Ex-Xbox Producer Claims Microsoft Cancelled A Soccer Game In The 2000s To Appease EA

“Let’s not kill our console before it comes out.”.

In a recent interview with Kiwi Talkz, the former Microsoft executive producer Garrett Young revealed that the company once cancelled a potential soccer game that was in development ahead of the launch of the Xbox as a condition to get EA to release its sports game on the console.

The topic came up roughly 26 minutes into the roughly 50-minute long interview (which is well worth watching in full) after the host Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly remarked on the incredible number of genres Young has managed to work across within his career and asked him how he was able to pivot accordingly.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

“Let’s not kill our console before it comes out.”.

In a recent interview with Kiwi Talkz, the former Microsoft executive producer Garrett Young revealed that the company once cancelled a potential soccer game that was in development ahead of the launch of the Xbox as a condition to get EA to release its sports game on the console.

The topic came up roughly 26 minutes into the roughly 50-minute long interview (which is well worth watching in full) after the host Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly remarked on the incredible number of genres Young has managed to work across within his career and asked him how he was able to pivot accordingly.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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