Xbox head Phil Spencer told Microsoft to go 'all-in' on gaming when brand was threatened
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Phil Spencer told Microsoft to go 'all-in' on gaming when brand was threatened
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"Im not sure we should be in gaming....."
Phil gets the guy to not only change his mind but drop 2.5 billion dollars on some game that came from space.
Give the man his props
Phil gets the guy to not only change his mind but drop 2.5 billion dollars on some game that came from space.
Give the man his props
The all in one entertainment, plug in your set top box bullshit was clearly executives that had no clue pushing some boomer vision of content consumption.
Can't imagine how demoralising it would have been to be on the team building the Xbox One.
There was so much bullshit coming from their marketeers.
Spencer really righted a ship that had almost capsized it seems especially if the CEO was looking to pull the plug.
Can't imagine how demoralising it would have been to be on the team building the Xbox One.
There was so much bullshit coming from their marketeers.
Spencer really righted a ship that had almost capsized it seems especially if the CEO was looking to pull the plug.
That one is not happening because it's not minecraft. The simple fact you hope it might is the whole reason why it won't be.
Imagine using Mineacraft special case to port beg another game lol
Minecraft is special in a way. And was already on other platforms.
They didn't pay $2.5 billion for Ninja Theory. So no. I wouldn't hold your breath for it.
I don't think so. Can you imagine Sony allowing the release of Sunset Overdrive 2 (if it happens) on Xbox and PC? I can't.
Because people want to be console warriors rather than have an ecosystem where everyone can enjoy games the way they want.
Well Minecraft was just making too much money on non-xbox platforms to pull it offI guess.
I only want it on Playstation for the potential easy platinum trophy like the first game. Orherwise, if the second game is good I'll gladly get it on PC.
Who was it that made all of the awful Xbone decisions and basically screwed Microsoft for a whole generation?
It feels like Spencer has been playing mad catchup ever since.
It feels like Spencer has been playing mad catchup ever since.
The all-in approach is showing: tons of great studio acquisitions, great third party deals, some insane hardware work between the X and Series X in particular, backwards compatibility, Game Pass and its day one first parties... it's an exciting time for present or future Xbox owners, because they are clearly putting insane amounts of effort and money into the project after a legit risk of seeing them fold under a different leadership.
I imagine part of it was about motivating Spencer to come up with a coherent plan or the box division. Lighting a fire under their ass, effectively.
I dont think it was one individual but Terry Myerson (ex head of Windows) and Don Mattrick (head of Xbox) were responsible for a lot of the strategy and funding available to Xbox back at the XB1 launch.
Both are now gone and Phil reports directly to Satya and Amy Hood.
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Yeah no trophy for you it looks like. Doesn't matter where you get it end of the day I guess.
Yeah no trophy for you it looks like. Doesn't matter where you get it end of the day I guess. Steam achievement same shit.
Honestly I was pretty ambivalent on Spencer for a long time. Just didn't seem like much changed after he became the head of the Xbox branch. However at this point I'm really liking what I'm seeing from Spencer and the xbox teams.
I appreciate what Spencer has done. I'm grateful that MS has a CEO who listens. Nadella has been great for MS.
Mr. Don "Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity: it's called Xbox 360." Mattrick.
When Phil took over, he also still had to report to Terry Myerson (executive vice president, which covered Windows, Windows Phone and everything Xbox) to get anything approved. This changed when Myerson left the company and Phil became part of the Senior Leadership Team at Microsoft and could report to Satya Nadella directly.
phil is a great guy, and a really positive force for the gaming industry. the fact that some people still think he's a "PR guy" or a "hype man" is ridiculous and disrespectful.
After the failures of Zune/Groove, Windows Store and Windows Phone still fresh in their minds, they were right to go all in on gaming rather than letting yet another digital gold mine go untapped; there's bucket loads of money to be made by platform holders as customers get more and more entrenched in ecosystems.
it started a few years ago? unless you think games appear out of thin air.
Probably around the same time as increasing their first party studio count from six to fifteen? Or maybe it's in the huge growth at all of the fifteen studios? Or maybe it's the huge investment we've been seeing in Game Pass? Maybe it's the push for xCloud and the tech behind it.
Maybe its one of those things or something different, what do you think?
It's been 6 years since Spencer took over. And so far we haven't seen much except hot air.
you must have selective blindness if you can't see the changes that have happened to xbox after phil took over.
