He talks about playtime and that gamers are mostly playing games 6yrs and older but doesn’t even speculate on why that is. Could be technology, better gameplay, or some other factor. He’s just, “we have a small window we’re competing for” but doesn’t seem to want to understand why some new games get more playtime than others.
There’s no law saying that car companies can’t brick your cars software after ten years either. I bet if car companies did that there would be laws made damn quick.
If it’s about the long term health of the business, don’t buy studios you then “need to shut down” If that’s the real reason then the leadership at Xbox fucked up hard and needs to be let go. They have golden parachutes, they’ll be fine. Unlike the people at the studios they closed
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