Phil Spencer - Talks about Scalebound and first party games "1st party internal studios are critical"

[DonFerrari]

Areym said:
"...stop the company from taking risks. That's why I love xbox"

MS/Xbox has never struck me as risk takers, ever...Weeeell, apart from the colossal blunder that was the reveal of the Xbone, that truly was a real risk.

Never remember they making any real risk besides the one you mentioned... on IP for the OEMs I can only think of Sony making real risks all the time.

JGarret said:
I think Phil has much less power than some people think, his desire might be that the Xbox brand had a bigger and more diverse 1st party portfolio like Sony and Nintendo, but the people who are truly calling the shots don´t seem interested.

In the 'Scalebound is cancelled' thread, I agree with Rol when he said that MS seems to be moving away from single player story driven games...in fact, a big part of the industry is and is instead going for multiplayer focused, 'games as a service' model (which I personally dislike)

Personally, as a console player and someone who doesn´t really enjoy multiplayer games that aren´t Smash Bros and Mario Kart, it´s a major part of my decision of sticking with a Playstation/Nintendo combo, as their 1st party strategy still focuses on a lot of primarily single player games.

Same here, I don't play MP unless it's couch colaborative, so I'll stick with Sony for the IPs I like and for Co-op I have to go Nintendo.

bananaking21 said:
how about for once spencer walks the walk and doesnt just talk the talk. everything he says about first party is BS.

Because that would mean doing something more than just moving his mouth and we know he won't do it.