I certainly think he's good at branding but very poor execution during his reign.
Both Playstation and Nintendo Switch significantly exceeded xbox in terms of good games in the last decade imo.
Both Playstation and Nintendo Switch significantly exceeded xbox in terms of good games in the last decade imo.
But the Xbox hardware is good, franchises like Halo / Gears / Forza etc. have always been good, and Xbox Game Pass is great.
The problem was the lack of hit IPs, and buying a bunch of studios with good histories like Bethesda was on the surface, a logical choice. The problem is that the Western AAA industry was also undergoing through a general decline amidst a larger cultural shift that was anathemic to originality, so no new hits could be made.
Nintendo and Sony in contrast still had a portfolio of more niche legacy studios like Monolith or Atlus or Kojima that could create new things. Obviously the talent for that does exist in the West, from Larian or smaller indie studios, but it is very hard for upper management to discern these kinds of details or be willing to take the risk with them.