This post did not age well at all. It’s like Jason read this post and had to shut him down.
To be honest we have Phil Spencer word that they let them do what they wanted. In Redfall case we have 3 to 5 group concerned: Xbox, Bethesda, Austin leadership, and the rest of Arkane Austin, that could be further divided between those who wanted to do Redfall, those who did not, the ones that had no voice in the matter( too new for example)...
Xbox explained that they wanted for Arkane to do what they wanted. Bethesda did not care, so it was easier for them to continue as planned. Arkane did not seem to have a plan B, so they naturally tried to make it work. Stopping a game in development often means mass layoffs. I would have prefered that solution. But it should have been from Xbox. Who had good reasons not to. Or Bethesda, but they lost any reason to make that kind of decisions. Xbox was honestly fucked no matter what. They just make it worse by putting too much marketing on what is a bad game.
Love the meme
We really need the monthly meme competition to be back.