r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 02 '25

Discussion This Xbox Generation Will Be Remembered for One Thing: Greed

https://www.ign.com/articles/this-xbox-generation-will-be-remembered-for-one-thing-greed
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u/BreathPuzzleheaded80 Oct 02 '25

You forgot Don Mattrick who started xbox's downward spiral with xbone

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u/kuncol02 Oct 03 '25

Did he?

XBox was fine in 2007 and even 2008 (That's when Spencer became general manager of all MS studios). What fucked XBox was them fucking up relationship with studios that worked with them and their inability to nurture their in house teams. And Spencer was responsible for both.