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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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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, but can you roll a platform of the distribution, breadth, depth and persistence over good and bad cycles of the scale of Xbox or PlayStation while being a private company? A few have tried.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, but do you have to? You can still be a profitable company without aiming for world domination.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    No, there are plenty of independent private game developers (Stardew Valley, Baldur's gate etc come to mind) I was just taking Phil Spencer's perspective, which I imagine is a platform level one.

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