Crackdown 3 Review Thread - MC: 60 OC: 62

[Machiavellian]

thismeintiel said:

Machiavellian said:

Why would you care about anything until he was actually head of the Xbox division.  Where you in the conference rooms when decisions were made.  Do you even know how any of those decisions went down or if he fought for them and lost.  You are making judgement on information you have no clue on what happen.  I have worked for MS in the past and can tell you that certain titles may sound important but there are a lot of layers to them.  I have no clue what he contributed or not during the times he wasn't the boss, but as the boss, I can directly see what his vision is now.  

I am not covering Spencer ass, for some reason you believe a huge company like MS moves like a developer.  So what exactly are you blaming Spencer for since he gain control of the XBox division.  How hard do you think he may or may not had to change senor management to actually purchase new studios and the other efforts since his term.  Stop acting as if you have all the information or even know how MS work because right now only thing I see is you making an opinion on what you believe happen or has happen.  Nothing moves fast at MS, that is the first thing you should know.

His actions in the last 4+ years are right before your eyes.  Sure, he has moved a step or two ahead in terms of services, but has completely fumbled the ball in terms of games.  Unless the management has another big shake up before next gen, I don't see any changes to this mismanagement of IPs and devs.

So you ignore everything else he has done and only look at a few games that did not score great.  Is that your only measurement because if so, I guess we do not need to continue this discussion.  You already made up your mind.  I am looking at the entire change to not only the Xbox division but MS outlook on studios and games period.  That include the PC space as well.  I see that MS noticed as a company their lack of high quality software and has purchased companies to fill that gap.  Its not like this is something that can be turned on a dime or that companies with high quality talent are just sitting out there waiting to be purchased.  From interviews with the companies that did get purchase and some that MS was interested in, it appears they have been active in seeking and making deals for years.  Come the next Gen, this will be a full gen where Phil will be the boss, so it will be interesting to see what comes out from all the new studios and the current ones.