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Randy Pitchford calls Phil Spencer out for "making excuses" about the Xbox Series X
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Randy is one of the most toxic people in the gaming industry, I say this as someone who likes to try and see the best in everyone but he makes it incredibly hard because every word out of his mouth seems to either be a lie or an attack on someone else, either consumers or other people in the industry.
And the second he gets called out for it he tries to play innocent and act like he's the victim.
Just seems very disingenous.
And the second he gets called out for it he tries to play innocent and act like he's the victim.
Just seems very disingenous.
Yeah, haha. I guess this is a bit of backseat modding. First and last time. Promise!
I'm so fucking confused right now.
Your username is Cloud Strife so I imagine you've been playing games a long time, and somehow you've had the pleasure of not knowing Randy Pitchford exists?
I think he's saying that Xbox Series X could be a lot more powerful than it is, but it's not, and Phil talking about software solutions like VRS is a cop out. Randy went on to say: "If I could wave a magic wand, Xbox and Playstation would both be incredibly powerful and keep parity with one another. I think Sony and Microsoft should team up, actually."
Randy Pitchford is like a successful version of Cliff Bleszinski.
He has his heart in the right place, generally speaking. He just rarely seems to take responsibility for his actions and bends reality around him as he pleases. So instead of backing down from a controversial comment, he instead doubles down. As far as I know he's also not a GG type of person, so I don't consider him being toxic. It's actually hard to take him seriously, period.
Agreed. Less outrage threads and people shitting on the latest game in the circlejerk.
Actually I didn't know the guy until now and aftear reading the comments I get the idea of what kind of person he is.. maybe I'm just lucky to have never heard of him before
That's a pretty bold statement for him to say about a potential future business partner, lol.
I heard he throws some wild parties:
I'm aware its probably not what you're going for, but can we please not use and normalize these dumb-ass clown world pepe memes?Randy .
Just.. please?
How would he know it's not powerful enough? I see no reason to believe they have dev kits and the spec sheets certainly make it appear like it will be second to none.
Well obviously Pitchford is an easy eye roll for me but why doesn't Gearbox have a dev kit for Xbox less than a year from launch? Seems notable, unless I'm mistaken
This stuff is always so interesting to read. This is akin to Epic Games telling MS to up their RAM for 360.
Given they're making PS5 and PC exclusives, what would be the rush in getting them one?
I think we can reasonably assume they have a devkit, they are a very high profile dev and just released a huge game that will undoubtably still be updated long after XSX releases. They certainly have a PS5 kit, after all
Also there were rumblings that PS5 devkit was quite a bit more powerful than whatever Xbox sent out, but that may be just because MS hasnt set their final spec ceiling
I think Counterplay is the actual dev of Godfall iirc, but BL3 is a big deal and MS would definitely send them a kit
I can't claim any special inside knowledge, but my guess is the standardization around mostly PC components makes early devkit access less of a necessity. If you already have a next-gen game in development on PC, it shouldn't be a big technical overhaul to get it on consoles.
Any magic trick eventually gets stale. While we all were really impressed by Randy's ability to conjure up bullshit only using his mouth the first couple times, by now it has gotten stale and Pitchford should consider trying something new instead.
What weird ass tweet, I guess he was expecting the Xbox X to be a super premium console like the One X was compared with the Pro?
They're only publishing the game.
To shit on Randy Pitchford.
Though, in all honesty, you can't expect people to not talk about it considering the call out.
I agree with your reasoning, but it's also worth noting that if they do have devkits over at Gearbox they would be under NDA, which would essentially prohibit Randy's statements here.
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This might just be because my simple mind "don't work best good right now, (I should make a cup of coffee...)" but I really don't understand why he would make that tweet in the first place.
So what is he trying to say, really? Wait, lemme draw it out in craaayn here...
Seems like Mr. Spencer's saying that they're looking at innovative ways to squeeze more performance out of their next machine, and Randy seems to be saying that their motive to use new technologies to help with performance is an "excuse?" "How many transistors [does you box have]?"
I dunno, just seems like the most fanboyish "gamer" tweet I remember seeing from someone with a checkmark. I guess I should give him the benefit of doubt, maybe? He obviously knows more than I do about this stuff, just... I don't get it.
So what is he trying to say, really? Wait, lemme draw it out in craaayn here...
Seems like Mr. Spencer's saying that they're looking at innovative ways to squeeze more performance out of their next machine, and Randy seems to be saying that their motive to use new technologies to help with performance is an "excuse?" "How many transistors [does you box have]?"
I dunno, just seems like the most fanboyish "gamer" tweet I remember seeing from someone with a checkmark. I guess I should give him the benefit of doubt, maybe? He obviously knows more than I do about this stuff, just... I don't get it.
Fair point, I think there is enough wiggle room in his statements since he isnt speaking directly about the box but yeah if he was under NDA this would be (legally speaking) ill-advised, though that's not something Randy has seemed phased by in the past
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