Phil Spencer Was Warned: We Have The Emails

Xbox was warned this could happen. Years ago, a Microsoft architect emailed Phil Spencer worried that Xbox's studio empire could turn into a bloodbath. Now the layoffs are here, studios are being cut loose, and the new plan seems to be chasing something even stranger: one billion people a day.

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00:00 Phil Spencer Was Warned
01:28 The Casualties At Xbox
05:00 Studios, Hardware, And The Reset
09:52 One Billion People A Day

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