Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a month old account.

  But the biggest redflag is she’s never worked for a gaming company before, she went from AI exec to Xbox CEO…

  She literally has no idea how any of it works

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is the fundamental problem in the game industry. It became so profitable over the years it attracted the worst kind of people to lead creative endeavors.

    Of course I‘m talking about scum from the finance world and big tech that we‘ve all grown to despise over the years. They don‘t know the consumer or the product. They‘re in it for the money and we can see that in mass layoffs, predatory monetization practices that make other entertainment industries blush and insanely bloated budgets for projects with no vision.

    They‘re disgusting parasites. They‘re killing games and that‘s why I play so much more indie and retro games than AAA.

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    • BaroqueW@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is a fundamental problem with all industries. Management rarely has any idea what their industry is about and are just there to make numbers go up no matter what by pushing buttons/people.

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  • mrnobody@reddthat.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh she’ll be prefect then! She will spend a minimum amount of time pretending like she’s a gamer to relate to the gaming scene and then because she knows it all, base all her decisions on her profound knowledge!

    /s

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’d be a better fit for the role. I’ve never played XBox, but neither has she, and I’ve been a gamer since 1985.

    I’d LOVE to get in there, and do something with Rare.

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• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Doesn’t matter for the role.

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  • Gunrigger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    You’re right, my experience as a sous chef does make me a perfect fit for that chief of surgery job I saw advertised. Imma go for it.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Business experience for a business role.

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• neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  To be fair, my Xbox gamer tag is pretty lacking as I’m mainly a pcgamer and retro gamer. So hopefully that is the case with her.

  But to be honest, from my perspective, Xbox is already lower on the scale to me that it can get worse in any measurable way.

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