[Poll] Has Phil Spencer permanently tarnished his reputation as the "good guy" of the industry with the Gold increase?

[Cosmic Voyager]

I know many people around here idolize Phil Spencer and believe that he/Xbox are the "good guys" of the industry that make pro-consumer moves. I'm just curious how much, if at all, this morning's news about the drastic Gold price increase, which appears to be a tactic to coerce people into subbing to Game Pass, has affected people's perception of Phil Spencer.

 

[bing]

Lol is this a serious thread

 

[Ariakon44]

This thread is going to go well

 

[Spring-Loaded]

You undercut your poll with the third cop-out answer

 

[Rhaknar]

is this gamefaqs?

 

[Richter1887]

I wouldn't say destroyed but this should hopefully wake people up that he want to sell you stuff. He isn't your friend.

 

[Deleted member 46804]

This is a dumb thread.

 

[YamchasRevenge]

I never once saw him as anything but a businessman with a smile....which is fine!

 

[CaviarMeths]

ResetEra™

 

[Smurf]

he deserves more flak

 

[Magneto]

lmaooooo what the hell

 

[LegalEagleMike]

come on man

 

[SpottieO]

Oh good lord. Y'all know Sony, Nintendo and MS are businesses right? Like it was a weird and bad decision but companies are not your friends. Like good grief.

 

[Mars People]

I stopped paying for Gold years ago.
Its always been a massive con.

 

[platocplx]

Nah lmao. The 60 is def in line with the cost of their ultimate.

 

[razt99]

He was never the "good" guy.

 

[wartime]

Oh good lord.

 

[TheMoon]

whoa gamefaqs, is it you?

 

[metalgear89]

"Good guy" lol. Dude is a used car salesmen.

 

[Bessy67]

I thought Phil was just a PR mouthpiece, how is this on him?

Spoiler

/s

 

[h3ro]

what is this

 

[Kalor]

Microsoft is still a business at the end of the day. Doesn't matter if the people working there are likeable.

 

[Toumari]

He was never a "good guy" anyway. He's a business man.

It's literally all PR and people fall for it.

 

[RestEerie]

are guys really that naive in that 'good guy uncle phil' and 'pro-consumer MS' nonsense?

all those positive vibes are business PR tactics.

you know MS and Xbox (and all videogame companies) are profit making organization, right?

 

[Scott]

Is this question legal?

 

[dunkzilla]

He was never "the good guy" of gaming. He just knows how to market Xbox to a certain type of consumer.

 

[Vinc]

You shouldn't ever think of a corporation as your friend, therefore probably shouldn't think of the head of a division of said corporation as "a good guy".

Phil is probably a good person, he sure seems like one, but all he's doing is running a business. He works for the people that business employs, and for the shareholders of said business. His Xbox-related actions aren't being done because "he's such a great guy", they're being done to increase the viability and profitability of the business.

The worthwhile questions are if this decision will have a positive or negative business impact, and I think that remains to be seen. I lean on the side of negative, for sure.

 

[Bundy]

I know many people around here idolize Phil Spencer and believe that he/Xbox are the "good guys" of the industry....

Click to shrink...

lmao

 

[Faceless_Caesar]

Only the short term prices increased by a little bit. The 6 and 12 month prices stayed the same.

 

[Hero_Select]

Wow. What a question lol.

 

[Loxley]

Oh give me a break.

The price increase sucks, sure, but it feels like some of y'all are just looking for a reasons to push back against the idea that MS and Xbox has become much more consumer friendly over the years. Which, generally speaking, they have.

 

[jon bones]

you guys really get emotional over this stuff huh

 

[Magio]

You were already an insane person if you thought a corporate executive was the "good guy" before the price increase. Not sure the increase changes anything.

Corporations are NOT your friends.

 

[MykonosFan]

Most people who are even aware of the price increase right now aren't going to immediately associate it with him.

 

[Deleted member 70647]

When will people on this site learn that corporations aren't you friends.

 

[RestEerie]

Is this question legal?

Click to shrink...

no, but this question is 'anti-consumer' /s

 

[CaviarMeths]

I thought Phil was just a PR mouthpiece, how is this on him?

Spoiler

/s

Click to shrink...

Obviously, he's just a PR guy whenever he does something good and he's Supreme Chancellor of Microsoft whenever he does something bad.

 

[Zeal543]

there are no "good guys"

edit: epic thread

 

[Damn Silly]

Lol

You could argue he doesn't deserve to be deified by folk to begin with but this is some gamefaqs calibre shit

 

[MistahS]

I don't think so. Maybe? Yes. No. Probably. Nah. Ye. Idk.

 

[Expy]

He's never been "the good guy".

 

[Poldino]

He was never the "good guy" honestly. Nobody of those people are our friends lmao

 

[StudioTan]

Sony went from free online on the PS3 to charging people for it on the PS4. Did that permanently tarnish their image?

 

[Plinkerton]

He's an executive of one of the biggest companies in the world. It's really weird to think of him in terms of "good guy" or "bad guy".

 

[SunBroDave]

Can a mod change the title of this thread to "Has Phil Spencer shot himself in the foot..."?

Serious request

 

[Edge]

Lol, no.
What kind of thinking is this?

 

[Bane]

Mother of God. Use the responses in this thread as an indicator to reflect on your thinking of this shit.

 

[DixieDean82]

lol, grow up, dude.

 

[Deleted member 1839]

Man you really had to make a thread about this.

 

[digitalrelic]

Jesus christ