| RolStoppable said: The ecosystem argument is nothing more than a convenient excuse for Spencer's failure in management. Do you know why? Because before the PS4 launched, Xbox fans talked about how Microsoft had locked down the USA due to the Xbox 360's significant lead over the PS3 and the ecosystem argument. But it turned out that the ecosystem didn't matter. And let's not forget that Nintendo went from losing badly with the Wii U to win the following generation while having no ecosystem whatsoever carry over from the Wii U and 3DS to Switch. How did Nintendo pull this off? They fixed the hardware and released great games on a consistent basis. Spencer only fixed the hardware side for Xbox with Series, but the software side was full of failure and disappointment and that is what can be called to account for 90% of the issue with this generation; most of the rest is the decision to strip the Xbox console business of exclusive games. What Spencer has created is a completely redundant box in the console market and he hammered the final nail in the coffin with his decision to release Microsoft games on the PS5. If Mattrick didn't get fired as you say, that only makes things look a lot worse for Xbox management decisions. What you are saying is that they would have kept him if he hadn't left on his own. |
Except, it is not an excuse. You are comparing apples and oranges. Nintendo is definitely not in the same boat. Mario, Zelda, etc will ALWAYS make Nintendo relevant, even if they have a bad generation; people who got crazy about the Wii simply waited the next gen. Not to mention the Switch and the portability which makes it a completely different beast all together. That's not at all the same story.
Same goes for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A "significant lead"... What are you talking about, there is a big difference between having one console coming out a year later but with people waiting for it and 70% of the marketshare with a console (the Xbox One gen) that was completely under-performing the other one and nobody looking forward for the next one and again, comparing apples and oranges.
The ecosystem and the domino effect of the Play Station 4 is the main reasons why Xbox could not come back from the Xbox One debacle. 70% of the people wanting a home console during the last generation went for a PlayStation 4 and for good reasons, if you really believe that it was almost impossible for Xbox to come back after that with a console and offering that was basically similar to the Play Station 5, you are delusional. Why on earth would anyone who invested so much in Sony's ecosystem switch for Xbox when the offering was basically the same on both side? This is simple logic. How can you even argue against that is beyond me.
And how Mattrick leaving by himself after screwing up is making things EVEN worse for Spencer? Can you enlighten me here... I get that you seem to really dislike the guy (Spencer) but come on, this makes no sense.
