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Originally Posted by chemgear
It was a tough interview, kudos to him for showing up for it.
I guess I disagree though. I'm a little surprised by the defeatism from a CEO at the end regardless of their recent momentum though. I do think the Nintendo example is salient and disagree about just giving up or trying to move the needle.
Nintendo went from an absolute disaster of 13 million lifetime consoles over 5 years to 120+ million in a single generation and a billion in software sales. They didn't do it with 3rd party game support, COD, Battlefield, money hatted timed exclusives, digital libraries, motion controls or GTA. It was all based on good first party games.
You absolutely have control over that. And you have the resources, heck to open up your own studios if you need to when you're throwing around tens of billions of dollars. Sort out your studios and put out good games. This totally describes it better than I can.
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I think the “Phil Spencer’s throwing in the towel” narrative is being blown a bit out of proportion on the basis of a comment made in one interview in which there’s some frustration from a recent shaky Redfall launch. It’s been reiterated numerous times that Microsoft is committed to the space and is working to deliver good games. The steady clip of quality AAA single player titles a la Sony hasn’t been there but there seems to be some decent stuff in the hopper and the brand’s making a lot of cheddar.
I’d rather the guy give a genuine interview and wear his heart on his sleeve than hear some run of the mill exec sit in front of the camera for 30 minutes spewing corporate platitudes.