Something needed to happen. Phil Spencer's leadership was a failure. He bet on Game Pass, acquired studios to provide AA Game Pass "filler," and that bet didn't pay off. The Series consoles are in a distant third place, and Game Pass has been stuck at around 30 million (they were projecting around 70 million).
Ultimately, the masses want new Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, not Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, another Hellblade, South of Midnight, and a pottery brawler named Kiln. We haven't had a new Elder Scrolls since 2011 or a new Fallout since 2015. They should've had a new Fallout release around the Amazon series to capitalize on its success. Obsidian should've been working on a new Fallout game, not Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2. That game would've massively outperformed both of them combined. Waiting for Todd Howard to finish Starfield to start on Elder Scrolls VI, and then waiting for him to finish Elder Scrolls VI to start on Fallout 5, was crazy. Todd Howard can offer oversight like he did on Indiana Jones, however these don't need to be his projects. Asha is talking about making more of the games that people actually want and less of the games that they don't want. If you're one of the few people who liked the AA Game Pass "filler" they put out, you'll be disappointed. But if you're one of the people who have been waiting over 10 years for games in their key franchises, hopefully this new leadership can follow through on their vision to get the big hitters out in a more timely manner.
