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[Machiavellian]

Hiku said:

Machiavellian said:

I totally disagree.  All of this and I mean all of it is Phil decision.  Do not mistake Phil outward appearance from his corporate side.  Phil did not get into the position he is in now not being able to make these decisions on his own even if it was a decision he did not like.  That is not how you obtain CEO level positions shying away from hard decisions or even unpopular decisions.  I am going to say this again, Phil is in complete control and these decisions were made 100% by him and his team.  MS gaming is 3rd largest unit in MS right now, it really does not matter if you like the decisions or not but that shit in dynamics means there is a whole new strategy on its way and Phil is the one driving it. 

I'm not yet convinced that Phil Spencer agreed with this decision, mainly because of how it contradicts the language Xbox had from a year ago, and because the level of distrust this has caused among the community reflects so poorly on him.

CEO's don't always agree with the decisions made by the suits above them. Because they can lose their job over it when they're made the scapegoat if things turn sour.

I'll see what his initial statement will be, and maybe that will give a hint to whether or not he tried to push back against this. I don't think he will outright ever blame Microsoft though. But it doesn't really matter either way, because if he doesn't hand in his resignation in protest, he may as well have agreed to it.
Do I expect him to do that? Not really. But I'll give him a chance to speak his mind before I write him off.

You guys really need to divest yourself from PR statements that are always made to shine a positive light on everything.  None of those PR statements mean anything when it comes to large corps like MS, and you do not get into a C level position being weak to making decisions that were made by Phil and his team.

From MS financials, it's clear that a change needs to be made.  The issue is that people believe that someone is making these decisions and then telling Phil what to do.  I am saying that Phil has looked at the industry, he has looked at where MS gaming is at including Xbox and all the other studios they have purchased, and he made the decision that this is what is needed to make sure that MS gaming can continue to thrive.

The difference with myself is that I never get emotional over this stuff because I know I just do not have enough of the data.  Meaning that we all just knee jerk and get into our feelings about certain decisions but never really know the full extent why they are made because a lot of times we just do not have the full clear picture.  I have no real opinion yet on these decisions because I do not have full details on the whole story.  We may never get the full details but one thing I am sure of is that everything is from Phil.  We just do not know the full details as to why, but I doubt he was forced but instead came to these decisions because he felt they needed to be done and there is no better time than now.