DonFerrari said:
Whenever he is talking public in the name of the company he is a PR. And he have said a lot of wrong stuff, which were plenty discussed in this site, and I do remember some defense of every blunder he have said. |
Actually no it isn't. It's what you want to believe which is how you view the situation. With every interview Phil does, every statement he makes, he put his reputation on the line. Its way more different from some PR person telling you something, then the head of the entire gaming division at MS telling you something. No, Phil will not answer every question nor would the expectation should even be there as it would be silly to give up to much information on your current and future plans. What Phil has done is position MS to compete on multiple fronts. From having a device to deliver games, to having a service to deliver games, to compete and not get left behind in the cloud race. You name it, MS has been making a lot of smart moves since he took over.
Tell me what wrong stuff has Phil stated. I also remember those conversations but they mostly involved not seeing things he stated as fast a gamer believe they could come into reality. As always, gamers believe a company has infinite resource, time, money etc. They have not clue what it takes to make anything happen.
I neither love or hate Phil but what I do see is someone who has changed the direction of where the Xbox and gaming in general within MS was going. I actually believe if Phil did not get promoted, MS probably would have moved out of gaming. which is a strong point for Phil.