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Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 57 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I actually can’t believe this is coming from a high level employee at a corporation.

Like we all know this is true, but isn’t it big to hear one of them talking about the insanity of the system.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It's PR. Anti-capitalist sentiments score well in focus groups.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If nothing else, it keeps an anticapitalist narrative in the public discourse

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Time will tell. I mean, he's not wrong. I think it's pretty clear that studios have to make profitable games at the cost of interesting games. But it's not like msft or anyone else is going to change their behavior. They have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to profit as much as possible.

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