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shikamaru317 on 08 December 2022
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Ryuu96 said:
Spade said:

Keep seeing this pic floating around... wonder if Phil was mad  

He definitely seemed less happy than usual, can't really blame him though, he must be going through 10 years of stress in 1 week Jez did say he heard Xbox might not show up and speculated it may be because of regulatory pressure, maybe it's true and Microsoft's lawyers have effectively muzzled Xbox but I still can't think why it makes sense.

The regulators already know about the games, are they that awful that it would severely impact the deal if Microsoft spoke a bit more about them? Lol.

Yeah, I bet he was pissed if he really did hold back game reveals because of the regulators. Imagine if he actually made the decision to hold back all game announces until after the regulators make their decisions thoughout early 2023, only to learn earlier the same day as the show that the FTC is suing to block the deal. Would mean that he held back games for no reason at all. He could have shown like 5 Xbox games (let's say Redfall, Starfield, Avowed, Contraband, and Belfry), and it wouldn't have changed a damn thing, FTC would still be suing them either way.