Dr Bass
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I don't think Spencer or Nadella truly care about games and the kinds of experiences you can get out of them. If they did, the Xbox library would look different right now. That's why The Xbox started out as a killer platform with the OG system and the 360. It was helmed by people who loved and understood the games, and that was a GREAT time period for the platform. They also wanted performance, performance, performance.They released games for Xbox 1 in the build up to the new gen. The had a beta for Grounded released and a few days later claimed Halo is delayed, Battletoads was in August before the new console. Like fucking move Grounded and Battletoads to day 1 Series X, first and Xbox 1 three months later. Tell me Why was released after Halo was cancelled and before November. Give the new console something new and exclusive. How some cunts there never got sacked for the piss poor first party efforts breaks me. @Bo_Hazem or @Bryank75 are huge Sony supporters and they couldn't actively fuck up MS's launch as bad if they tried.
Then the One released, under different leadership, and they said TV, TV, TV.
Anyway, Nadella cares about software subscriptions no matter where they are. He doesn't care about any individual games. I guarantee you the whole GP thing is a directive from him, to try and ape the success Office365 has achieved in that space. And Phil probably looks at success as increasing key metrics. Not profitability (MS as a whole is incredibly profitable so why does he care), nor quality of content (he thought the SX showcase was looking good before gamers saw it).
This isn't a knock on Xbox. I loved the Xbox platform for Xbox 1 and 360. It felt like something fresh, a PC-light experience for console gamers. And it got taken over by dweebs who don't get it IMO.
I'm hoping for an eventual return to winning ways for the group and for the games they produce.