Who did more damage to Xbox's console business: Don Mattrick or Phil Spencer?

[Trentonater]

curl-6 said:

Trentonater said:

the 360 era was something Don inhereted really. He can still be blamed for the second half of the 360's life having a total dearth of games after it started off so well. His biggest success of the Kinect ended up being a fad that held them back in the long run.

This I'd have to disagree with; the second half of the 360's life saw the likes of Gears of War 3 and Judgement, Halo Reach and 4, Forza 4 and Horizon, Alan Wake, Fable III, Splinter Cell Conviction, Crackdown 2, State of Decay, Trials Evolution, etc, as well as great third party titles like Mass Effect 2 + 3, Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim, Portal 2, Witcher 2, etc.

that is the problem, the second half of the 360 was when microsoft got the reputation for only churning out samey gear halo and forza games with nothing else to offer. gear of war judgement, and halo 4? these weren't even well-recieved games by the fanbases... much less than mentioning the reception fable III and crackdown 2 got. and after 2010 especially they just had nothing to offer. Don was a death nell for xbox first party output and his decision included shutting down ensemble studios when they had never released an unsuccessful game.

There was a huge gap compared to both the variety and acclaim playstation first party was getting at the same time.