Again. He was the head of Microsoft's studios and first party games from 2009. I'm not saying it was entirely his fault. I'm saying the narrative that he had nothing to do with MS's failures in producing quality exclusives this generation is not based in reality. He was intrinsically involved. It was literally his department.
People are trying to act like Mattrick single handedly made this game and also was single handedly to blame for the failings of the XBO software lineup, and that Phil is somehow coming in to save Xbox. Phil was the head of making games for Xbox since 2009. I don't know how many times it needs to be repeated before people realise that Phil does have responsibility for the poor showing of the XBO, quite a lot in fact. Again, literally his department.
Then you have people trying to make out like he was just the coffee boy in the department he was head of and had no say or power in any decisions.
The Phil Spencer personality cult is ridiculous. The guy looks to be moving things in the right direction sure, but to absolve him of any responsibility for failures in his own department while he was running it is just insane, especially when it's with falsehoods. Anyone that claims Phil had nothing to do with the poor showing of the XBO software lineup is lying. It. Was. Literally. His. Department. Since. 2009.
EDIT: Also have to love all the distancing in this thread. Were the game critically acclaimed how many people would be pinning it on Mattrick? Or throwing Sumo under the bus as having "nothing to do with MS" and "not first party".
If the game had been a success people would be hailing god emperor Spencer as the second coming they're still trying to make him out to be.
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