cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/gaming/t/471480
Archive link: https://archive.ph/iMJzD
I know this is disappointing, even if many of the documents are well over a year old and our plans have evolved.
We all put incredible amounts of passion and energy into our work, and this is never how we want that hard work to be shared with the community.
In the days and weeks ahead, let’s stay focused on what we can control: continuing the amazing success of Starfield, the upcoming launch of the incredible and accessible Forza Motorsport, and continuing to build games, services and devices that millions of players can enjoy.
I do find it a little interesting that Phil Spencer is ignoring the content of the leaks and instead just focusing on the fact the documents are out of date. I would imagine the contents of the leaks are likely still pretty close to accurate, even if plans have changed a little, as a result.
I also wonder if Xbox will use the reaction to the leaks to determine potential changes going forward (ie: reactions to the console being all digital, reactions to the next gen console processor, etc).
This was an internal email, not a PR comment.
Ideally, you would have internal PR and crisis comms draft such a mailing, because you plan that it gets leaked. He probably saw it once to sign off on, but it was writen by comms.
Source: this is textbook crisis pr