Keep him I say! Whilst their AAA output has been less than stellar, the pivot to Games Pass and more recently, xCloud are the real game changers here in my opinion.
Anyone saying Mattrick was better weren't paying attention. Not only did they try to lead with the Xbox One as a cable TV box (and for the US only, of course), they also tried to turn into some weird TV content creator (hence Quantum Break) to compete with Netflix.
This pivot is much better for Microsoft and arguably, the industry in the long-term imo.
Phil has not done a good job, he was on the right path to doing a good job though. Do you remember Rise of the Tomb Raider? Remember how he locked that down for an entire year? Yeah, well that is what he should have been doing repeatedly with any AAA game he could possibly get his hands on.That's kinda pathetic don't be like that, people get their feelings hurt and get into their emotions and say irrational stuff. Phil has did a great job at Xbox and considering the state the world's in who cares if a game need's a couple more months to get buttoned up..
Do you remember the way this forum blew up when money-hatting RotTR? Obviously not...Phil has not done a good job, he was on the right path to doing a good job though. Do you remember Rise of the Tomb Raider? Remember how he locked that down for an entire year? Yeah, well that is what he should have been doing repeatedly with any AAA game he could possibly get his hands on.
The Xbox One could have actually of caught the PlayStation 4 if they properly leveraged money and locked up game deals, it could have been a PlayStation 3 situation but what did he do instead? Push out some mediocre first party games, a few good ones and then invest absolutely nothing into third party developed games, or exclusivity, he did nothing.
All of these holes in their game library could have been filled with timed exclusives, it would have rounded out their library and people would have been ecstatic and excited about Xbox and that could have carried over into the 9th generation.
Yeah people lost their fucking shit, Xbox gamers were singing from the rooftops and Sony gamers were ripping their hair out.Do you remember the way this forum blew up when money-hatting RotTR? Obviously not...
There's only so many gross missteps that can be tolerated before you can't take it anymore. The amount of chances we have given these guys to correct and right the ship is ridiculous. The massive talk and total failure to deliver, the bullshit statements and overhyped nonsense. The endless talk from Spencer where he contradicts himself three times a month...
Game Pass will be a problem when every company decides to do their own pass. Netflix didn't die because they offer some movies and TV shows people like. Microsoft is struggling to produce actual games so if the Indies and 3rd party leaves, you're left paying a monthly service for a bunch of Xbox Exclusive games, which haven't been very good under ol Philly Cheese team's management.
Who is going to be paying to play Xbox on their cell phones? I can currently so this same crap with PS Now and no one talks about it because it's dumb.
This isn't just delaying a game, this would be like if Nintendo delayed Breath of the Wild for 4-6+ months and still launched the Switch anyways... This was the only thing they had to get right.The threads here being a leader means making though calls, so they delayed a game ... Sony and Nintendo delay games all the time .
It’s still a game . They could have launched now and let thé hardcore play with the Series X and install their catalogue for all I care ...This isn't just delaying a game, this would be like if Nintendo delayed Breath of the Wild for 4-6+ months and still launched the Switch anyways... This was the only thing they had to get right.
Yes because Jim 750 million dollar ryan has a real passion for gaming lol. Andrew house and his guys did sure but the king of money hats not so much.
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Nope. He's doing a great job.
Can't turn a ship around on a dime.
They could have pushed out like 12 AAA games in that period of time even with the amount of studios they had under their stewardship.Indeed. It’s only been 7 years.
No way, he's trying at least.
It’s still a game . They could have launched now and let thé hardcore play with the Series X and install their catalogue for all I care ...
Sony and Nintendo delay even without COVID.
and there are enough games left for the Series X launch.
Trying isn't enough when there is billions of dollars at stake. Seriously.
I wonder how many of those "Microsoft and Xbox are doomed" threads are from fans that actually care and not from other fans that just want to shit on it.
He works for liverpool now. He has retired from gaming industry.Current free agent:
He works for liverpool now. He has retired from gaming industry.
If he is being punished he should be crying from that Craig onslaught.......not smiling....He needs to get punished by Craig for his sheer and utter incompetence.
If he is being punished he should be crying from that Craig onslaught.......not smiling....
“I honestly think we’re in the best launch lineup position that we’ve ever been on Xbox,” Spencer said.
Xbox Series X will have Microsoft’s ‘most diverse collection of first-party games’
Games that you can also play on Xbox One (and elsewhere)www.polygon.com
News of July 20, 2020.
From my point of view Spencer has not kept any of his promises so far, he only knows how to sell smoke year after year. It is time for someone else to take over.
Indeed. It’s only been 7 years.
2018 is 2 years.
Relevance?
I was wrong though, Spencer became head of Xbox in March 2014 so its only 6 and a bit years rather than 7.
MS didn't flush him with cash until 2018. He had no support to do anything before that.