Nah difference between Wii and 360/PS3 was massive, but due to diminishing returns I don't think it's anywhere near as big this time around. What might bite Nintendo in the ass is going PowerPC while everyone else goes x86 though.
Is everybody quoting gaf itt now?
I didn't take notes, and the interview lasted for more than an hour. The interviewer was the producer of the show, a very gentle man named Shola Akinnuso. We had never met before, but Shola has worked on Bonus Round since episode 1, and "knew" me from there. He is a GAF member, I neglected to ask his GAF username.
As much as this may shock many of you, the questions were generally balanced and my answers were generally balanced. I don't want to ruin the drama that will build in the final show, which will be edited to fit whatever time is allowed, but suffice to say that there will be six people interviewed (me, James Stevenson, David Jaffe, Arne Meyer, Denis Dyack and Evilore). Given that my interview was an hour, my guess is that Shola will compile at least four hours of content, if not more, and will edit down to 45 minutes to an hour of final product. I suggested that he present in three segments (the good, the bad and the ugly), but it's his show, so we'll all have to wait and see what he comes up with. Jaffe, Stevenson and Meyer are being interviewed today, Dyack at GDC in five weeks, and Evilore some other time. It will probably be April or later before we see the finished product.
For my part, Shola asked me how I learned about GAF, when and why I joined, why I read threads on the site, why I post, and more or less what benefits I get from visiting. He asked me to talk about good experiences (yes, I have had some) and bad experiences (no further elaboration needed), asked me if I thought NeoGAF served a purpose, whether I thought it was important, and so on.
We concluded with questions about the E word -- Gamer Entitlement -- and whether I thought NeoGAF was representative of the gamer community in general.
I don't want to spoil the surprise, but suffice to say that I was honest about my experiences, and I believe I was realistic about the value of the site. I like NeoGAF, find the members generally thoughtful, very smart, and sometimes snarky. I talked about all of this, and concluded that I find the site valuable for learning about things I know little about -- yes, I know that could describe anything that relates to gaming -- and for tracking rumors in real time. I do believe that NeoGAF is representative of hard core gamers, and think that developers can learn from criticism here. We'll see if Jaffe and Dyack agree.
My two shout outs were to the moderators here, who I find consistently gracious, and to Junkwaffle, who I think represents all that is good about NeoGAF. I gave a shout out off camera to Mama Robotnik as well, as someone who consistently made me smile.
My guess is that Shola will have a similar conversation with the other interview subjects, and the final televised product will be pretty balanced.
