I give MS a ton of credit for many things, but I shit on them mercilessly for their game development issues and studio culture. Forza and Gears being strong exceptions, pretty much every major game under their envelope gets multiple delays, constant stories of mismanagement, etc. They seem to think that throwing money at these issues, fixes them, but it's culture and leadership and Matt Booty isn't getting it done. Games like Halo Infinite and Avowed are examples of this. I have LONG wondered how sustainable long term Gamepass actually is. With all the studios and resources they have at their disposal, there is no reason why they shouldn't have a 1-2 regular AAA release on their Gamepass schedule each year. Tell me they will get there all you want, but I won't believe it until I see it. Getting rid of Bonnie Ross could help, but who will she be replaced with? I'll say my favorite name.....see if you can guess who I am talking aboit....
. Hire him as the guy in charge of first party development and I'm inclined to believe a lot of issues would go away. They should consider hiring Sony vets like Jack Tretton or Shawn Laydon, who lead the charge in Sony putting a huge emphasis on 1st party.
I know I will get a ton of MS fanboys telling me that it will come. You've been telling me this for years, while Sony (for all their flaws) still manages to understand AAA exclusives and continues to put out 2-3 of them per year. I'd love nothing more than for MS to come close to that. Sony badly needs that competition as Jim Ryan is a jackass.