Head of the gaming division of the corporation Microsoft Phil Spencer once again called for an end to the debate about the superiority of one console over another and look at the industry with different eyes. In an interview with the publication The washington post he called the endless talk about which piece of plastic is better “unproductive”.
“We need to get away from this.
The idea that in order for industry to grow, some companies must succeed and others must fail … does not help games reach the potential they are capable of.
When a really great game comes out, we have to applaud its creators, no matter where it appeared – on a PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo Switch. ”
The so-called “holivor” and “console wars” involve not only ordinary players, but also industry figures. Here Spencer drew parallels with the world of cinema. It is difficult for him to imagine that there are film studio managers who dream of the failure of other people’s films at the box office.
“We need to focus on the industry we love and watch it continue to grow together. We need to protect it from the challenges it faces,” a Microsoft spokesman said.
According to Spencer, the industry has enough real problems. For example, both directly in the workplace, as demonstrated by recent scandals, and in communities. And it is better to spend extra energy on normalizing processes, he believes.
“If we’re going to waste energy, let’s channel it into something that will help the industry, not” my piece of plastic is better than your piece of plastic. This is unproductive. “
Phil Spencer is at the forefront of Microsoft’s transformation in the second half of the Xbox One lifecycle. The Xbox brand is no longer tied to one console, it is “out of the box” and is expanding – Microsoft supports the PC market, prepares a cloud service, hoping to reach billions of players, pays great attention to backward compatibility issues and free upgrade programs.
“To truly unlock the potential of the industry, everything should be built around players, not devices,” Spencer says.
Previously, a Microsoft employee has repeatedly urged users to simply enjoy their games no matter where they come out. God of War 2018 creator Corey Barlog also opposes console wars, and his colleague in the shop David Yaffe, who invented the series, even recently called fans to criticize him for expressing love for Sony rivals “a bunch of 30-year-old underdeveloped.”
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