J Allard Quotes

United States, Businessperson
January 12, 1969

J Allard (born James Allard, on January 12, 1969 in Glens Falls, New York) is the CEO of Project 529, an American company building software for cyclists. Prior to starting Project 529, Allard was Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. He also oversaw Microsoft's first foray into the video game industry, the Xbox, and he is also known to have contributed to the first edition of the specification for the Windows Sockets API, with assistance from many others.

Also known as Chief Technology Officer

Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.

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- People
- Music
- Video Games
We didn't have our online service developed. We had never shipped a console game before as a company. So we were developing a lot of new competencies as a company and assembling a new team.

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- Game
- Team
- Service

The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.

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- Work
- Machines
- Production
I don't worry about great visuals that they showed that weren't actually running on real hardware. It doesn't matter. Gamers don't make their purchase decisions based on movies that were shown in May for products that come out in March.

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- Great
- Real
- May
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.

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- People
- Big
- Floor
When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.

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- Just
- Performance
- Going
We're going to do something that's really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It's never been done before.

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- Done
- Holiday
- Three
This system is a monster, ... In this decade, I believe we are going to double our audience.

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- Audience
- System
- Monster

We're now at that point where the graphics are good enough to preserve the illusion and make you feel more immersed in the environment.

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No matter how big the number is, we are going to sell out, ... We are going to have some disappointment with retailers and consumers.

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This time with Xbox 360, we've got the experienced team, we've shipped a lot of console games and built some incredible franchises.

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- Time
- Team
- Experienced