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Mike Ybarra taking aim at XB leadership?
- Thread starter Pelta88
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Pelta88
Member
He left XB leadership twice. Once for Activision. And again once MS bought Activision. He’s been taking shots for a while but none directed at leadership, until now.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
What great games did Blizzard ship under his leadership? LOL
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Having known Mike on a personal level for years him and Phil butted heads often on games and he usually lost
He actually laughed at the private showing of the Halo Infinite trailer that gave us Craig because he thought him and Phil were being trolled
Once Mike found out it was the actual trailer he ever said something along the lines of "We can't release this" but Phil said it looked good and we got that first hideous trailer.
So yeah he is taking shots at XB Brass
Hudo
Member
He also greenlit the now thankfully cancelled survival game that Blizzard wasted time and resources on while also ignoring the shitshow that still is WarCraft 3 Reforged and had no solution for how to save WoW other than going back on his own words of "you think you do. But you don't" regarding a classic verison of WoW.
Cool that he's your friend but from outside observation, he also made bad decisions.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
No. at all. i also before sleep make random posts about stuff.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Without a doubt he isn't the all knowing type because talking to him personally he really enjoyed that canceled game which I saw some very early gameplay of and looked ok at best to me, not something I would play
I am just agreeing that his post is very likely aimed at XB because he was over ruled often.
One other little story I have told here many times but worth repeating
XB has a roundtable when they gather and when Mike left XB the first time on his own accord Phil said they would leave his chair open to represent the gamer (since Mike was the only actual gamer there) to always remind them who XB worked for and how is that something XB would need to be reminded of
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Wow, so Phil is delusional as well as not being the "gamer" his lunatic proponents purport him as?
Yeah, he want to fill that job, that almost seemless empty role.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
He is not the gamer most are led to believe
Mike said a few times that interns were used to run up some of their gamer scores
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
His resume aside, this post - whoever it's aimed at - is spot on. A lot of the problems Xbox has faced over the last 2 generations now would be seen as "growing pains" if they were consistently releasing great games.
It's also why I shake my head at all the news of what hardware they want to build/release next. Xbox Series is fine. People just need a reason to buy it over PS5. As it stands they're increasingly chipping away at any value proposition their console has.
It's still baffling to me how they managed to completely mismanage their first party studios to this point.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Do most actually believe that though? To me he always came off as a sales guy pretending to be a gamer to try to be "in" with his audience. Guess it did work on a lot of Xbox fans.
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MatrixReloaded101
Member
It’s too late, Xbox is too far to gone to save. You can’t just turn a dial and start pumping out good games. Making good games requires years of planning and decision making.
He would be foolish to want to take the captain position on a sinking ship. Xbox has to throw everything at game pass and hope it works.
GTA 6’s release will at least keep them a float to barely make it into a potential new console but even that seems unlikely because I’m sure most people will just get it on PS5 instead especially if the PS5 pro is real and it ends up improving the games performance compared to the Xbox edition.
He would be foolish to want to take the captain position on a sinking ship. Xbox has to throw everything at game pass and hope it works.
GTA 6’s release will at least keep them a float to barely make it into a potential new console but even that seems unlikely because I’m sure most people will just get it on PS5 instead especially if the PS5 pro is real and it ends up improving the games performance compared to the Xbox edition.
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Cyber_hunter026
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Pelta88
Member
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
People on forums hating Mike Ybarra is one thing, but people hate him in person, too. He's a total ass, but he probably already knows that.
MatrixReloaded101
Member
This would explain why stuff like Red Fall happened lol.
Fredrik
Member
He’s clearly not the typical suit but there was a video where he was playing with WASD controls and… well… let’s just say that he’s definitely not a PC gamer!
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
He's got interns for that. Polygon interviews and iJustine podcasts are way more important.
Moriarty1889
Member
At this point he couldn’t do any worse than Phil has by running Xbox into the ground.
Deerock71
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solidus12
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CLW
Member
Well MS has had 20+ years and has NEVER seemed interested in making better products (games) than Sony or Nintendo
Soooo it’s NOT an ideal answer to an interview question (even if the truth)
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
If they were smart they would’ve begged Bobby K to take the job. Maybe the one businessman in the industry who’s ruthless enough to turn around the ship. Instead they will give it to Sarah Bond lmao.
JerryinSoCal
Member
People keep forgetting Phil had a high level job during the second half of the 360 gen too when the software went downhill, I'm sure most of that was on Mattrick but it's not like Phil hasn't been making or at least been a part of bad decisions for a long time.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
The man wants Phil's job. He probably expects to be rewarded after his Stephen Elop period at ABK.
JerryinSoCal
Member
He would have gotten rid of gamepass and probably half of their studios because they aren't producing.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Exactly lol
digoutyoursoul
Member
“Not satisfying individuals “
I wonder what he means by that
I wonder what he means by that
March Climber
Member
Can't crunch and play games at the same time. Gotta pick one
solidus12
Member
He’s still port begging for a PlayStation game made by a PlayStation owned studio.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
All XGS games are already on PC day 1 anyway .. but I guess he'd rather wait for a PC port than play on native PS5 hardware.
Topher
Gold Member
Majima Everywhere System
Member
If Xbox won’t self implode, we’ll do it for them
solidus12
Member
I was highlighting his change of attitude towards PlayStation. At the end of the day, he’s eager to experience PlayStation greatness while at the same time taking digs at Xbox.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Who, THEAP99 or Mike Ybarra ?
edit: I didn't even see the tweeter is also a gaffer lol
Topher
Gold Member
Who, THEAP99 or Mike Ybarra ?
edit: I didn't even see the tweeter is also a gaffer lol
lol....theap99 was banned a couple of years ago I think.
Ybarra seems ok except for having weirdo friends.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
lol....theap99 was banned a couple of years ago I think.
Ybarra seems ok except for having weirdo friends.
Banjo64
cumsessed
It’s no wonder the Xbox division is in free fall if this is their leader.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
Yeah but it's in that passive-aggressive port-begging, almost-trolling kind of way to egg on yet more PC ports from Sony.
Even when, IMHO, that continuing as it has currently or especially if it becomes more aggressive, is going to lead PlayStation consoles down a similar path of irrelevance that Xbox has seen.
solidus12
Member
I was/am against the PlayStation pc initiative from day one.
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