I can tell you why I shit on Phil and Xbox so much. I loved the original Xbox and 360 so much. For me to see them fall so drastically during the One era and not recover during this era (so far) is extremely disappointing, especially cause I still do game more on my series X over my PS5!
I'm an Xbox gamer and have been since the original, but their move to a sub service over traditional consoles then trying to justify WHY they are going this route is pathetic, in my opinion. Even the beginning of the Xbone started off fine games wise- Titanfall is brilliant. I loved Ryse and Dead Rising. Great 3rd party support when they seemed to care about console gaming. Now they're spreading themselves FAR too thin trying to please gamers?!? They end up pissing off the people who stuck by them the most.
I desperately want a strong Xbox back in the console space, but Phil seems to not want that anymore and it is a main factor into why I am super critical of him and the way the Xbox brand is being treated.
I appreciate your answer my friend and I mostly agree.
I don't really like Phil and I would like the return of Ed Fries and J Allard. I am also a huge fan of the OG Xbox that I got on day one and loved so much, same for the 360 and I agree with the One, gamewise it was pretty ok on day one and Dead Rising 3 is my favorite of the series. I also agree that they push the GamePass too much.
I think they do this because they feel "we tried all we could be we're fucked we can't beat PlayStation" so they try to be different, to not do the same than PS, because in frontal fight they always lost.
I prefer the approach of Sony and Nintendo since the One era for sure, but I feel that people exaggerate. Not liking the orientation they're taking ok sure, and I'm upset at them pretty often (again I was against the acquisition of ABK). But I'm talking about people who automatically shit on something for the sole reason that it is from Xbox, to a point that if you show them a trailer and tell them "it's a PS exclusive" they're on fire, if you tell them "it's a multiplat game" they're looking forward to see the final game, and if you tell them "it's a Xbox exclusive" then they'll tell you it looks like shit, not interesting, not attractive, etc. It's that, that I hate, pure fanboyism.
At the end even if I hate most of the decisions of Spencer, what I focus on is the games, I am looking forward to play STALKER 2, Blade, Fable, Perfect Dark, Avowed, Hellblade 2. That's all that should matter.
And about the thread, the fact the Phil is a real gamer, well I dunno, my opinion is that it's true, but at the end of course I dunno, I don't know him, nobody here knows him, as I dunno Shuhei Yoshida, Miyamoto, Aonuma, Kutaragi, Kojima, Molyneux, etc etc, we dunno those persons, wether they're execs or creators.