That’s the irony, innit. They WERE profitable, when they and game studios had the breathing room for creativity. Management by spreadsheet “optimized” that situation to not being profitable.
And this next goal, they’ll probably use MORE management by spreadsheet, which will make it worse.
That’s the wrap on XBox, I suspect.
Boss says it’s time to enshittify.
That’s the irony, innit. They WERE profitable, when they and game studios had the breathing room for creativity. Management by spreadsheet “optimized” that situation to not being profitable.
And this next goal, they’ll probably use MORE management by spreadsheet, which will make it worse.
Yes. I heard an interesting leadership quote recently “optimizing can make us brittle”.