Couldn’t have said it any better.

Yeah that was a strange statement @ the end. But they need to make money. I think people see Microsoft as some huge company with limitless resources so why can’t they just pour all the funds into gaming & not worry about profits? Well because they’re a business smh. Double standard indeed.

That’s my assesment as well….are we as gamers ignorant enough to think gaming is some kind of charity case? Haha. I mean of course they have to make profits in order to have the confidence to build a sequel or to invest in new IP. People always bash “rehashes” and sequels, they want new IP right, but how can u expect them to take a big risk on a new game if they aren’t making money in general? Look at how many studios went under the last 4 years.

To say “Microsoft really wants the money for themselves. Benefitting the gamer is an after effect”…..hunh? Microsoft making more profits = more reinvestment. Is it not that simple? People love to paint MS as money hungry bastards, but last I checked they operate under something called Capitalism, u know like Sony and Ninty too. What all us gamers want is for these systems to sell alot, the more sales for each system, the more games and more options we have……that’s why I don’t mind most X1 exclusives on PC, others are worried about some fanboy war.

Now, because Phil Spencer gave a truthful response, without the bs, you somehow want to twist it into a negative thing.

Do you know what a For profit corporation is? Yes, MS, Sony, Valve, etc are all For Profit corps. If any of these corps don’t get sales….guess what? They won’t want to invest even more money into whatever didn’t net them returns.

You earn money, you deduct costs, you have a certain profit, you invest that profit into your business, you get more games made. Yes, circle of life indeed. So why the cheap knock at the end of the article? What was the point? Click bait? So more people comment? What is it?