Of course Phil cares about sales. He is just saying it doesn’t all boil down to PS4 versus XB1. There are degrees to importance.

Much more than PS4 and XB1 are involved. Phil has to consider Windows 7/8/10, DX12, Win32/UWP games and apps. He can’t just say, “build a handheld”, “build a VR helmet”, “build motion controls”, because Sony and Nintendo may be doing it. MS has to make the best decisions for their platform and now he has a much greater influence.

I think his statement about installed base was pretty clear — active players is a better metric than sold console units if you are looking to predict potential sales for software. We know the XB1 installed base is over 26 million now, through 3rd party sources. Who does that number really help? It’s a “nice to know” kind of thing, but you still need to calculate a lot of other metrics to predict software performance.

IMO I think Phil is posing what he’s being told to state via someone else within MS team. Or he has just lost the gamers view within this gen like MS has done in the past.

PR at best but not helping him or the Xbone team/gamers.

Phil is just a sore loser. He’s just a failure and he’s only trying to change the tone to protect his pride and the Xbox fanbase. He’s been trying to defend his constant failures ever since he took over. Such hilariousness!

Got it.

No matter how you look at it, PS4 is the lead platform this gen. Sony and MS are competing at the same price point nowadays so the row on sales and competition has become even harder to hoe for Phil and the Xbox team. Well that’s how I see it.

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Shut up