rest of the interview between Chris Kohler and Shane Kim.
