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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] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

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

Wouldn't these sentiments lead to expectations and then actual changes in policies?

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

As long as the policy changes lead to even more profits, then sure.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp0#t=1m19s

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

lol the difference of course being that Phil Spencer is not living on the income of a standup comedian.

[–] thesporkeffect -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] kadu 4 points 7 months ago

A controlled anticapitalist discourse. This is no different than that Pepsi ad with the "protesters" sharing a Pepsi with the police.

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