Phil got Xboned

Started by nnodley, Feb 20, 2026, 08:47 PM

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Dr. Pezus

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Feb 20, 2026, 09:11 PM

kitler53

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Feb 21, 2026, 01:07 AM
he was a huge failure.  not as big a failure as Sony's GaaS initiative but a huge failure all the same. 
         

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Legend

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Feb 21, 2026, 04:52 AM
Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 21, 2026, 01:07 AMhe was a huge failure.  not as big a failure as Sony's GaaS initiative but a huge failure all the same.
IDK. It's impressive how stable Xbox was under him. Never improving, never getting worse. Up until the very end at least, who knows wtf is up with xbox in the coming years.

kitler53

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Feb 21, 2026, 05:07 AM
Quote from: Legend on Feb 21, 2026, 04:52 AMIDK. It's impressive how stable Xbox was under him. Never improving, never getting worse. Up until the very end at least, who knows wtf is up with xbox in the coming years.
his key decisions were day-1 pc releases on steam, gamepass, and the Bethesda and Activision acquisitions.  those are the key reasons Xbox failed. 
         

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BananaKing

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Feb 21, 2026, 05:37 AM
Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 21, 2026, 01:07 AMhe was a huge failure.  not as big a failure as Sony's GaaS initiative but a huge failure all the same.
He literally killed Xbox. Xbox live is dead.. literally... Their hardware is dead. Gamepass ain't the success he wanted it to be. 

It's nowhere near the failure of Sony's GaaS initiative

Legend

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Feb 21, 2026, 05:56 AM
Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 21, 2026, 05:07 AMhis key decisions were day-1 pc releases on steam, gamepass, and the Bethesda and Activision acquisitions.  those are the key reasons Xbox failed.
Yes but those kill its future not its present so it'll be considered Asha Sharma's fault  8)

Legend

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Today at 05:09 AM
Some people are saying he was fired. Those people are probably wrong but it makes it more interesting so I chose to believe it.

the-pi-guy

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Today at 06:02 AM
Quote from: Legend on Today at 05:09 AMSome people are saying he was fired. Those people are probably wrong but it makes it more interesting so I chose to believe it.
It feels weird that Sarah Bond left too. 

It feels like MS is pushing hard on AI here. 

I wouldn't be surprised if they left on their own, because of MS's direction. 

BananaKing

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Today at 06:08 AM
Maybe Sarah wanted the promotion, didn't get it, and resigned because of this. 

nnodley

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Today at 03:43 PM
Gamers aren't into AI. This is even worse for Xbox than Phil ever could have been, imo.

the-pi-guy

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Today at 03:45 PM
Quote from: BananaKing on Today at 06:08 AMMaybe Sarah wanted the promotion, didn't get it, and resigned because of this.
There are a lot of possibilities.

the-pi-guy

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Today at 04:27 PM
https://www.theverge.com/tech/883015/microsoft-xbox-new-ceo-shakeup-notepad

QuoteFor many outside the company, Bond seemed like Spencer's natural successor, a deputy of sorts.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood clearly didn't agree.

Instead of picking Bond for the role, Microsoft promoted Asha Sharma, a former Microsoft AI executive, to the top of Xbox. The decision to overlook Bond might have surprised many Xbox fans, but for the more than a dozen current and former Microsoft employees I've been speaking to, it's felt inevitable in recent months.


QuoteThat kicked off a day of chaos, where teams inside Xbox were hearing the news first through reporters and news outlets, instead of via internal memos. The team running Sarah Bond's social media accounts was so unprepared that a LinkedIn post inviting people to provide feedback about Xbox accessibility features went live just before her departure was announced. It sat there for hours, until Bond's team eventually posted her own memo.

QuoteMost of the current and former Xbox employees I've spoken to in recent days are relieved that Bond is leaving Microsoft. I've heard from multiple sources that Bond has been tough to work with, and built a team structure that meant if you didn't follow the vision or questioned it, you were out


the-pi-guy

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Today at 04:31 PM
Posting that article. But I am a bit wary of parts of it. 

Really seems to try pinning a lot of Xbox's failures on Sarah Bond. 

Even though it admits that Phil Spencer was in charge of way too many decisions "Phil Spencer took a long vacation, and I'm told that some teams had to wait weeks for sign-off on some key changes".  

Not to mention a lot of these pushes I think were very textbook Nadella. 
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