While the games industry has shifted towards a more unified tone, during Moore’s tenure the console wars were arguably an even bigger part of the games industry — something Moore says was encouraged at Xbox.
In a new interview, Moore spoke about his time at Xbox and how they encouraged the console wars, but not for reasons you’d expect.
“We encouraged the console wars, not to create division, but to challenge each other,” Moore says.
One stop in his career was at Microsoft where he helped oversee Xbox during the 360-era.