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Phil Spencer is Retiring and Sara Bond is Out bot there's something really worst than that

Porcile said:
Probably brought in this new person to wind it all down and close up Xbox.
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midnightAI said:
And what it they go in the complete opposite direction? Affordable console, exclusive games, don't put their tier one games on Gamepass day 1
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That would be excellent, but they've already confirmed that the next 'Xbox' is going to be a premium-priced device. Unless they throw out years of R&D, we're looking at Xbox making the biggest mistake in platform history by targeting a minority within a minority within a minority.

They're legitimately dead on arrival with a $1,000+ console. Not even Sony and Nintendo could get away with a console priced that high.

It's over.
 
She has been the AI prodigy spokesperson for Microsoft in the last few years, great on the mic, young.

Microsoft has been throwing everything her way.

But she is no gamer, at all. I have no idea how this may turn out. I have a bad feeling.
 
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Unfortunatecookie said:
That would be excellent, but they've already confirmed that the next 'Xbox' is going to be a premium-priced device. Unless they throw out years of R&D, we're looking at Xbox making the biggest mistake in platform history by targeting a minority within a minority within a minority.

They're legitimately dead on arrival with a $1,000+ console. Not even Sony and Nintendo could get away with a console priced that high.

It's over.
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Yes, they have, and the person who said that has been let go haven't they? Plans change, the market changes, personnel change
 
Esquie said:
I'm genuinely asking, is there anything else besides the third party thing? Again, happy to be proven wrong. I'm a natural skeptic, can't help it.
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I'm not going to spend time looking back through it all considering the years that he's been predicting stuff and telling us what the deal is behind the scenes. What I will say is that he was telling us what was going to happen with Xbox and the general timeline to expect it back when most were still in denial of it, or cautious to accept it, and at a time when there actually wasn't much to go on. He was very right. He told us about what he heard about the state of games that ended up being true. Like Starfield and how it wasn't going to be what people thought it was: a big, sprawling game with space exploration. Many people at the time tried comparing it to Star Citizen. He was right again. Or Sony's shifting stance on mobile and how it wasn't going to go the way people were thinking at the time.

There are more than enough reasons to trust his judgement and most people here learned to not doubt what he says. From little things people barely noticed to the big topics. Even the most hardcore fanboys steer clear of debating him. In fact, as far as I know, the only thing he ever ended up being very wrong about was the UK's CMA backing down on blocking the ABK deal. Which literally no one saw Microsoft's move coming. It's not that he's infallible. It's not that it's for sure that he's an insider, which he has supposedly offered multiple times to NeoGAF's staff to corroborate. It's that he has been right about things when everyone else either wasn't sure or were dead set against.

I don't expect anything I've said to sway you. I just personally wouldn't bet against him based on what I've seen over the last 3 or 4 years. And I certainly wouldn't take that stance on one prediction whose timeline may be a little off.
 
HeisenbergFX4 said:
I don't believe they would axe those 2 and promote someone else just to close shop
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Given the fact that this someone else has ZERO gaming background and has management experience... i believe the opposite is quite possible... once they concludes via Excel that is cheaper to chop 'axbox' than to continue it... contracts will be ripped, and damm the customers...
 
midnightAI said:
Yes, they have, and the person who said that has been let go haven't they? Plans change, the market changes, personnel change
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I don't think they can reverse 4+ years of R&D in 12 months. Plans do change, but what's more likely to happen is a messaging shift and not a technological/product design shift.

For example, the new CEO might recognize that the "This Is An Xbox" messaging needs to include PlayStation, so she might mandate that any and all future TIAX advertising must include PlayStation.

Remember: each and every single detail around the next Xbox has to be finalized well before it launches. If they're still targeting 2027, then they have zero chance of undoing whatever Spencer's gameplan was for the Nextbox.
 
kpopSuperstar said:
She has been the AI prodigy spokesperson for Microsoft in the last few, great on the mic, young.

Microsoft has been throwing everything her way.

But she is no gamer, at all. I have no idea how this may turn out. I have a bad feeling.
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You can tell just looking at her she has a bitch fit whenever she goes home and sees her boyfriend playing a video game. I never thought I'd be missing Phil 'Not Worth a Pence' Spence, but damn dude, at least he could tell the difference between an Xbox Series X and a N64. Something tells me it's only going to get worse with Xbox shitting out more feminist trash with this woman in charge.
 
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Represent. said:
I'll give her a chance. Cant be any worse than Phil Spendsir. In fact, I guarantee she'll be better than him
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I've endured Microsoft's mis-handling of its products across the majority of my professional career. Trust me: you have no idea how wrong you are. Microsoft just brought in a closer. Sharma's goal isn't to make Xbox better, its to make it pay or kill it. Say what you will, but Spencer really did try to give gamers what he thought they wanted. There was an honesty to his failed ambition that Microsoft's cutthroats simply do not have. Sharma's job is plain and simple: make Microsoft Gaming profitable one way or another. And she'll have full authority to divest the entire division if it give's Nadella what he needs to over-extend on AI. You thought Halo Infinite and Redfall was bad? You're about to see what the chuckfucks who ruined Windows, OneDrive, Skype, and Windows Phone can do to an entire division when the CEO gives them a loaded gun and a blank cheque.
How's it gonna go in my opinion? Welcome back, Games for Windows Live!
Atrus said:
She's made the CEO of a segment caught in a death roll. Whatever hopes and ambitions this woman had in Microsoft, she's in the gulag now.
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If you check her history, you'll see she's led multiple billion dollar IPOs. Sharma's not being punished - Xbox is. Microsoft just brought in a woman who's staked her career as a closer. Nadella's clearly had enough, and Sharma get's shit done. She'll either turn Xbox into Microsoft Gaming and force it to generate billions, or she'll strip it for parts and sell the pieces to offset Spencer's losses. She's about to make her career - one way or another.
GOKUSSJ2 said:
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Microsoft's executives are famously loyal. They know in Redmond, you pay your dues, and then you're paid your dues. You stand in line, you never disagree with the boss, and you do what you're told. Spencer was a Microsoft lifer. Bond was on her way, and she just got screwed. She clearly wasn't going down with someone else's ship, and frankly, I respect that enormously. We'll never get to see her version of what Xbox could be.
 
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Unfortunatecookie said:
I don't think they can reverse 4+ years of R&D in 12 months. Plans do change, but what's more likely to happen is a messaging shift and not a technological/product design shift.

For example, the new CEO might recognize that the "This Is An Xbox" messaging needs to include PlayStation, so she might mandate that any and all future TIAX advertising must include PlayStation.

Remember: each and every single detail around the next Xbox has to be finalized well before it launches. If they're still targeting 2027, then they have zero chance of undoing whatever Spencer's gameplan was for the Nextbox.
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Who said they need to release in the next 12 months, nothing has been announced yet, they'll know full well Sony aren't ready to release, so why rush something to market that is a big risk. Take your time, release at the right time and at the right price. I'm not sting that's what they'll do but they are making big changes in the exec positions and it wouldn't surprise me if it's because they don't believe in the direction they were heading.
 
Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer systematically killed Xbox with their terrible decisions. You would think their removal is a good thing. But replacing them with
>a woman
>with no gaming experience
>an AI exec
>an Indian

Holy cooked
Nadella is cancer
 
It's good that he's out - things were never getting better with Phil in charge - but the people replacing him don't sound better. They really needed shot of Nadella as well.
 
AlexAleste said:
Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer systematically killed Xbox with their terrible decisions. You would think their removal is a good thing. But replacing them with
>a woman
>with no gaming experience
>an AI exec
>an Indian

Holy cooked
Nadella is cancer
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I get the sense Bond never got the chance to make any decisions. Nadella probably kept a leash on her after quieting Phil. (Never seeing him promote the brand anymore). It could be she became frustrated and left (if not let go). As I mentioned before she has inroads at many corporations it seems and could go anywhere where she could make a difference. Pure speculation on my part, however.
 
They talk about how incredibly proud they are but just look at the state the brand is in especially as a console?

I can only imagine how the PlayStation community would react if they did what they did to Sonys products.

You would think Xbox had years of positivity and high quality the last decade from what I am reading on social media. It doesn't add up.

I don't know anything about the new CEO, Booty and Greenberg still being there just doesn't gather any enthusiasm for anything going forward.
 
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HeisenbergFX4 said:
I don't believe they would axe those 2 and promote someone else just to close shop

I can see a major course correction coming though like maybe the death of Gamepass
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There is way too much money invested and too much revenue being brought in to shut it all down. I think this signals a heck of a lot of changes on the way though. The big question on everyone's mind is what does this mean for hardware.

All bet's are off as far as I'm concerned.
 
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