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Phil Spencer. Post if you're okay.

Sooner

Member
A couple years ago, gaming boards couldn't go two days without a slew of Phil Spencer quotes. Dude was giving daily interviews. Ignoring the fact he was often making completely opposite statements day to day, fans were eating it up.

Phil's face was constantly plastered on Arnold Schwarzenegger's body. Every promise made was celebrated. And Microsoft seemed eager to put him in the spotlight at any and every opportunity.

Now? Radio silence. Dude looks like he aged 30 years in 10 and gained 50 pounds. And the guy is barely a presence lately.

Ever since, "Even if Starfield were an 11 out of 10, people aren't going to sell their PlayStations", "Simply making great games isn't enough to sell consoles" and "Don't worry, it's just four games and do NOT include Indiana Jones or Starfield", he's almost fallen off the radar.

Do you think this is a calculated decision by himself, by higher-ups in Microsoft or am I just mistaken and he's still vocal as ever and I'm just missing it?
 

Dr.Morris79

Gold Member
I would hazard a guess that the demographics have changed so much over there he probably thinks 'well, fuck it'
 
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DeepEnigma

Gold Member
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Oppoi

Member
They found it useless so they dropped it just as they will the current push of paid actors pretending to support everything they do.
 

Ozriel

M$FT
A couple years ago, gaming boards couldn't go two days without a slew of Phil Spencer quotes. Dude was giving daily interviews. Ignoring the fact he was often making completely opposite statements day to day, fans were eating it up.

Phil's face was constantly plastered on Arnold Schwarzenegger's body. Every promise made was celebrated. And Microsoft seemed eager to put him in the spotlight at any and every opportunity.

Now? Radio silence. Dude looks like he aged 30 years in 10 and gained 50 pounds. And the guy is barely a presence lately.

Ever since, "Even if Starfield were an 11 out of 10, people aren't going to sell their PlayStations", "Simply making great games isn't enough to sell consoles" and "Don't worry, it's just four games and do NOT include Indiana Jones or Starfield", he's almost fallen off the radar.

Do you think this is a calculated decision by himself, by higher-ups in Microsoft or am I just mistaken and he's still vocal as ever and I'm just missing it?

EVP Spencer right now

Sad Money GIF by G2 Esports
 
I think his PR work mas mostly limited to convincing people that Xbox is where it's at back when MS still thought they stood a chance in terms of hardware market share. Now that Xbox apparently includes Playstation there's no really no more need to convince people to pick sides.
 

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
He’s been totally radio silent for a while now and he looks like he’s under a lot of stress. I genuinely hope he’s okay trolling aside.

What stress? He could get fired today and retire a multi millionaire. The stressful part of his career is over now that Satya has waved the white flag.
 
What stress? He could get fired today and retire a multi millionaire. The stressful part of his career is over now that Satya has waved the white flag.
I honestly don’t know. I wouldn’t be stressed if I was making millions but dude looked horrible last time we saw him, he’s aged and gained weight. He looked like Satya was holding him up at gunpoint lol.
 

Mr Hyde

Member
Honestly I'm worried about his health. Imagine the psychological strain when everything you worked for, everything you said, every promise you made, gets upended by those higher than you. The generational road map with X/S and Game Pass didn't pan out. The supposed blockbuster games you've promoted and put your hopes on were financial or critical duds. Closed studios. Cratering console sales. Games ported to competitions platforms. Fan base turning against you. Even if Phil is payed a high salary to endure this kinda heat it can be easy dealing with stuff like this. Some day you're bound to get broken.
 
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Elios83

Member
What is he supposed to say?
His PR role was bound to cultivate brand loyalism by acting like a good guy and saviour of the brand, telling some people what they wanted to hear even if it was a lie.
That game is now over, they're a multiplatform publisher. What is he supposed to say? Please be excited about the multiplatform games we're cooking?
Nadella killed his PR role.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Iirc he was still offering his typical retarded quotes at gamescom or was that e3?

He will be back when they have a big show to offer more bullshit quotes.
 
From a hero who will save the Xbox brand to a villain who has led it to become a kind of Sega 2.0, it is normal that he no longer appears in interviews or anything, the last time he was seen was at the games awards and he was a meme.
 
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