Phil Spencer kommentoi studioiden sulkemista todeten, että hänen on pyöritettävä kestävää liiketoimintaa

Jokin aika sitten Microsoft meni ja sulki useita menestyneitäkin pelejä tehneitä studioitaan, ja irtisanoi runsaasti väkeä. IGN:lle asiaa kommentoi Microsoft Gamingin iso pomo Phil Spencer. Päätös ei ollut helppo, mutta hänen on pyöritettävä kestävää liiketoimintaa.

Muisto vain ovat enää Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games ja Roadhouse Studios.

"The closure of any team is hard obviously on the individuals there, hard on the [Xbox] team. I haven't been talking publicly about this, because right now is the time for us to focus on the team and the individuals [...] and I want to make sure that we're doing the right thing for the individuals on the team. It's not about my PR, it's not about Xbox PR. It's about those teams."

"I've said over and over, I have to run a sustainable business inside the company and grow, and that means sometimes I have to make hard decisions that frankly are not decisions I love, but decisions that somebody needs to go make."