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LudicrousSpeed on 26 August 2019
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PotentHerbs said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

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.

I don't know of any comments he'd made that makes it seem as if they'd abandon hardware mid gen. Even the link you posted is just a snippet of a bigger interview where he says they view the powerful Xbox hardware as a critical piece of the puzzle. Which goes directly against what you're saying.

Which is a common theme in this thread. Spinning, exaggerating, applying personal bias or views on simple comments, not reading or using full articles. This "confusing" Microsoft PR is only confusing because some make it that way.