{"id":1397464,"date":"2025-11-19T13:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-was-afraid-sony-was-going-to-own-the-living-room-the-big-xbox-360-interview"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:19:49","slug":"microsoft-was-afraid-sony-was-going-to-own-the-living-room-the-big-xbox-360-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-was-afraid-sony-was-going-to-own-the-living-room-the-big-xbox-360-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Microsoft was afraid Sony was going to own the living room&#8221; &#8211; the big Xbox 360 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/microsoft-was-afraid-sony-was-going-to-own-the-living-room-the-big-xbox-360-interview.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Peter Moore is one executive who can probably claim to have done it all. 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