Now that the dust has settled on Ryan, I feel that it’s similar to Mattrick where the company wants to take a direction and you really just need a conduit for your ideas.
For context, Mattrick was roasted to oblivion for the Xbox One reveal. Next we know, he’s out, Spencer is in. But Spencer didn’t really change anything beyond messaging for a very similar approach. Spencer seems, to me, like a continuation of that idea but are taking a different route. Mattrick is like a landmark to identify a point in Xbox history where the company wanted to take their current trajectory.
I suspect this is very similar with Ryan now. We may see PlayStation taking a similar direction, but repackaged to be more palatable.
I guess time will tell if Ryan was really as bad as we think he is. Personally, I think history was kind to Mattrick because he was very transparent about what Xbox would become after Xbox 360.
