Agree with everything you said.I think primarily because Don was the guy who trashed everything Microsoft accomplished with Xbox 360 with kinect, used games and TV TV TV bullshit. Xbox never recovered from that.
It looked to me like Phil had turned that around. I've said it before. I did not expect Xbox to be in the situation we find it in now. It should not be the case that we are still making excuses for the state of Xbox. No AAA games last year. The first AAA game in a year and a half is a rush-out mess. And that's after the last AAA game, Halo Infinite, started out strong but fell under the weight of its own massive expectations as a "live service" game. The best thing Microsoft has released in two years was a shadow dropped Hi Fi Rush that deserved a hell of a lot more hype than Redfall received.
So yeah, I'd say shit is bad and that's the fault of Xbox management. I feel like Phil Spencer is the guy that got Xbox half way to where they need to be, but I'm not sure he is the guy to get them the rest of the way. First party games are still a big problem. And that's still the case years after Phil Spencer admitted that it was a big problem. Just not sure he is the guy who can fix that problem. He's got all these studios now but it is almost as if he has no clue what to do with them. It is all very disappointing.
What has Phil Spencer done? He's made his Nose grow with all these statements. Modern day Pinocchio.
Why care who takes over? It's a business not a sports team.The question, who is going to take over him?
Plus the problem isn't Phil only. The entire management needs reshuffling. And in order to do that, you need to have a plan, so that you don't mess up all the progress. And these take time too.
It's not something that can happen overtime.
It's not Phil
He is accountable sure but he doesn't manage Xbox 1st Party day to day
That's Matt Booty. The guy who once ran Midway into bankruptcy and out of existence in 2010. Now running Xbox first party with no accountability for over a decade
Xbox is pretty much a disaster right now. They invested in everything than what ultimately matters, which is the games. I can't really think of any exclusive Xbox games coming up that would make anyone want to get a system.
What sucks about Xbox tanking like this is it gives Sony free reign to be greedy and lazy.
Surely you do know that the purchase of Zenimax/Bethesda is literally all about the games, right? Even the best of studios have a bad egg once in a while.
Remember these turds? Haze, Lair, The Order, Knack, Death Stranding, GodFall? life goes on.
Death stranding a turd ? Yep, there's that persecution complex again...
At the very least try to be more discrete man.
Also : The games on the "warz list" you posted, they're still 10x better than Redfall whether you like it or not - at least (with the exception of Lair) they've all shipped in a playable state, also, Godfall is not an exclusive
Aww, did I hurt your feelings by adding Death Stranding? critics may give it a pass because it's "Brave", but Death Stranding is definitely one of those love it or hate it games and I hate it along with many people out here. But sure, lets ignore all the other games I listed as if it weren't already enough to make a point that not all anticipated games turn out to be good and life goes on.
Your opinion on a game has little to do with it being a turd and someone disagreeing. It doesn't mean hurt feelings. I can call the best games out there turds, doesn't make them turds and people disagreeing is expected.Aww, did I hurt your feelings by adding Death Stranding? critics may give it a pass because it's "Brave", but Death Stranding is definitely one of those love it or hate it games and I hate it along with many people out here. But sure, lets ignore all the other games I listed as if it weren't already enough to make a point that not all anticipated games turn out to be good and life goes on.
They need to replace him with someone outside of Microsoft as well. Someone from a larger publisher who has a proven track record.
They have the money and resources to compete with and beat Sony, that is the crazy part. There is zero reason why someone like MS isn't able to release at the same rate and quality level as Sony, and even at a higher rate.Someone definitely needs to come in and tell Microsoft that they're not indestructible and how the games industry works, and particularly educate them on the various demographics of players, because they really do seem to have lost the plot since the 360 era.
I hear Tom Brady might be available.Why care who takes over? It's a business not a sports team.
Remember these turds? Haze, Lair, The Order, Knack, Death Stranding, GodFall? life goes on.
Your list consists of a few genuinely good games and several non-Sony games, including one that's on Xbox.Remember these turds? Haze, Lair, The Order, Knack, Death Stranding, GodFall? life goes on.
HIs error is thinking he needs to build games like if the end product was the most important. But money can't make great games obviously. What he needs to do is to build great teams (like Turn 10) that will then make great games."I see commentary that if you just build great games, everything would turn around. It's just not true"
- Xbox CEO, Phil Spencer
-Got rid of Kinect
-Pushed for and got backwards compatibility
-Cancelled Scalebound
I think that's it.
Someone definitely needs to come in and tell Microsoft that they're not indestructible and how the games industry works, and particularly educate them on the various demographics of players, because they really do seem to have lost the plot since the 360 era.
I think people grossly underestimate the damage Don Mattrick did. I’ll not defending Spencer’s record, but to say he should have fixed it is pretty silly without knowing the extent of the damage done during the Xbox one era. It was really the start of digital catalogs in many ways. Losing that market to PlayStation meant this generation would be exponentially tougher.
There is this thought here that if the games are good everyone will just own both consoles as if money grows on trees. Or that people will just switch over. This isn’t the case (look at Steam and Epic as examples of people getting entrenched). People get entrenched into their stores and comfort zones. The Xbox One generation was a brutal one to lose so badly.
I agree though that there are probably other things to take Phil to task for though. That isn’t one.
but my god he is responsible for making sure his studios reach key milestones or have the staffing they need
How did he save it?Like, he literally saved the Xbox One from completely floundering right out the gate because of Mattrick’s lack of focus on games and obsession with Kinect.
..is he? You know what his job duties entail exactly? Why don't you go apply to microsoft then?
Please tell me what exactly Phils job and responsibilities is since I legit dont know and can't be arsed to look it up.
He came in and removed the mandate that each console sold must be bundled with Kinect. He closed down the short-lived TV show division that Mattrick had started before he left, and put the focus back on just good games and a good player experience. Games, games, games was the new focus when Phil took over in 2013. It's what saved the Xbox One from having a similar fate like the Wii U.How did he save it?
He may have made a pitch that convinced Satya not to shut down Xbox, but that doesn't necessarily mean he saved it yet.
Xbox right now exists as a zombie division that's not financially sustainable on its own, I would not consider that being 'saved'.
Ahh I see. Yeah he def needs the boot for making gamepass a thing.He is the CEO of Xbox. There isn't a thing happening at Xbox that isn't ultimately his responsibility.
Ahh I see. Yeah he def needs the boot for making gamepass a thing.
For patch for Sunset Overdrive you need to ask Sony. Patches for XOne games are also not what BC team was doing. They made as much x360 and OG Xbox games playable as they possibly could due to technical and legal reasons. They quite literally made all work there was to do and after that down scaled to small experimental R&D team looking for new techniques of automatic upgrading of old games.And then canceled Backwards Compatibility even though there's SO much more work needed to be done there! We don't even have patches for Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 3, Dead Rising 3, and Quantum Break!
That was IMO pushed more by Nadella as his son had cerebral palsy.- Xbox adaptive controller. MS were the first ones to make one.