Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’

Phil Spencer saying 'no AI slop' is the right call—games need craft, not token output. But he just volunteered to be unpopular with the board.

The second Xbox metrics slip or shareholders ask why competitors shipped faster, that stance softens. That said, gaming's got a real advantage: bad AI is visible (broken animations, dead NPCs). You can't pretend it works here like you can in other industries.

Real test: do studios actually get resources to build AI right, not just fast?