Document: PX1275
Leave it to Phil Spencer to underestimate the competition. The document becomes even funnier when you look at what he's replying to. Here's a small excerpt as to how far off the mark they were:
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"We have a better product than Sony does" - Phil Spencer
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Document: PX1275
Leave it to Phil Spencer to underestimate the competition. The document becomes even funnier when you look at what he's replying to. Here's a small excerpt as to how far off the mark they were:
Yea but it just happened Sony products sold 3-4 times better and we will copy their features.
Vertical only looks with a stand, USB-C port on the front, haptic feedback and gyro.
This like Apple v Samsung again. Apple makes iPhone, Samsung makes fun of it then copy the exact same shit again.
Vertical only looks with a stand, USB-C port on the front, haptic feedback and gyro.
This like Apple v Samsung again. Apple makes iPhone, Samsung makes fun of it then copy the exact same shit again.
''We excpect that we'll have 30% advantage on GPU performance and a 25% memory bandwidth advantage in terms of real-world performance''
This guy is an embarrassment. Imagine giddily emailing the company CEO and CFO about how good you are. Then the next 3 years happen. The board even told him not to be so cocky.
Jimbo doing so much better job as Playstation head than this stubborn xbotz head phil is
Document: PX1275
Leave it to Phil Spencer to underestimate the competition. The document becomes even funnier when you look at what he's replying to. Here's a small excerpt as to how far off the mark they were:
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To be fair that's an incredibly low barJimbo doing so much better job as Playstation head than this stubborn xbotz head phil is
It is like uhm having semi finalist and a winner fighting in the idiot competition.
nah Jimbo is at least making good business moves, even if i don't like them as a gamer. Phil isn't even doing that.
He mentions software than proceeds to release barely anything of note for the first 3 years...
Like the times he jacked the price of PS Plus, or raise price of PS5(I knowed, exchange rate inflation compared to US Dollars), or PC Ports.
Spencer made public remarks of a similar nature.
www.videogameschronicle.com
Then Xbox Series had one of the weakest console launch line-ups of all time.
Xbox boss feels Series X has a launch games and hardware advantage over PS5 | VGC
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www.videogameschronicle.com
Then Xbox Series had one of the weakest console launch line-ups of all time.
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If you're Satya and you're still listening to this clown you're engaging in gross incompetence. I say that in a vacuum obviously, there may be an internal industry analysis with regards to the Windows ecosystem that I'm not privy to that require the presence in the console market to fend off long term substitution and erosion of the productivity software for game development. A way of ensuring it stays that way (monopoly status), so goes the thinking, is having a foot in the consumer market as well - no better monitoring place for threats, trends and upstarts, as well as a place from which to influence market direction. Consoles being a branching threat. Still doesn't excuse keeping the man around, even if your bet for giving "stability" a chance failed.
Btw, I think Sony's CEO is also giving way too much leash to Jimbo, not reviewing the impacts of the changes in policy direction under Jimbo's term. There are flaws and contradictions in the vision, approach, tactics, strategy of current PS which imo require attention, even course correction.
What this excerpt shows is that in conglomerates, CEO ignorance of the intricacies of the market of a subsidiary, and the incentive structure that make a product's appeal work is found aplenty. A CEO can only make so much of the inner workings a subsidiary looking at numbers and graphs or going by the interpretations of what's happening that is provided by those under him (who have an incentive to smooth corners - the Phil and Jimbo's of the world). This is obviously the result of being inundated with the day to day managerial aspects of your job, on top of sifting through the overall numbers of the company as a whole. Delegation of duty and responsibilities to folk like Phil or Jim carry a tremendous degree of trust by the CEO, which is not always rewarded, at least not optimally. Clear cut case here.
Anyone that knows the industry understands that shipping a console with 0 big hitter exclusives on launch, or close enough is begging for a beating mind-share wise at the outset of a gen and that it carries over if left unchecked. Spinning it by: "we will sell out anyway" is not an honest judgement of the market perception effect of the failure to have a well-oiled content pipeline with quality exclusive software. How Philly boy, coming off a horrible 7 years, pounded by the content question couldn't see that, or chose to pretend it wasn't there in a pep talk booster to his superior show dishonesty, or ignorance, neither suitable for the job. What software clown? Halo Infinite? All eggs in one basket = also incompetence.
Btw, I think Sony's CEO is also giving way too much leash to Jimbo, not reviewing the impacts of the changes in policy direction under Jimbo's term. There are flaws and contradictions in the vision, approach, tactics, strategy of current PS which imo require attention, even course correction.
What this excerpt shows is that in conglomerates, CEO ignorance of the intricacies of the market of a subsidiary, and the incentive structure that make a product's appeal work is found aplenty. A CEO can only make so much of the inner workings a subsidiary looking at numbers and graphs or going by the interpretations of what's happening that is provided by those under him (who have an incentive to smooth corners - the Phil and Jimbo's of the world). This is obviously the result of being inundated with the day to day managerial aspects of your job, on top of sifting through the overall numbers of the company as a whole. Delegation of duty and responsibilities to folk like Phil or Jim carry a tremendous degree of trust by the CEO, which is not always rewarded, at least not optimally. Clear cut case here.
Anyone that knows the industry understands that shipping a console with 0 big hitter exclusives on launch, or close enough is begging for a beating mind-share wise at the outset of a gen and that it carries over if left unchecked. Spinning it by: "we will sell out anyway" is not an honest judgement of the market perception effect of the failure to have a well-oiled content pipeline with quality exclusive software. How Philly boy, coming off a horrible 7 years, pounded by the content question couldn't see that, or chose to pretend it wasn't there in a pep talk booster to his superior show dishonesty, or ignorance, neither suitable for the job. What software clown? Halo Infinite?
All eggs in one basket = also incompetence.
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Phil Spencer is such a piece of sht! The quick he leaves gaming the better the industry will be.
Document: PX1275
Leave it to Phil Spencer to underestimate the competition. The document becomes even funnier when you look at what he's replying to. Here's a small excerpt as to how far off the mark they were:
What's really interesting is how all his ignorance-based points were repeated ad-nauseum by Digital Foundry, the twittersphere and gaming forums.
Almost like someone sent the same talking points to a bunch of people tasked with repeating them.
Reminds me of something...
The only purpose of videgame consoles is to play games. By default, Xbox never had a better product, not to this day.
