ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months ago

Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business'

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Phil Spencer blames capitalism for games industry woes: 'I don't get [the] luxury of not having to run a profitable growing business'

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ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months ago

Spencer said publicly traded companies have to show constant growth or else nobody will give them money.

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I’ve seen companies phrase 8% growth as a negative because they missed their 10% growth target that they just pulled out of their own ass.

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