Phil needs to fire Matt Booty. Promote Feargus Urquhart to Matt's position. Then resign.
At this rate, I'm seriously wondering if Xbox would be better off as an independent company. Might be better for everyone if Microsoft just spun Xbox out as an independent company. Shit I'm even wondering to myself if Apple would be a better owner than Microsoft and I dislike Apple a lot, Lol. Microsoft just seems totally clueless.
I will concede that I do understand fully the reasons for PD and TI being shutdown now, but I still cannot agree with Everwild and losing Gregg Mayles/Louise O'Connor or cancelling Project Kestrel and losing Matt Firor. Nor do I agree with many of the other layoffs across other studios and divisions and uprooting peoples lives all to save a few $ which is what this clearly was considering the timing and it impacting all of Microsoft. It's just a coincidence that The Initiative and Perfect Dark ended up being a disaster worthy of closing, Imo.
Microsoft will do these layoffs on a yearly basis anytime they need to end a quarter strong or start a fiscal year strong, I still stand by that Microsoft doesn't understand the creative medium and is it any surprise? 90% of Microsoft is business focused with a current goal of replacing their employees with AI. Yes, other companies are having mass layoffs too and they are shit too but I do feel like Microsoft is one of the worst right now in just pure greed and uncaring attitude towards the creative medium.
