People laughed at him, doubted him, and yet he triumphed.

How did he? They have how many studios and nothing except Gears Tactics at launch and who knows what else for 6 months on a new system. Thats not good management. That's just a fat wallet from daddy Microsoft.
 
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up- for you the flag is flung- for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths- for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
 
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J/K, let's be real we all think the same. Deep down : D He came as honest person, meanwhile Jim Ryan looks like a tool lately.
 
oh please, justing spending billions to buy up studios and ips to turn them into exclusives is no effort
Says Sony whose only grassroots IPs are God of War, baseball and GT.

All games from ND, Suckerpunch, MM, Evo, Guerrilla, Insomniac came from studios Sony bought out.
 
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Your avatar says it all.

No, all he's done is talked the mothership into spending that money.

He's not earned this, and deserves no praise. If he'd built those studios up over the years, then great, but this has just been the ultimate money hat.
 
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The people flaming the...er...passionate OP should check themselves the next time they're fellating each other like horny teenagers in a Cerny or Kojima thread (fellating to that hot Kojima look alike is fine, I suppose).

How blind so many of you are to your behaviours.

Now, notwithstanding any warrior allegiances, this is a smart and savvy move on the eve of a pre-order date. It's an enormous amount of talent with a strong pedigree that now work for MS. No need to be salty bitches, and 1/2 the people in this thread would be popping champagne if the situation was reversed.

It's okay for Xbox to be a desireable product. It doesn't diminish the value of the PS5 or its games. Grow up.
 
He did succeed in convincing Microsoft top brass to invest in their gaming division - yes.
He did not succeed in proving that investment is paying off or will pay off yet. The big money is spend, strategy is laid out - but the time to execute is next 3-5 years. If he doesn't get critical mass in subscriptions this whole thing will crumble.
 
Yeap, this guy is awesome. He put Xbox on the small table where the big Microsoft decisions are taken. Took literally a semi death product to again compete against a company that is the leader of home consoles since the 90s. Kudos.
 
Are they ever really gonna profit from this endeavor?

This costly penis measuring game can't last forever.
 
I know Giant Bomb is looked down around here but I respect the hell out of the guy for taking his time to do their night show at E3 for a couple years now.
 
I am an Xbox first gamer (meaning I usually buy an Xbox first, then get the other consoles), but I do not understand the love for Phil or any other gaming head. They are there to make decisions for their businesses, to make the businesses money, while at the same time doing PR speak to hype up the consumers. Their job is too make you excited to buy their product. I guess he is doing his job correctly for you :D
 
LOL I'm more impressed that Zenimax/Bethesda are back in peoples good books all of a sudden.
Well, I've consistently been making fun of the trademark Bethesda jank for a while.
Truth is, Skyrim still is a fun game and I was looking forward to play the next ES on two platforms eventually. Now, it will have to be just PC.
 
oh please, justing spending billions to buy up studios and ips to turn them into exclusives is no effort

I mean, OP is totally cringy, but this post isn't smarter neither... Have you ever been on a business negotiation? I use to be in some, only associations, can't imagine the freaking chess they play with words on purchasing of multibillion companies...
 
How did he? They have how many studios and nothing except Gears Tactics at launch and who knows what else for 6 months on a new system. Thats not good management. That's just a fat wallet from daddy Microsoft.
Didnt you hear? Sony starved them of content! They even ransacked 343 and stole all their XSX dev kits. That's why so few third party devs had them too till only recently. This buyout is Sony awakening the sleeping dragon by starving them of content. Phil is a beast and it's all their fault he had to do this.
 
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