We've seen these threads before and they always end the same way. One side looks at the evidence, facts and data and draw logical conclusions. The other side puts their fingers in their ears and say "Nah nah nah I can't hear you, this is all concern and random and pinch of salt nah nah nah"
Halo: Infinite
- Showed a trailer in 2019 that was meant to be in game. It wasn't
- Game gets delayed a year
- Game launches feature light
- Game has missing features to this day
Hellblade 2
- Trailer is CGI. Microsoft said it was in game
- Trailer turns out to be CGI
- Microsoft said Hellblade was in production, using UE5, which wasn't even out
- Game didn't enter production until 12 months after Microsoft said it was
Starfield
- Microsoft stated it would release on time, even doubling down on the release date
- Shows a lack of footage and instead releases artwork
- Community says it will be delayed. Microsoft say "no"
- Game get delayed
Redfall
- Little information about the game
- Microsoft said it will release on time
- Microsoft said the game is now delayed
Forza 5
- Was supposed to launch with RT and 60fps
- Game launches with RT in photo mode and garage
- Only runs at 30fps.
Now? Rumors of fable being delayed with piss-poor excuses of lack of experience - which is objectively false, and the 'fans' and community state the game isn't being delayed?
When are people going to seriously ask what the hell is going on with the xbox division? Even the terrible reveal of the xbone, and the xbone itself, doesn't compare to how shitty the division is now and I'm an xbox fan of 20+ years. You can enjoy a football team, but still hate the direction the management is taking it (See Manchester United in the UK for example).
Phil Spencer needs to be replaced. Turning away Marvel, Letting insomniac go, mismanagement of Halo, Hellblade, Forza, Starfield and now Fable, show's he has no clue about the industry. The Xbox Series is his first console launch and he has nothing to show for it. And if anyone thinks it's acceptable to hand-wave away the failures because "publisher of the year", then give your head a wobble, because you're being bamboozled.
There's no shame in wanting better.