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PotentHerbs on 25 August 2019
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LudicrousSpeed said:
PotentHerbs said:

Phil has said so many conflicting things its hard to keep track of them all. From E3 this year: 

https://ca.ign.com/articles/2019/06/19/phil-spencer-xbox-focus-is-on-software-and-services-not-console-sales

"Spencer further defended Microsoft's strategy. 'There’s always the core that kind of comes back [with]: 'You’re reducing the need to buy an Xbox.' I actually find that in reality people play on a console because they enjoy playing on a television on the couch with a controller in their hands, and it’s an experiential thing more than it is trying to sell an individual device. To shorten it: We focus on the player; we don’t focus on the device."

The average consumer will definitely see this headline as most major gaming sites will cover it.

That’s cool but doesn’t change or relate to anything I said. And obviously E3 news will be more covered than other news cycles, but the average consumer still won’t see it. The average video game consumer doesn’t pay attention to E3. Its for hardcore gamers. Reading video game news is for hardcore gamers. Which just makes it funnier when hardcore gamers act like they have no idea what Microsoft is saying.

How does it not relate? Phil has made many different statements about Games Pass just this year, that either sound like MS is all in for the next generation, or that MS is ready to transition the Xbox brand into a streaming service midway next generation. 

These sort of statements/interviews generate discussion on forums like IGN or Reddit, which have millions of average video game consumers reading, upvoting, replying, referencing/ posting past statements made by Phil Spencer, all to have a discourse about the state of Xbox. In the Reddit thread I posted, a good amount of Xbox fans are questioning the value of owning an Xbox next generation. There are millions of people subscribed to that thread, dwarfing VGChartz and ResetEra combined. 

E3 is the most popular gaming convention around. It definitely isn't only viewed by hardcore gamers.