The "Management" topic feels like a non-story/common sense.
Mike asks "do you think management is happy with the state of Xbox right now?" and Jeff says "I can tell you, they are not" Okay. Don't know what I'm meant to do with that. Is he speculating or is it something he has actually heard from those in management positions? What management is he talking about? Is it XGS (Matt Booty)? Is it MS Gaming (Phil Spencer)? Is it Microsoft (Satya Nadella)? Depending on who is unhappy massively changes things.
If Matt is unhappy then it's a "no shit", Lol. Who would be happy with their 2022 line-up and zero AAA exclusives for 16 months? I wouldn't be if I was running Xbox. What am I meant to do with that information? I'd be more worried if they weren't unhappy because that would imply they have their heads in the sand and aren't looking to improve.
If Phil is unhappy then some peoples jobs could be on the line. Which is why context changes massively depending on which management is unhappy. If Satya is unhappy for example, it could mean bad things for Xbox and lead to negative stuff such as budget cuts, crunching, etc. But Grubb also says that... "Commentary regarding any dissatisfaction with Xbox is more to acknowledge and diagnose issues it has because they matter."
Okaaaay. So...Management is diagnosing "issues" so they can fix them, literally the purpose of management, literally what every single company in the world does. They seek out issues to optimise performance. If Microsoft is looking at Xbox more closely to fix issues then that's a good thing? Lol. Xbox marketing certainly needs a massive revamp for starters.
We don't know who is unhappy though, might not even be Satya/Phil/Booty but someone in lower management, Lol. Nobody here is doing it but I see others freaking out about this comment and I'm like, why? Why would you freak out over management being unhappy with their 2022 performance? That's actually a good thing, they should be unhappy, they should want to improve which is what Grubb is saying they're trying to do.
Management would be bad at their jobs if they weren't unhappy after 2022...
