Da Microsoft’s Xbox mann Seamus Blackley forlot posten, gikk ryktene raskere enn de egentlige fakta. Noen mente at han sa fra seg alt ansvar, og sa opp fordi Xbox konsollen til å starte med solgte dårlig, andre at han hadde fått jobb hos Sony. Nå har han imidlertid selv fortalt om episoden.
Alt skyldes Dean Takahashi’s fascinerende og meget grundige bok Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution. Her fortelles alt om Microsoft’s lange vei og planer med deres konsoll. Etter utgivelsen av boken har Seamus Blackley tatt bladet fra munnen, og fortalt hvordan det egentlig henger sammen:
"I talked to my three partners many months ago about this idea for the company, which is largely based on our common experience about the challenges of game development and game publishing and what was stopping innovative games from getting made."
Og han fortsetter:
"It's the kind of stuff, that we talked about at GDC [Game Developers Conference], when I'd hang out with Phil Harrison [of Sony] or those Nintendo guys. We all have the same problem. We'd launch a new console but we can't get people to make new content for it. It's a big investment for the publishers and it's a risk for developers. Based on our experience we realized there's an opportunity to make a company that could really encourage a lot of products to be made and to be made really well."
På spørsmålet om hvorfor han forlot Microsoft sa han meget kort:
"Xbox is OK. I'm not leaving because Xbox is screwed up. I'm leaving for entirely selfish personal reasons. I want to go make games."
Hvilke spill og formater Seamus vil begi seg ut i, vil forhåbentlig bli avslørt på årets store E3 Messe i Los Angeles.