yeah, it's like people are just flabbergasted at the existence of a positive threads and it's up to everyone to justify its existence. it's super obnoxious.
yeah, it's like people are just flabbergasted at the existence of a positive threads and it's up to everyone to justify its existence. it's super obnoxious.
...as is your apparent fanboyism.
Why are you posting in this thread at all if you're just throwing out garbage like this and your last post?
This doesn't happen to anyone other than Xbox/Phil. Like at best Reggie had some fun memes and there is/was no one at Playstation with even remotely the same status as Phil. Jack Tretton sure as well wasn't that well liked for much of his tenure and the rest are probably all just as nice as Phil.
the fact that you see positivity towards a company/person in a thread specifically about that company/person as fanboyism shows who the actual fanboy is.
Every single Phil Spencer thread can be broken down like this:
I recommend watching the Giantbomb interviews with him at every E3. Its always a great watch for a hour about Xbox but also gaming in general.I really didn't know much about him apart from his Microsoft E3 conferences which I always made me feel he came across as fake. But now i realise its because of the scrip and artificial nature of that conference. Reading this, this guy comes across as genuine about games in general and sure hope Microsoft listens to what he says.
We entirely agree.There's a difference in value between a drive by statement suggesting that good moves by Xbox are simply "Microsoft doing their job," and an in-depth exposé detailing the person whose potentially steering a division currently in the gutters back to relevancy. The latter is legitimately interesting, news worthy, and not overtly obvious given that Xbox has been an underachieving afterthought for sometime now - whereas the former objectively goes without saying.
I recommend watching the Giantbomb interviews with him at every E3. Its always a great watch for a hour about Xbox but also gaming in general.
And at least in the case of Mark Cerny he was directly involved with the PS4? How many people even know who was the lead on the Xbox One or the BC program? There's so many people who've turned Xbox around why aren't they given more of the time of day?You're going to sit here with a straight face and suggest that people like Shuhei Yoshida, Kaz Hirai, Iwata before his passing, Mark Cerny, Reggie before his retirement, etc. aren't propped up by their respective company's consumers? This stuff has been happening forever. It's been a while since Microsoft has had someone genuinely likable within this roll, but the same thing happened with Peter Moore. Yes, a lot of the time it gets a bit ridiculous, as is the case with gaming fandom in general, but most of the time it's in good fun.
He's talked about that group quite a bit over the last couple years.
How many people do you think worked in the PS4 besides Cerny? How many can you name?And at least in the case of Mark Cerny he was directly involved with the PS4? How many people even know who was the lead on the Xbox One or the BC program? There's so many people who've turned Xbox around why aren't they given more of the time of day?
And that basically underlines my problem. There's so many people who have been doing a great job at Xbox but no one knows who they are because the focus is on Phil and because of that you can see why Phil will be called a "cult of personality". And that's how he's treated differently, he's the only person at Xbox who anybody either knows of and by extension we treat that person as the sole person running the company which is objectively untrue. There's nothing wrong with Phil, but we don't talk about other companies like one man is behind it all.
If anybody thought Cerny was the only one who worked on the PS4 we'd be having the same issue here.
Come on, Cerny is like, the sole person who gets credit for designing the PS4 and PS5.If anybody thought Cerny was the only one who worked on the PS4 we'd be having the same issue here.
Considering that all the media coverage and discussion on Xbox comes back to Phil to the eyes of many he might as well be and that's the problem.Come on, Cerny is like, the sole person who gets credit for designing the PS4 and PS5.
Do you think anyone on this site really, truly believes Phil is the only person in a leadership position at Xbox?
yeah, it's like people are just flabbergasted at the existence of a positive threads and it's up to everyone to justify its existence. it's super obnoxious.
I've noticed that this place is just an absolute negativity vacuum and it's really hard to browse reading this shit day after day
there is no problem. any sensible person knows the person who's the face of a project or company isn't literally the only person who's making everything happen. it's not practical or realistic to have everyone involved to give interviews tho, that's just how it works in every industry.Considering that all the media coverage and discussion on Xbox comes back to Phil to the eyes of many he might as well be and that's the problem.
Cool?I don't care what he's like really. I do know I buy less games on Xbox than I did 17 years ago.
I'll check them out.I recommend watching the Giantbomb interviews with him at every E3. Its always a great watch for a hour about Xbox but also gaming in general.
And at least in the case of Mark Cerny he was directly involved with the PS4? How many people even know who was the lead on the Xbox One or the BC program? There's so many people who've turned Xbox around why aren't they given more of the time of day?
And that basically underlines my problem. There's so many people who have been doing a great job at Xbox but no one knows who they are because the focus is on Phil and because of that you can see why Phil will be called a "cult of personality". And that's how he's treated differently, he's the only person at Xbox who anybody either knows of and by extension we treat that person as the sole person running the company which is objectively untrue. There's nothing wrong with Phil, but we don't talk about other companies like one man is behind it all.
Only every once in a while?Every once in awhile this place reminds me of the old place. This is one of those times.
There's a lot of good going on here, but yeah I tend to agree.
I make liberal use of the Ignore Thread function myself. I've got enough stress in my life outside these boards where I don't need to compound it while perusing hobbyist forums.
Thank you Phil Spencer for not pulling a game off a platform that makes you hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Someone who talks a lot but produces very little of what actually matters?
I seem to recall someone named Matt Booty at Microsoft being pushed into the limelight.
Check out the links at the end, in case you've missed them. The story is spilt into multiple parts.
I recommend watching the Giantbomb interviews with him at every E3. Its always a great watch for a hour about Xbox but also gaming in general.
You say this like that was the whole point of the article.
I mean, someone from PS called him and asked if they were pulling it off the platform and he said no.
What did you want? Would you rather he did pull it?
Just pointing out that the decision was purely a business one.
Was there an indication that it wasn't?
A PS Exec said "Are you pulling it?"
Phil said: "No"
Yes. Because Gamespot went into this with a clear marketing agenda 🤔Well, Xbox is still lacking in games so not sure what you mean.
"People like playing it on PlayStation"
It's worded to make it sound like a good guy Phil kind of decision rather than the obvious business decision. Shrug.
Don't worry, I think Phil Spencer is awesome too.
Well, Xbox is still lacking in games so not sure what you mean.
"People like playing it on PlayStation"
It's worded to make it sound like a good guy Phil kind of decision rather than the obvious business decision. Shrug.
Don't worry, I think Phil Spencer is awesome too.
For his part, Schafer was initially skeptical of the acquisition. Firstly, it wasn't something that he'd been thinking about. Secondly, he was worried about potentially putting Double Fine's identity at risk. "Like, do we all change our emails to Microsoft emails and paint all the walls green?" he told me. What ultimately changed his mind was a phone call to the folks at Ninja Theory, who told him that Microsoft's insistence on letting first-party studios just keep doing what they wanted with minimal interference was true. "They said, 'We are still who we are. They're letting us make the kind of games we want to make.' And that was a huge thing for me. I could see how it makes sense--it makes sense not to have them convert us to making Forza DLC or something."