As Xbox faces its biggest backlash ever, a reader argues that it is has never fully understand what’s needed to be a successful console publisher.

I’m not sure what Microsoft was expecting from their Game Pass price cut annoucement this week but I’m going to guess it wasn’t the total destruction of the entire Xbox name. It feels like things have been falling apart for them since at least the Xbox One era and I don’t think I’m alone in having less and less sympathy for them as time has gone by.

A big part of that problem is Phil Spencer, who should’ve gone years ago, but really the rot set in during the Xbox 360 days (when he was already there, which people seem to forget). Xbox has made many different mistakes over the years, but the one consistent one is that it doesn’t respect the fact

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