Father of Xbox says PC gamers used to throw drinks at him for daring to suggest "Halo might be a good game"…
Seamus Blackley, often credited as the father of the Xbox, shared an anecdote about promoting Halo: Combat Evolved. He recounted instances where PC gamers, resistant to the idea of console shooters, threw drinks at him. Blackley emphasized that despite the backlash, Halo: Combat Evolved's success on the original Xbox legitimized the first-person shooter genre on consoles.
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