He's answering this question:
How do you feel about the response to ReCore from critics, given it was highlighted as one of the major Xbox One exclusives?
Also I don't think anyone in this thread has "pretended" clickbait doesn't exist. I will admit I am wrong if you can find a single post from someone saying that.
The issue people are having is that a head of a company shouldn't be blaming poor reviews on that.
I agree, he shouldn't have gone down this road.
I honestly think he's just venting here...he definitely has passion in the products/games he helps make (which I think is quite obvious), so I'm sure there's just some disappointment seeping into this interview.
I think this happens to Phil a lot because he does often come off as rather genuine/human, perhaps more than most people in positions like his...
He probably should run things by PR before these interviews more often than he does.
Putting all that aside, I mean in the end how does it even make it any better if he's talking about Recore or FH3 or both?
I think the distinction is important because he's going on a tangent about game reviews in general, and is using FH3 and Recore as examples of how some reviewers exploit the system by using controversially-low scores to generate clicks (i.e. clickbait).
I understand the question was about Recore, specifically, but he brought up it and FH3 as examples of how these kind of reviews "bum" him out.
I don't think what he's saying is really all that crazy or "out there" - but again, being in the position he's in, he should have shown a little more restraint.