Asherons Call: The Microsoft Files: Part 2

Daily Game has continued the series of interviews they started last week with Korey Krauskopf, the Test Manager for the Roleplaying, Adventure and Technology Studio at Microsoft Game Studios. This week, they look a little deeper Korey's mind, hearing his thoughts about testing for the Xbox versus testing for a PC.

Do you prefer testing PC games over Xbox games or vice versa, or do you even have a preference?

That's kind of like asking whether I like playing console or PC games; they are both pretty cool experiences, so ideally I won't be limited to one. At first I was excited to work on console games, because dealing with config issues is a huge problem and working with a locked configuration greatly increases the likelihood that a bug found on one system will reproduce elsewhere (no more bugs resolved as "works fine on my machine!"). However, working on a PC game, you sometimes have greater control and exposure to what is going on beneath the covers, which is great too. So they both have their joys and pains.

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