I mean hes not wrong.
davidjaffe
has a good point. Some here need to realize that he's not ripping Phil Spencer. Just saying that he needs to hone in on things that he's good at and delegate the things that he's not good at.
The thing is bud. Where are these live service games he speaks of?
Thread title was pure paraphrased clickbait, and people ran with it based on emotional damages. There was definitely much more context and nuance.Of course
Pretty ignorant af comment. Jaffe is certainly an insider still and has great insight.
For the same 2 games we have closely identified their brand with for eternity. Halo Forza wow. If they win in a year on a new IP, I will truly applaud them
No name calling here, guy just got triggered by the awesomeness that is Halo Infinite and that's a fact.
You realize they were working on a deal to buy them since like 2018 right?
Psychonauts, Flight Simulator. And what does it have to do with which games they released?
You could have just called Phil and I'm sure he would have 5 minutes to hear you out.
Also, sets a bad example for current and future indie devs out there on how to behave with their colleagues.
Not cool, David. Not cool.
Just like Google was saying this on their conference:
You are all too naive.
Google did displayed that!
You people? Lmao, I'm not losing my shit over it. Of COURSE therapy IS a phenomenal thing! Whoever thinks otherwise especially in 2022 should rethink somethings, lol. But he's not necessarily using it in the most positive way, haha.
You are way too invested to even realize what I was talking about! As usually not the first time you come at people on attack mode and aiming at personal “opinions”Microsoft Gaming is now a major division at Microsoft. Way more investment in gaming at MS, including Mega acquisitions and expanded publishing deals. Huge overlap between Xbox and Azure, Satya’s baby. Gamepass subscriptions - tied heavily to xbox - now part of exec bonus targets.
And of course, Satya specifically calling out xbox sales success in an investors meeting.
You: “the CEO is probably lying and all these investments aren’t real “
What's wrong with doing something fun in your retirement?
100%. Therapy being some badge of shame is something people thought in the 70's and 80's. These days getting regular therapy or just a mental wellness check up/check in every now and then is as crucial as going to the dentist for a cleaning or a doctor for a physical.
Great points. MS management really needs a shake up.
To be fair, Phil never made a game! So….
Jesus, to be fair that's not even logic you're using here, Phil NEVER WAS a GAME DESIGNER.
He is literally the Xbox brand's mascot and hero worship to the most loyal fans. He isn't going anywhere.
You just told him to go to sleep… aren’t we making joking posts?
I don't think you did anything wrong by suggesting Spencer get therapy, but I strongly disagree here. Therapy for most people is a poor replacement for the deep bonds of family and community that sustained human beings prior to modern capitalist alienation. There's a reason the US, one of the most socially alienated and neoliberal countries on earth, is also one of the most hypertherapized. For most people (obviously there are exceptions), therapy is a bandaid: it keeps them chugging along as a productive little cog in the same capitalist machine that made them depressed in the first place. What would actually fix people's problems is shorter working hours, longer vacations, better pay, better social benefits, more time with family and friends, denser cities or healthy small towns where you can walk (not drive!) from home to work to the park/bar to home, and so forth. But a happy, emotionally fulfilled, well-paid workforce working 35-hour weeks and taking August off would reduce the amount of money flowing to the oligarchs in the top tenth of one percent, so what we get is therapy and pharmaceuticals instead.
Gotta love people that have made literally nothing for this medium criticizing an industry legend for giving his opinion... on the industry they're an expert on. I don't agree with 100% of his takes, but the guy is independent and speaks his mind, unlike corporate suits that have to parrot the official company policy.
Gotta love people that have made literally nothing for this medium criticizing an industry legend for giving his opinion... on the industry they're an expert on. I don't agree with 100% of his takes, but the guy is independent and speaks his mind, unlike corporate suits that have to parrot the official company policy.
Blemish the thought of anyone criticizing saint Phil, gotta shut that shit down immediately
It is an attack when you are saying it in order to insinuate the other person is insane.
Because they're the same thing (I'm specifically referring to antidepressants and the like). These are tools that capitalism uses to keep people quiescent instead of questioning why exactly it is that their lives are so hard when Jeff Bezos is shooting himself into space on their dime. Obviously therapy isn't nearly as bad for you as SSRIs or whatever, but this is the same medical-industrial complex profiting off your suffering and selling you a phony "cure" that serves only to distract you from the actual root cause.
These criticisms have existed for years under Phil's watch and it's just getting more amplified. The faithful running damage control can keep parroting the "publisher of the year" nonsense, but until things change dramatically the discontent will get louder and louder. The goodwill is running out fast.
Oh fuck, it's 2006 again, we're about to wrongly point out logic fallacies...
