[nxc18]

I don’t think Phil had any other options while existing under Satya and a relentless push to services revenue. If Windows can’t make a case for itself without moving heavily to services (advertising and pushing 365, primarily), how could Xbox?

I’m not really sure how the C-suite is escaping blame here.

[rtpg]

Buying Activision was a Phil decision. Not spending 67 billion dollars puts you in a different place

[dagmx]

Oh I definitely agree the C-suite at Microsoft needs blame. Microsoft need everything to be framed as avenue into services.

But Phil was the one who dug two incompatible holes and kept digging hoping they’d meet in the middle with buried treasure.