Faelco said:
Yep, he still didn't do anything that good IMO. His greatest advantage is to "not be Don Mattrick". But he teases way too much all of his events and butchered the TR communication (and even Kinext communication IIRC). Except the "he undid what Don Mattrick did" part, nothing should bring him his gaming messiah image. |
Actually a lot of what Phil has done probably will not be seen for years or are things under the hood per say then anything else. What you can see from Phil is the change in direction for Xbox and his emphasis to play to the strenghts of the brand. These are things that are not as transparent to your average punter. Most gamers probably have no clue what Phil has to do within MS to lead the division and steer it to a more games centric eco system unlike where it was going at the start of the generation.
The reason you do not see why the Xbox division has turned around and actually making good strides is because you do not know what it takes to do the man's job. You think he wakes up and says, i will not be Don M but that's just the tip of the iceburg. Phil has to change minds of not just his own bosses but Sudios, Developers and Publishers. You can see he is winning this battle because you see much less negative comments from anon sources on those fronts.
My advice is to not just look at the surface but thinking about everything Phil has to do to turn around the start of the X1 which is no small task and he did have to make a lot of tough decisions and sell it to the big brass.
Anyway, he brought back Halo Wars so I am wonder if Keyboard and Mouse support will be supported in the X1 on release. Really interested to see how this game goes.
