Xbox president Sarah Bond to depart Microsoft. Sharma, hyping Xbox, promises: "we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop."
I feel bad for Sarah. You could feel she was being prepared to take the reigns. Getting hijacked by someone like Sharma which first written text reads like AI slop was too much.
Nothing in Microsoft's statements on Phil Spencer's departure says "we're bringing out a new console" and more words are spent underlining the breaking of "limits" and "expansion" -- perfect opportunity, missed.
This sucks. Probably not for Spencer, who I think was likely not pleased to have to eat shit sandwiches like jacking up the price of Game Pass and console hardware these last couple of years. But for the rest of us, he championed consumer-friendly initiatives that I found really valuable. Play Anywhere, Game Pass, Smart Delivery, and backwards compatibility all happened under his watch. He pushed hard on improving the PC experience. He also *played games himself* and understood where a lot of the pain points were.
Armchair CEOs in comments sections across the Internet have given him a hard time for awhile now for various (unjustified, IMO) reasons. But I'll remember him fondly as someone who drove hard to break down the walls of platform exclusivity and made my gaming dollar go further. Big shoes to fill!
I feel bad for Sarah. You could feel she was being prepared to take the reigns. Getting hijacked by someone like Sharma which first written text reads like AI slop was too much.
Nothing in Microsoft's statements on Phil Spencer's departure says "we're bringing out a new console" and more words are spent underlining the breaking of "limits" and "expansion" -- perfect opportunity, missed.
This sucks. Probably not for Spencer, who I think was likely not pleased to have to eat shit sandwiches like jacking up the price of Game Pass and console hardware these last couple of years. But for the rest of us, he championed consumer-friendly initiatives that I found really valuable. Play Anywhere, Game Pass, Smart Delivery, and backwards compatibility all happened under his watch. He pushed hard on improving the PC experience. He also *played games himself* and understood where a lot of the pain points were.
Armchair CEOs in comments sections across the Internet have given him a hard time for awhile now for various (unjustified, IMO) reasons. But I'll remember him fondly as someone who drove hard to break down the walls of platform exclusivity and made my gaming dollar go further. Big shoes to fill!
😮 Oh shit! It’s happening!!