Molyneux: Xbox 360 ‘Nowhere Near’ Limits

Microsoft Game Studios Creative Director Peter Molyneux thinks there’s plenty of life left in the Xbox 360, five years after the console’s launch

Molyneux is guest editor of 360 Magazine issue 72 – asked what might emerge on the 360 over next five years, the veteran designer told the magazine: “I think the next five years will be pretty interesting. The release of Kinect this holiday is going to change the type of people that play on the 360, and is going to change the sort of genres that are going to be played on the 360.”

Critics cited a lack of core-focused titles for Kinect when the peripheral was detailed at E3, but Molyneux thinks there’s something for everyone in the 360′s future.

“You’re just going to see some amazing core games, so the future of the 360, I think, is very bright, and continues to evolve as any platorm does. It just doesn’t feel like we’ve reached the limits of the 360 or anywhere near it.”

We know of at least one developer who would disagree.

Check out issue 72 of 360 Magazine – available in all good UK newsagents now, online from the imagine eShop, or for digital devices from iTunes.