Steve Troughton-SmithIf it already pushed the PS6 back two years, this rampocalypse may just mean the next Xbox never ships. I'm not convinced the Xbox brand will even last long enough for a next-gen console; feels like the end of the runway
Nathan Snelgrove@stroughtonsmith I am less certain Spencer leaving is bad news. He has not helped Xbox much in the past 10 years. Just when they started releasing exclusives that maybe could have helped, he put them on his biggest competitor. The Xbox platform is filled with advertising and gotchas. It’s just not enticing anymore. And that all happened under his tenure.
Leon@nathansnelgrove @stroughtonsmith i dunno. It always seemed like he knew what the issues were, had a plan, made the smart tough plays when he could. He was airdropped into the Xbox One fiasco, and under Microsoft’s leadership which seems to be in its nadir w/r/t product in general.
That said. It seems like the classy/savvy thing to do would be to resign when they had their massive layoffs, either in protest or by way of taking responsibility. Seems like a bit of a waste doing it now
@leon @stroughtonsmith I don’t have the impression he knew what the issues were, outside of the One launch. He kept the bad names, released exclusives before they were ready, cancelled everything the fans were looking forward to, and botched the Series generation entirely. When he finally righted the exclusives ship, he made them multi platform. Every decision he made was bad.