Maybe don't put people on extremely high pedestals prematurely. For a guy who won a bunch of awards and made a bunch of apology statements that went nowhere, I think it is fair people are ragging on him. I think people just want results. No more bs. From some of the comments before, it looked like people thought it was smarter if he stayed silent and I agree.
Are you sure?
He's an Xbox fan and personality. He's not advertising himself as some hardcore journalist. I'm guessing he feels part of the Xbox community, so he says, "we." I don't see a problem with that. Sports team fans do the same exact thing. It's not exactly frowned upon.
Even if the game was mid way through development? Lets be honest the game should of been cancelled just for how medicore the idea of the game is but phil would of got shit from that to
High leadership towards the END of that era. When it all went Kinect Kinect Kinect...
Out of all those failures he definitely hasnt let gears die, tactics is good game, 4 was great while 5s campaign was pretty meh mp is the best its been plus the expansion was better then 5s campaign as a whole
I feel like they were just scared to really go for the throat. While they still asked "hard" questions in regards to CMA/Redfall if it was me I would go even further and ask more detailed things. Like "Have you not seen how bad the game was running before it launched?" Or "why did you not just delay the game till August or something so you don't have to compete with X Y Z in June?"
So then where is the new Gears? It's already 3 years into the console generation and one of their biggest in Halo failed and no signs of Gears while PlayStation already dropped GOW and Horizon and soon Spiderman and Final Fantasy (I know FF is 3rd party but it's always exclusive to PS).
And Ratchet & Clank, GT7...
The way they danced around the 30/60fps for Starfield question for Phil at the end was just embarrassing. Just ask is it 30 or 60 on console. The worst is Phil says you'll find out at not-E3. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Scott
Agreed. I'd say slapping an early access tag on it would have been helpful, but after playing it the game feels so shallow that I'm not sure it could be fixed. They really should have cancelled it and moved on.
i'm not one for lists
I bet Microsoft screwed Arkane around and pushed them to put it out because Microsoft would be embarrassed by another delay. I bet Arkane is not very happy being under Microsoft at the moment, but they have to be the fall guys I guess.
Jesus christ. Here is why Xbox is currently a miserable failure in first party games and a distant third place in console install base.
The guy who has said every year after the last shitty year that it will be the best ever for xbox is super honest? He's so full of it.
It won't be 60 FPS imo. It's a Bethesda game and they tend to be much slower paced which makes 60 FPS more acceptable. But yes, I personally WOULD HAVE preffered 60 fps in the year 2023. PC with a 4000 series will be the only way to play it at 60 FPS or higher on Ultra assuming it's well optimized
How is it that Nintendo games launch mostly bug free and almost certainly crash free?
Most likely needed a AAA game to come out this quarter and this one was the closest to it. Couldnt risk another delay due to already being delayed before. Cant put it out at the same time as Starfield.
So then maybe if he, oh I don't know, actually delivered on his damn promises, we wouldn't be having this discussion. I loved my OG Xbox and my 360 (despite having the RRoD and E74 brick problems three or four times). The reason I jumped ship to Sony the last two generations? Games. Pure and simple.
It did happen. It's called Game Pass.
It really sucks being creative and looking at the state of mainstream gaming. I am right with you on praising games like Death Stranding despite it not hitting fully. It is what I really liked about Japan Studios. It is why I'm excited for Level 5's return and excited for Zelda TotK and FFXVI.
The cost of cancellation would probably have been less catastrophic than the loss of value to the brand that this release caused.
I think I missed that particular proverb
No, it does not. The fact this is considered as something extraordinary is sad.
Shouldn't you want MS to be "MORE" like Sony and Nintendo given everyone's track record at this point?
Cats and Dogs > console war PR shite
Whatever he could have said would have had the same result.
Well, that's kinda exactly the point; he/Xbox/Arkane management should've had some oversight in place to catch situations like this and mend it in good time, but didn't. He is at the top of Xbox and should take full responsibility for that."I take full responsibility"
But Jez said MS had nothing to do with Redfall!
Nah, claiming great games won’t make them able to increase market share is indeed something that goes against the grain in many peoples eyes
Both of you are right. Think about it this way, the word about the game's status would have to go through multiple departments at Bethesda, then multiple departments at MS in order to reach Phil. Phil is trusting the heads of Bethesda(as a publisher) to keep their end of a monetary agreement, which means Bethesda should be watching over their properties to make sure that they are shipping good products.
Honest commentary like this is why he's GAFs favorite gaming personality.
Love ya, Phil.
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Love ya, Phil.
