Ryuu96 said:
I didn't say Phil doesn't make decisions, I said Satya isn't blameless, you're acting like the CEO of Microsoft doesn't do a thing in his company. Satya tells Phil that cuts have to be made, Phil/Booty/Zenimax Boss decide where the cuts will be made, I said that. You agreed with me: "There is no more leeway for Phil to continue to spend money and not be accountable for it" - Accountable to who? Satya! Which is what we're saying! So what are you even debating about? Lol. Satya factually does have a say so in the direction, purchase, acquisition and input in gaming. Phil straight up referred the Activision acquisition to Satya, Phil literally told Bobby to talk directly to Satya, Lol. Satya factually almost closed the Xbox division once before and told Phil to come up with a plan. Yes, Satya has a reputation as a layoff happy CEO. Phil does not only report to Satya, it's not a technicality, Phil has literally referred to Amy Hood as his boss before. She is the frigging CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of all of Microsoft! It's not "may have some input" it's she DOES have input - Microsoft CFO Amy Hood Paying Attention to Gaming, Phil Spencer Says Former Xbox veterans are also saying that this is all being dictated from Satya Nadella and Amy Hood. I did not give Phil a bypass, I said he shares blame multiple times, but you were trying to argue that Satya Nadella the CEO of Microsoft just sits there twiddling his thumbs while his divisions run wild spending $80bn. The leaders tell them that cuts have to be made, in this case, Amy Hood as she is in charge of Microsoft's financials for all divisions, then the divisions decide WHAT is cut. Both Phil and Satya share blame, as I said. |
Ryuu, you need to keep up. Phil just got this promotion.
As to Satya, I am willing to say that he actually did not tell Phil that cuts needed to be made. You are throwing him into the mix because you want to believe he had some say into this decision. I am saying that Satya had absolutely no say into this decision, but Phil made this decision because he felt it was needed. I actually believe that Satya has complete trust in Phil because he continues to promote him and now Phil only reports to Satya. Meaning if I were to think about a conversation between the 2, Satya came to Phil and stated, "ABK looks great but everything else is not. Hardware down big time and subscriptions to GP is not growing at all. What is your plan to address these issues".
Satya is not a CEO who understands the gaming market nor about situations that drives it, that expertise is all Phil. So, no Satya would not tell, force or even make suggestion as to what Phil needs to do. Phil came to Satya and told him this is what he will do in order to fix the issues he sees in the market and what Phil believes needs to be done.
My issue with believe that either Amy or Satya told Phil that these cuts need to be made does not sound right especially when you read the email from Phil, Sarah and Booty. Instead, it sounds like Phil looked at the market and decided that he needs to make some changes because what we see today isn't just a blip but how the market will be for a while. Either Phil needs to make serious changes that will improve output, get those GP subs to moving and also get hardware back on track or MS might as well just drop all of that become a single big publisher and call it a day.
