Ted Hase
Game Developer
Class of 2010 Inductee
The idea that Microsoft should create its own gaming console first gained popularity in 1998.
It started when Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley, Otto Berkes and Ted Hase formed the company’s first console team, after convincing Bill Gates to support their concept.
The engineers designed and constructed the console, also known as the DirectX Box, as the first made like a PC. Consequently, it brought the capability of a gaming PC to the console industry.
Ted is currently SVP, Game Studios, Studio X, at Light & Wonder.
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