| Leynos said: It was time several years ago. He had an entire generation to fix XBO and didn't. He bought studios and yet hardly anything to show for it. Sales tanking. GP stagnating. Oddly selective in what gets a physical. MS will spend 70 billion to buy the act but won't shell out the cash for a physical of Hi-Fi Rush but will let LRG front the bill. Fucking why? Devs begged phil to step in for Redfall to kill it. He turned a blind eye. Halo has become a wet fart. Canceled a ton of games in the XBO era but after many delays. Studio and engine changes. Crackdown 3 comes out and is a letdown. Recore launched unfinished. Phil had been nothing but blunder after blunder. He may love games and may be a nice guy but he sucks at his job. He tanked a brand worse than SEGA. SEGA was still beloved. Xbox brand people have become apathetic. |
Phil and Xbox have certainly had his ups and downs, but there is some misinformation in this post.
Phil was put in charge during a shit situation and did his best to fix it. Xbox was almost shut down and would have if not for Phil. while things were not great last gen, it could have certainly turned out much much worse if not for him.
The studio acquisitions started in 2018, not when he started running things. Games take longer than ever to make and the pandemic didn't help. Ninja Theory and Obsidian are releasing their 1st big release this year under Xbox and most of their acquisitions still haven't released a game under Xbox yet. At least wait to see the quality of releases from Xbox before completely dismissing those studios.
GP is stagnant, but not because it's a bad service. It's still one of tje most popular game subscription service out their and still the best value compared to other services.
Physical sales have dropped significantly, and this is especially true for Xbox. When 80%+ of sales are digital, of course changes are going to happen. So when you ask, "fucking why?", Not enough people buy physical on Xbox.
Phil didn't turn a blind eye on Redfall. Higher ups kept reassuring Phil development was going well and devs never said a word to Phil, but they hoped it would be canceled. There is a big difference between devs hoping a game is canceled and actually communicating this to Xbox. Phil fully took blame for Redfall and said they will be more involved going forward. Xbox has since then completely reorganize their internal structuring with better support from higher ups to be more involved.
Your Sega take is completely your opinion, but its easy to look at Sega consoles or any console favorable when time pass. The day MS stops making consoles, they will likely be looked at favorably, even with their less popular consoles. Sega consoles never had to deal with the social media world we are in now to analyze ever little thing. They would probably be scrutinized for one thing or another if they did.
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