Phil Spencer admits defeat in console space, and doesn't think great games would help Xbox's market share.
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If a delay wouldn't make a difference (mostly agree), why commit to improving?
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Another delay wouldn't have made a difference? That's the most damning statement of a publisher I've read in a long, long time.
The beaten and emotionally abused housewives are in love again.
Lack of 60fps was not what made RedFall bad.
The game is bad even in 240fps.
The game is bad even in 240fps.
If a delay wouldn't have made any difference, what kind of improvements can people expect?
They should do to Redfall what Sony did to improve Destruction All-Stars, just recognize it ain't it and move on.
Redfall isn't worthy of any more dev time, move on to the next game and come back in 5 years with something drastically better.
Redfall isn't worthy of any more dev time, move on to the next game and come back in 5 years with something drastically better.
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"Willing to "take full responsibility for launching a game that needs to be great". Not shipping 60 fps per second was a "punch in the chin". Won't "push against creative aspirations of his teams". Redfall didn't hit Arkane's "internal goals" and another delay wouldn't have made a difference."
As usual, what he says sounds great and reasonable. But we know Philnocchio Spencer lies more than he speaks.
So maybe the game went wrong because MS forced them in a direction they didn't want to go (as could be to go more like in a Left 4 Dead MP GaaS focus than following Arkane's style) or needed more development time to improve and polish but MS didn't want to give it to them because had to release something around these months.
And well, he says that they'll keep supporting the game for a long time, so probably this means that as soon as they release the 60fps patch they'll stop working in the game.
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Threads Merged again.
Stop making new threads about the same interview, Post them in existing threads please.
Stop making new threads about the same interview, Post them in existing threads please.
OK, what business are they in? Cloud services?
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The game would need at least another year in the oven.
Im honestly more worried for Starfield. That could destroy Bethesda like Banjo for the 360 destroyed Rare.
With him complaining about "competitors making a very discrete focus on doing deals and other things that make being Xbox hard for us, as a team." I wonder if its more than final fantasy that hes upset about? Like i wonder if sony has some pretty big gets weve yet to see?
How can their fanbase be pleased with such mentality?
People had no second thoughts dropping their Xbox legacy to jump on the PS4 bandwagon BECAUSE of how Sony proved times and times again that it's all about good games.
And why do people need to sell their owned consoles instead of having a further one?
This sounds like a serious matter. Nadella is probably not amused that they won’t get Activision Blizzard. This may have been the last opportunity to turn around the tides but that’s likely the end for Xbox. I think that Microsoft will announce they will quit the console business after the Activision Blizzard officially fell through. There is no more scenario where it would make financially sense for Microsoft to pursue a dead business for them. Console wars is over and I believe they will become a 3rd Part Publisher even before the generation ends!