How Can We Trust Anything Xbox Says Now?
There are certainly fluctuations of good and bad news all across the gaming industry, but more often than not as of late, the Xbox brand seems to be squandering its goodwill by saying one thing and then doing another over and over again.
This was brought up yet again with a slew of cancellations that brought up more examples of this, but looking back, this is a pattern, and the question now, is how are we supposed to trust anything Xbox says? In the wake of these widespread cancellations, Xbox said all the games it recently showcased in its last livestream were not going to be cancelled, which should elicit nothing more than a 'yeah sure okay' at this point.
Some of the most prominent examples of this:
Xbox chief Phil Spencer speaks on stage at the Microsoft Xbox E3 2017 Briefing, June 11, 2017 at the ... More Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which focuses on new products and technologies in electronic gaming systems and interactive entertainment, takes places June 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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You may notice a pattern here, that Xbox head Phil Spencer is cited in almost all of these. There's a three-sided debate about whether Spencer was A) not telling the truth on purpose, B) believing what he said at the time, but circumstances changed quickly or C) there is just an immense amount of pressure on Spencer and Xbox from Microsoft. These cuts, including the Xbox ones, are said to be saving cash to funnel into Microsoft's AI ambitions, where no, I cannot imagine Spencer wants that. There is, of course, still a question of, given how things have gone, whether Spencer is still the best choice to lead this ship. What a couple years it's been for Xbox. What a couple generations, even.
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