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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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Phil Spencer, you have the luxury to quit if you don’t like the things you’re being forced to do for money.

Or, you could use your influence to try and push things in a different direction.

But Phil Spencer, you will do neither. You’ll shut up and keep dribbling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. Everyone gets the luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business. You didn't "have" to run that business at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

And I get that the business maybe "has" to be run that way, because of the way it exists in the economic system it exists in, but I'm definitely taking issue with the language he's employed here. He's not a prisoner being forced to run things this way.