You're right. It's business.Buying up publishers and established IPs is not a vision.
Did Phil just rage quit?
Perhaps Microsoft should follow trend-setting models of Sony and Nintendo that lead to great games?
Honestly, maybe what MSoft's gaming division needs someone who is hungry for winning. Phil does not seem like the type.
Combine that with:So basically, Phil doesn't want to make great games?
It is! What's your favorite console?Would that be the console with tons of exclusive games not available on any other platform?
It's the truth though. . It would apply to anyone beyond MS. Picture Amazon, Google, Samsung, or anyone else trying to make a new console. It's such a steep incline to be competitive it is virtually impossible. I'm not saying that to agree with him. I've thought this for a while. Amazon can barely even get a single game made without issue. Google already gave up. Meta is doing .... okay.“When you're third place in the console marketplace, and the top two players are as strong as they are, and have, in certain cases, a very discrete focus on doing deals and other things that make being Xbox hard for us”
A leader with an enormous amount of resources at his disposal claiming that he has essentially no agency, that failure is guaranteed due to forces outside of his control. That is not the way to run a company. Clearly there is a path to success, but he has not found it.
Pumping out Halo Gears Forza isn’t success, they’ve never won a gen, and even when they were leading in console sales at some point during 360‘s lifespan, those numbers were inflated because of the red ring of death, and because they had a jump on sales because they dropped their console before Sony did. They’ve been sucking since part way in the 360 lifecycle and haven’t delivered on anything prominent since, maybe it hasn’t been 20 years, but it’s been 15.whats with this revisionist history that xbox has been sucking for 20 years? was the xbox one gen so bad that people just forgot all the good franchises and games they had in the 2000s?
I missed the part in his interview where he’s saying he’s gonna fix things. He’s not doing anything as per usual, just admitting he created a shit show with no games and even going as far as saying it doesn’t even matter if the Xbox games will turn out great . Please let this man get some nice long holiday to contemplate and put some actual leader in charge.He also clearly states that ABK wasn't the goal, just an accelerant. He also pushed back that he wanted to allow studios to maintain creativity to not stifle their creative visions. That he wouldn't hold one failure against them (Arkane Austin). I understand that people have a tendency to mistrust Phil and he legitimately acknowledge that at multiple points in the interview. He also makes the correct point with Redfall that even with bug free, 60 fps fixed, perfect AI performance, this game was likely to miss its mark. Sure the optimization is terrible but there is a reason that Star Wars Survivor reviewed well in spite of the same quality problems compared to Redfall and that is that the studio wasn't able to in the games core, achieve what they wanted to when they set out. But that he also wouldn't allow this failure restrict what they were doing next and force them into making a specific type of game because they didn't succeed here. It sounds like they are pretty genuine and self aware. Nothing about this interview made me concerned for XBox. It made me feel better that they are realistic about their current state and are working to improve it. He seemed genuine. He wasn't pontificating on the future amd trying to sell, it was a very accurate diagnosis on Xbox's current state
look if you buy the same damn console twice despite it failing on you and proving to be unreliable.... that's not an indictment on the console, that's a testament to how good it is. Otherwise everyone would have bought a PS3 after their 360s failed on them oncethose numbers were inflated because of the red ring of death
They stopped pumping out exclusives outside forza/halo/gears around 2009. From that point on, the 360 died, and they continued that into the x1 era.Pumping out Halo Gears Forza isn’t success, they’ve never won a gen, and even when they were leading in console sales at some point during 360‘s lifespan, those numbers were inflated because of the red ring of death. They’ve been sucking since part way in the 360 lifecycle and haven’t delivered on anything prominent since, maybe it hasn’t been 20 years, but it’s been 15.
Did Phil just rage quit?
If Sony one day said that you can download their storefront on PC, and your purchases for Playstation will also be accessible through it?So you would give up your console and your entire library you've built there and go fully to Steam deck if both platforms started releasing games there?
You're right. It's business.
However, those acquisitions can accelerate a vision coming to fruition.
A great console does not mean success, the Dreamcast was fucking great and it killed Sega.look if you buy the same damn console twice despite it failing on you and proving to be unreliable.... that's not an indictment on the console, that's a testament to how good it is. Otherwise everyone would have bought a PS3 after their 360s failed on them once
it hasn't been 15 or 20 years it's been 10
Now that you mention it, it is "UNE console PlayStation" in french...Yes, It Is "LA PLAY" in Spain
Who is Welma? Why is Mattrick one of the kids?Phil's interview in a nutshell...
Figured this should probably have its own thread, given the implications of what Spencer is saying.
Timestamped video from Kinda Funny Xcast:
Here, Spencer basically says there's no way the Xbox can compete with Sony and Nintendo, and then goes on to say that making great games wouldn't help Xbox compete.
I find this attitude utterly baffling, and I think we're now at the point where this dude needs to step away.
Whole quote here, provided by @Heisenberg007:
80 million units spold in the lifetime is pretty damn successful. it's not like a 70/30 split it's pretty much 51/49.A great console does not mean success, the Dreamcast was fucking great and it killed Sega.
Ignore me I am blind drunk.Who is Welma? Why is Mattrick one of the kids?
So I think it was successful, but I think by that point... it was too late. The Saturn is what killed Sega. That and the jump into the Sega CD and the 32 X adapter and all that other shit they put out.80 million units spold in the lifetime is pretty damn successful. it's not like a 70/30 split it's pretty much 51/49.
Absolute nonsense. They didnt fail in every way. They succeeded in the main aspect which was to provide VIDEO GAMES. Yes, they fucked up with the $599 price tag and shitty architecture, but by the end of 2007, just one year in NOT the majority, they already had a great line up of exclusives which continued to grow year after year. That told gamers that Sony is interested in making VIDEO GAMES and by 2009, the console was selling for $299 and the convuluted architecture no longer resulted in awful ports. In 3 short years, they had fixed all the issues while offering AAA exclusives like Uncharted 1, 2, KZ2, MGS4, LBP, Resistance 1 and 2, Motrostorm and Motorstorm PR, Socom Confrontation, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Infamous, Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction, and ended the last 4 years releasing GOTY contender after GOTY contender.This is fact, Sony is in a whole different league when it comes to mindshare. They literally failed in every way for a majority of a generation and it still sold a shit load of consoles.
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He has to lose his job over this, surely?
Needs a vote thing is will you get banned for making that poll?It's time. Phil needs to go.
It sure is. It's also a last ditch effort. It's their only shot after being consistently beaten and outmaneuvered, generation after generation. He's admitted that today. But there's nothing at all that's shrewd or strategic. It's as uninspired as a plan can be.You're right. It's business.
Well he's now off script. Phil just said xbox consoles are done.Hes a paid shill. He probably games on a PS5