diffusionx
Gold Member
This interview is super interesting, maybe the most interesting thing the leader of a console company has said in decades. It puts so much of MS' actions into context. Seems like their pitch to regulators ("we really suck in this market, and will continue to suck") on the A-B acquisition was not a bluff, and they really don't see themselves as a threat in the console market. Their goal is to become some sort of goliath publisher like Tencent with massive tentacles that just puts out tons of shit and rakes in money from anywhere. It makes me wonder why MS is even in the Xbox business as it seems like they could do this work much more successfully without selling a console, and putting all their stuff on PlayStation.
If you bought an Xbox expecting a typical console war slugfest with exclusives and stuff, and you got behind the acquisitions as part of that, then you just do not see eye-to-eye with MS. They're not playing that game. If anything, maybe Phil got the job because he said that he could turn the business around without having to do the classic "console war" business of outselling the other guy.
If you bought an Xbox expecting a typical console war slugfest with exclusives and stuff, and you got behind the acquisitions as part of that, then you just do not see eye-to-eye with MS. They're not playing that game. If anything, maybe Phil got the job because he said that he could turn the business around without having to do the classic "console war" business of outselling the other guy.
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