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Xbox's Phil Spencer Talks Importance of Failure and Adding PC DNA

During Microsoft's Extra Life Livestream Xbox division head Phil Spencer provided some interesting insight about the company's gaming business.

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PhoenixUp1990d ago

No better teacher than failures

Obscure_Observer1990d ago

Yes, i´m glad that Microsoft recognizes past failures/mistakes, and Phil is leading Xbox on the right direction. :)

Obscure_Observer1990d ago

By Phil Spencer:

“If we stay in the safe zone where you’re 70-80% sure that’s gonna work, I don’t think we’re actually doing our job to kind of push the state of the art forward.”

timotim1990d ago

Love the moves Phil is making and love the synergy between him and Satya. Totally get the PC mention too, since Microsoft is merging Xbox between PC and console...it helps to have studios that can cater to both...that have roots in both, so that they can create a very balanced and diverse mix of games that speak to a lot of gamers.

Obscure_Observer1990d ago

@timotim

Couldn´t agree more with everything you said. Now that Microsoft is handling the PC and console business and ecosystems better, turning both into one, we can now finally have exclusive PC games like Age of Empires on Xbox too. :)

DragonbornZ1990d ago

Neat to know Phil was a big fan of Ultima and Baulders Gate. It's interesting that he doesnt know what Obsidion is working on yet. Seems like it'll be a while. Excited to see what they'll cook up.

Obscure_Observer1990d ago

@DragonbornZ

"Neat to know Phil was a big fan of Ultima and Baulders Gate."

Yes! Phil is definelly a gamer! Here´s hoping Microsoft to invest on more RPG games.

AK911990d ago

Wonder what his thoughts are on microtransactions.

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The Big Inworld AI Q&A - 'Everyone in Gaming Sees the Potential of Generative AI'

Wccftech interviewed Nathan Yu from Inworld AI to discuss the dynamic NPC tech's applications to games as well as potential issues like costs.

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Xbox President Sarah Bond's Bloomberg Interview Is Corporate Fakery At Its Best

Saad from eXputer: "After Arkane Austin & Tango were shutdown, Xbox President Sarah Bond spoke with Bloomberg in what I believe to be utter corporate fakery."

gold_drake12h ago

im not really surprised by that, shes always been more a "let me talk about something else than what u want to know" kinda gal

Cacabunga5h ago

If what they are doing is that good, what’s the point of hiding the true story?

anast9h ago

She's a caricature of the shareholders.

PRIMORDUS7h ago

"Shareholders" I call them cancer, they are already rich to begin with but need more and more. It's like a disease, with no cure.

Leeroyw5h ago

I own shares in game companies. I'm not anything near a major share holder. I just want them to make good games and be successful because of that. I think it's the senior management that's the problem. They are the ones that should be making it clear to the shareholders what creates growth and ensures a future of their business. Not this weasle words garbage that she did on the interview. It was horrific. I don't know a shareholder that would be happy with any of them for this.

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Same and I'm not rich by any stretch like most people's I'm just trying to keep my head above water these days most company's shareholders are made up of everyday people it's amazing how companies think we want something but the reality is we don't.

Disney are probably the worse at the moment it's shareholders voted on ending a lot of the crap and outing the current execs the execs turned around and said no we disagree with the shareholder vote

CrimsonWing699h ago

Yea, it was and it’s insulting that they think we’re dumb enough to fall for this. Look, the truth was you took a gamble on these studios and while they released some games to critical praise and great reception they just aren’t bringing in a ROI. Be transparent, you’re not a politician.

Just tell everyone you spend money on projects big and small and when money isn’t being made you go over the potential of revenue a studio can bring in vs those that can’t and make the hard decision to chop them.

She says this whole thing about “success” doesn’t fit one meaning for each studio. Well yea, a small budget production isn’t going to expect to sell the same as a large budget production.

One thing I wish they did though was let Tango be an independent studio.

TheGamingHounds8h ago

disheartening to see no regard for the human cost of business anymore
the bad decisions and judgements of these CEOs severely impact the frontliners
these fake responses are just salt on wounds

RoadRacer8h ago

imagine havin the audacity to say "we need more games like hifi rush" right after closing the studio that made it lol
followin up with this show of "deflecting every question" was in poor taste

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XCOM 2 Director Says He's Never Seen Such "Horrific Layoffs" In His 25 Years In The Industry

Firaxis veteran Jake Solomon hasn't seen mass layoffs like this in his whole 25-year career.

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CrimsonWing699h ago

Alot’s changed in 25 years. We have games with $300 mill budgets, people not interested in games other than Fortnite and Minecraft, the older generation of gamers giving up the hobby or dying off, a period of super bad inflation where the industry decided to hike up prices on games, Gamepass harming game sales, GaaS games being pushed left and right with obnoxious monetization and worse looking/playing (Suicide Squad vs Arkham Knight).

The industry is just shite right now. Games ain’t selling, games cost massive amounts, businesses can’t bleed money and this is what happens. Part of it is on them and part of it is on consumers not buying.