| Machiavellian said: Yes, PR statements are supposed to shine a light on everything and its one of the reasons why most companies keep their mouth shut when it comes to the direction of the company because they never know when it will come back to bite them. Phil is like Peter M in this respect. He likes to talk and he loves to make these nice glossy feel-good statements and now they are coming back to haunt him. You do not see statements from any of MS competitors because they are not foolish enough to put stuff out there that could end up coming back and bite them in the butt when they need to make unpopular decisions. At this time, I really do not see a 180 with MS direction or even Phil statement. I see a consolidation and a push to get Bethesda to move quickly in getting their best IP to market but it's not MS has canceled any projects that we know of at the moment. Things still need to shake out so we will see what happens going forward but at the end of the day, what MS need and what they have always needed are consistent hits from their studios. Nothing else really matters in the gaming entertainment industry because you are always measured on the game that drive customers to your platform and business. I bet you one thing. No one will care if the next couple years MS continue to drop nothing but hits because that is the measure for any of these companies. |
I imagine you at least see the 180 from the quote about nurturing the devs that want to be more creative instead of pushing out the expected established franchises? Because now they're closing studios to focus more on the opposite.
Part of the plan with Gamepass was, according to them, to diversify it with smaller titles. Because they're cheaper to make, and can be added much more frequently to the service than AAA titles with 7 year dev cycles.
