KLAMarine said:
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I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you when you say you "liked Spencer when he first became boss at Xbox". I only wish you'd extend the same courtesy to Phil when he compliments the competition.
Offended? I'm amused, actually. |
Ok, where do I begin?
Spencer announced over a year ago how much he hates 3rd party exclusive deals and how he will do away with them, even going as far as saying it could be his "failing". What he really meant was that "Sony has a huge market share compared to us, we can't afford to make 3rd party deals anymore". Anyway, over the following year he must of convinced MS to fund these deals as we have seen 3rd party deals from Madden, Fifa, Battlefield and full exclusive in the shape of Dead Rising 4. So does he hate 3rd party exclusives, or was he trying to make himself look good by being the guy above all these dirty 3rd party exclusives because he assumed it would be hard to get funding for exclusive content when the competition is stomping all over you.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/09/19/xbox-head-discusses-why-final-fantasy-14-is-not-on-xbox-one
He also downplayed VR, even saying it's "not a thing". What he meant to say is "we have nothing close to market in the VR space so we must downplay it". What followed was a Hololens demos and partnerships with Oculus and their own cheap alternative for Windows. He wants to downplay VR because of PSVR but then happily announces VR partnerships and show off Hololens.
Then we have his bullshit about not being "a fan" of console wars but does everything he can to fuel it. After MS pushed the "no games on PS4" narrative last year, he tried his hardest to push the same narrative this year. He constantly tries to compare the XB1 in a better light than the PS4. For somebody that isn't "a fan" he does like to bring the wood for the console war fire, the gaming sites build the fire while the fanboys light it and bask if the fiery fanboy warmth.
"“When I watch the other platforms, it’s not always clear to me when the games are shipping or how many of them are shipping this year. I mean these are a pretty diverse set of games from a great set of developers. And to say that the other consoles are doing a better job shipping more games for their customer… I don’t see that.”
And this is from the guy who says he doesn't like to talk about the competition.
And this is just picking a few things from some articles and there's plenty more.
Are you still offen... I mean ammused?
I think I'm entitled to my opinion. If there's people that want to sit on Phil's dick then that's up to them.
