One of, if not the wealthiest company on the planet, acting like they can’t afford it. These people need to come back down to reality.
They wanted the IP not the staff.
And people thought 14 years of copyright was too short… you play capitalist games of granting virtually infinite monopolies (trademarks are incredibly effective at restricting the public domain), as property to sell and trade to the highest bidders, the public domain be damned, and you get capitalist prizes like massive layoffs and unemployment and a deteriorating, corporation-owned culture
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer
Get rid of that fucker first
but he still needs to collect his Q3 bonus cheque 🥺
Meanwhile they reveal 1 Billion revenue from their latest acquisition…
I said something similar in another thread, but Phil is looking (and acting) more and more like an alien cockroach is inhabiting his skin lately.
Isn’t he always like this? Don’t really understand why he’s always protected by the community. He’s the head of xbox studio before xbox one released. Which is around the time xbox started to to have problems with their first party output
He’s well liked because he came from the trenches and has a good track record of knowing his shit. When compared with the likes of Kotick or Guillemot, it’s a breath of fresh air (despite being such a low bar). However as one of the highest execs in the entire gaming industry, this is the kind of stuff he does all year long.
Plus you know, his public-facing image is well curated and people like it.
