u/Grab_my_Slinky

I was very excited when he got announced as the head of Xbox. I thought it was great to have a gamer as someone who was running the company. I was all for his idea of letting the Developers work on things that were more unique and niche. I’ve had Good times with Keeper and Hellblade and other games that are considered more niche. Seeing all these rumors about not just 1 or 2 studios, but many more possibly closing down sucks. Maybe the unlimited freedom given wasn’t what was needed unfortunately.

I feel it made him need to go after Bethesda and Activision, further drawing scrutiny from top brass. and top brass always watches every penny. And unfortunately niche and big business do not go together. The multi-platform stuff was very crazy I will say, but now that is a can of worms that can’t be closed. I feel a lot of the blame goes to Phil and other management if these studios close down. But the beast that is big business must be fed no matter what. A shitty society indeed. It feels like Asha is simply cleaning up as much as possible. I’m not relieving her of guilt, just acknowledging that most of these decisions were made before her tenure.