Dr Bass
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While MS does not have a monopoly on gaming the same pattern has taken place that Jobs explains in this video, and it is just so incredibly evident.
Jobs talks about product genius" and "product sensibility" being rotted out and sales and marketing taking over.
Anyone remember Robbie Bach and J Allard? The guys responsible for the OG Xbox and the 360? Driven out of the company and replaced with Mattrick and later, Phil Spencer. Product guys (look at Allard's resume) replaced with sales guys. Mark Cerny is a product person. There are obviously people in charge of gaming at Sony who care about making great games for their customers.
Listen very closely to Jobs' words, and listen to the whole thing. The parallels are shocking. I've echoed similar sentiments on this board. Spencer clearly doesn't understand games. If he did, he wouldn't have approved Battletoads to look as it did. He wouldn't exude so much confidence after so many years of empty promises. He wouldn't have been "proud" of this past week's Xbox showcase. He wouldn't think he's succeeding because Game Pass is slowly gaining users while their biggest IP is embarrassed on a global stage. This is the big problem with Xbox. The people in charge don't even know how to turn things around.
Xbox fans should be mad as hell that the Xbox division is run by bean counters and sales folk and not by people who care about making great experiences. The reason it felt so much cooler during the OG Xbox and 360 days was because guys like Allard were heading up the efforts. Get rid of Spencer and bring in a person who loves to make and play games. Someone like Graeme Devine. John Carmack. Tim Schafer. I don't think any of those guys would do it, but I'm talking about someone who fits that mold.
Jobs talks about product genius" and "product sensibility" being rotted out and sales and marketing taking over.
Anyone remember Robbie Bach and J Allard? The guys responsible for the OG Xbox and the 360? Driven out of the company and replaced with Mattrick and later, Phil Spencer. Product guys (look at Allard's resume) replaced with sales guys. Mark Cerny is a product person. There are obviously people in charge of gaming at Sony who care about making great games for their customers.
Listen very closely to Jobs' words, and listen to the whole thing. The parallels are shocking. I've echoed similar sentiments on this board. Spencer clearly doesn't understand games. If he did, he wouldn't have approved Battletoads to look as it did. He wouldn't exude so much confidence after so many years of empty promises. He wouldn't have been "proud" of this past week's Xbox showcase. He wouldn't think he's succeeding because Game Pass is slowly gaining users while their biggest IP is embarrassed on a global stage. This is the big problem with Xbox. The people in charge don't even know how to turn things around.
Xbox fans should be mad as hell that the Xbox division is run by bean counters and sales folk and not by people who care about making great experiences. The reason it felt so much cooler during the OG Xbox and 360 days was because guys like Allard were heading up the efforts. Get rid of Spencer and bring in a person who loves to make and play games. Someone like Graeme Devine. John Carmack. Tim Schafer. I don't think any of those guys would do it, but I'm talking about someone who fits that mold.
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