Friday, 28 February 2014

Dodd in the news: Gamepur & The Motley Fool




Insider "Pete Dodd" scored another victory for quality journalism over the past week with a mention in an article from premier gaming website Gamepur.

Gamepur quoted the "well know industry insider" in an article entitled: "Another Developer Describes Xbox One ESRAM As 'Bottleneck, Cumbersom And Pain In the Ass.' " The story followed comments from Dodd from NeoGAF, in which Dodd stated: "I don’t get this obsession with MS fanboys wanting the more powerful machine. Its not happening. Who cares. There are xbox fans who think esram is this mystical thing when all it is is cumbersome, bottlenecking memory."

The article then went on to quote another apparent insider, named Pete Todd, and former IGN editor Jeremy Conrad Conrad Conard. While the story discusses concerns with the ESRAM situation, it also notes that Microsoft itself sides with its critics: "Microsoft has defended these claims by giving an example of Forza 5 and Kinect Sports Rival as games running at 1080p/60 FPS resolution on Xbox One."

A great scoop for the fine folks at Gamepur. We feel a bit cowed by the fact we were caught napping on this story and would like to apologize to our readers.

Continuing our roundup of Dodd news, investor news outlet The Motley Fool this week joined the parade of outlets reporting on Insider Pete Dodd's confirmation of the future Amazon.com XBox One Powered By Doritos.



Alas, reporter Keith Noonan took a surprisingly cautious and uninteresting approach to the bombshell that rocked the industry: "According to insider Pete Dodd, talk of Amazon buying the Xbox brand has been quietly swirling. Dodd has been ahead of the curve on big stories before, but it's important to remember that there is very little information to substantiate these rumblings. Other rumors suggest that Amazon will be launching its own Android-based console and media box sometime in 2014."

Maybe Next time, Noonan.

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