Phil Spencer blames capitalism for being bad at his job - Kotaku In Action 2

Phil Spencer blames capitalism for being bad at his job (www.pcgamer.com)

posted 241 days ago by triforce28 241 days ago by triforce28 +39 / -0

Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing busi...

Spencer said publicly traded companies have to show constant growth or else nobody will give them money.

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– SoctaticMethod1 29 points 241 days ago +29 / -0

I mean I can immediately improve sales in Xbox:

Re nude Cortana and make it standard that any female characters have to LOOK like female characters

Stop all ESG shit so no just disparaging men for being men

Copy Helldivers 2 microtransactions where you can pay for new stuff or earn it in game so it's more 'pay to skip'

I just think at the root of the woes of all these gaming studios and divisions is none of them actually PLAY games, all they see is a profit margin so have no idea on how to make a product for the customers they are appealing to.

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– MetallicBioMeat 10 points 240 days ago +10 / -0

Copy Helldivers 2 microtransactions where you can pay for new stuff or earn it in game so it's more 'pay to skip'

It is a sad state of affairs that evil has become so common that even consumer are arguing for a lesser evil as solution.

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