Peter Moore chatted up a group of journos in a recent interview at Microsoft Studios. What did he have to say before he crushed them with his 24-inch guns? The Msoft exec got some Wii hands-on at E3, dishing that "Sonic was almost built for the controller because it was so intuitive." Moore worried "how thin that's [the controller] gonna wear after half an hour" and dubbed the Wii "a party console." He also mentioned how he was surprised that there were "so many things" on the controller and that it took him a little while to get going. He then added he was a huge fan of innovation.

He also talked progress in Japan with the upcoming Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, saying, "Our progress will be pinned against those two titles." Continuing, Moore stressed the importance of Japanese developed RPGs and pulled the PS3-is-pricing trump card. "Japan is still very much a price sensitive market", he points out, adding that Xbox Live and Live Arcade are keys to capture market share. "Japan is important," but Microsoft is focusing on other markets as well, like India and China.

The exec also talks about the Halo, reminding all that Peter Jackson has only been announced as Executive Producer. "It's Universal Studios' announcement to make," he says. Even though Microsoft did the script, "once you give it to the studio, they become in control." (Read: don't blame us if it sucks.)

When asked where J Allard was, Moore replied that "he's right across the street there. You know, the Live update, we're enjoying, that's J's team... You know, we should probably start working on the next one. And that'll be J... These things take years to develop. That will be J's responsibility as well. He's busy. Don't worry about J." We weren't before, but now that Moore has filled J's schedule until the year 2012, we are. Brian Ashcraft

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