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Idk, Kotaku isn't exactly a good source for ethics in this industry. They list something that every single large game company does: buy studios, move talent around, close the old studios. They also talk about how he claims to champion preservation and emulation, something we all agree with.
I vote he stays.
Yeah their head editors just left saying that they were being forced to write lower quality stories and things with agendas. I wouldn't trust Kotaku much anymore.
No one's asking you to trust them.
Just as a heads up, when you post an article, unless otherwise stated, you are telling people that the source can be trusted. So, yes in a way you are asking us to trust them
It's an opinion piece. This isn't reporting. It says "Commentary" up at the top of the article.
I think you can "trust" when someone tells you that their opinion is actually their opinion. That's the only question of "trust" here.
There's an op-ed in the NYT right now titled At the Met Gala, Celebrities Are Nearly Nude. Are We Not Aroused? Do you trust that?
I vote he stays.
The article didn't say he needs to go, they said people need to stop treating him as though he is actually on the side of consumers and employees, rather than investors.
The literal last line of the article is
I hope moving forward Xbox fans and the media hold Spencer more accountable for future mistakes, cuts, and failures.
As someone who used to really like Phil, I agree with this. He's clearly banking on his popularity as a "celebrity" within the gaming community to put a smiling spin on what is a clearly horrible business record.
The question here is not whether Microsoft does the same things that all businesses do (i.e. be evil Capitalist monstrosities that run people's livelihoods over in the name of investor greed)- that much is obvious.
The question is whether Phil Spencer is actively enabling this behavior and also covering for it- which he is.
And that is why, as the article suggests, people need to stop treating him as anything other than a corporate representative who wants to extract as much value as he can before it all runs into the ground.