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Phil Spencer. Post if you're okay.
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coachmcguirk91
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Gaf needs a NQTW thread
S0ULZB0URNE
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What to avoid if you are a normal gamer.
Phil is a gamer so he's been enjoying his PlayStation 5 Pro.
Skifi28
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*This image was AI upscaled using PSSR*looking ruff
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
He started gambling because of you.
Kacho
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You don't hear anything from him because Sarah Bond is the new Phil Spencer. She's quiet like Nintendo's Doug Bowser because she ain't got no gamer cred. Doesn't matter how many controllers she places on her dresser. She's the the unseasoned chicken version of a video game executive. She's got no pizzazz, no flair. Current day executives pale in comparison to GOATs like Reggie and Peter Moore.
Besides, it's not like Xbox has anything to boast about. Like, wow... Cooking Mama is coming to Game Pass!
Besides, it's not like Xbox has anything to boast about. Like, wow... Cooking Mama is coming to Game Pass!
Skifi28
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UltimaKilo
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In before the ban!
Edmund
is waiting for Starfield 7
He lost the weight, this is from his last interview in November.
This is what you look like when your balls get drained by Adams Apple on a daily basis.
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gow3isben
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90% sure East Asians and South Asians get negative points
SJRB
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He ran a billion dollar conglomerate into the ground, I'm sure the pressure weighs on him.
Not that every single failure that happened in the Xbox ecosystem is his personal fault by any means, but as CEO he is ultimately responsible for what happened.
Giallo Corsa
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PeteBull
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If he had made the best decisions for Microsoft, Phill would have told Nadella to shut down Xbox in 2016 and not sell the idea of "Netflix of games" "100 million GP subscribers" and "3 billion consumer market on cell phones with xcloud" that kept the xbox running until 2024
Looking at the alternative, Phil doing this load of shit was less worse if he had made the best decisions and closed the Xbox in 2016
Crayon
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Begleiter
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They call this "growth mindset" over there.
Fess
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He lost the weight, this is from his last interview in November.
Satya need to feed him some juicy steaks or something
Humdinger
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I noticed the silence shortly after the transition to third-party started. He stepped back out of the spotlight and wasn't heard from for months.
I think he stepped back for three main reasons:
1. He doesn't want to answer hard questions that might put him in a bad light (e.g., complaints from the Xbox fans, dwindling console sales, sending more games to Playstation than he indicated, stagnation of GP, etc.).
2. The purpose of his PR junkets was to promote GP and the console. MS is floundering on both of those fronts. If Phil does more cheerleading on that, it won't help.
3. His enthusiasm is down. Phil's vision was that GP was going to be a big success, and so was Xbox (the console). That hasn't come to pass. Although Xbox gamers have saved a lot of money, Phil's vision has largely been a flop and has contributed to the downfall of the console. Phil is an optimist, but even he must realize that things didn't work out as he hoped. And he is not happy about it. He is not that excited about the direction of the company now. He doesn't feel motivated to go out there and promote it.
I think he stepped back for three main reasons:
1. He doesn't want to answer hard questions that might put him in a bad light (e.g., complaints from the Xbox fans, dwindling console sales, sending more games to Playstation than he indicated, stagnation of GP, etc.).
2. The purpose of his PR junkets was to promote GP and the console. MS is floundering on both of those fronts. If Phil does more cheerleading on that, it won't help.
3. His enthusiasm is down. Phil's vision was that GP was going to be a big success, and so was Xbox (the console). That hasn't come to pass. Although Xbox gamers have saved a lot of money, Phil's vision has largely been a flop and has contributed to the downfall of the console. Phil is an optimist, but even he must realize that things didn't work out as he hoped. And he is not happy about it. He is not that excited about the direction of the company now. He doesn't feel motivated to go out there and promote it.
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Moriarty1889
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Those freaks sadly are what Xbox seems to be obsessed with. They bend over backwards for them and prioritize everything under the sun for them as well. No wonder Xbox has become such a joke in the gaming world. They worry more about this than the console itself and the brand overall.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
He doesn’t have fans or trust anymore.
In the end his leadership killed Xbox, or any reason to own one.
When the mask is pulled back and investors/higher ups realize engagement doesn’t pay bills or grow market share, he will be kicked out.
He’s the greatest con man ever. I love gamepass but he convinced dozens of people this would make more money and instead flushed sales down a toilet lol.
In the end his leadership killed Xbox, or any reason to own one.
When the mask is pulled back and investors/higher ups realize engagement doesn’t pay bills or grow market share, he will be kicked out.
He’s the greatest con man ever. I love gamepass but he convinced dozens of people this would make more money and instead flushed sales down a toilet lol.
Badlucktroll
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its easy to pack on the pounds i was orderin pizzas and burritos all the time in college
Parazels
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Do you miss another portion of "immersive gaming experience on Game pass"?
This is exactly what he is repeating in every single interview.
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VolticArchangel
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This was him, Aaron Greenberg and the Xbox team at TGA 2024, when Astro Bot was crowned as GOTY.
Parazels
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I think with the Activision purchase and all the court shenanigans he got told to STFU.
Donald mac Ronald
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Are these Phil's tears?
Brigandier
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I would genuinely hate to work there.... it sounds incredibly discriminate against white heterosexual men.
Sorcerer
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True. Spencer would become the diplomat of consoles (the good guy Dave Grohl of videogames) but he disappeared and Bond is not very public facing either. Nadella seems to have taken over PR.
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Majima Everywhere System
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The King who achieved nothing, won no wars, and only was remembered because he expelled his salt of the earth farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and bakers to curry favor with a handful of traveling spice, perfume, and gold peddlers.
James Sawyer Ford
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looking ruff
Silent Phil 2 Remake
A story about a man who kills a diseased console named Xbox, only later to come back and regret it
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Is the likely answer. Golden parachute payment being prepared.
Its made for Sarah Bond isn't it - strong female lead and all that...
xrnzaaas
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Isn't Phil in Sydney Sweeney these days?
Humdinger
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Colt Eastwood said that he heard Phil plans to retire shortly after the launch of next gen. Take that fwiw, considering it's coming from Colt, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Skifi28
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Not the leader xbox needs, but the one it deserves.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Jaybe
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Same. I think Matt Booty will get the role since he’s leading the first-party studios, and they seem to be finally running as intended with a content pipeline at a good cadence. Sarah Bond has been dismal leading hardware and game pass, and it wouldn’t surprise me if she’s being encouraged to find a new position elsewhere.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Thats Microsoft for you. Microsoft's entire business model has been about being in the right place at the right time. Windows and DOS happened because IBM execs wanted to go golfing.
Phil is and was a always a Microsoft guy. He was good enough at it to snake his way into convincing people he was a gamer, but he and the people around him know absolutely nothing about studio management. he consistently kept sinking billions and billions into many projects that (likely) never received a return on investment (Gamepass being the worst). That is what cost him and Xbox as a whole. Worst of all, they like to make FUD their business model, and whores like ColtEastwood, Old TimDawg, Parris, Destin, Arthur Gies, and Ryan McCaffrey went along with it cuz it made them feel important. Xbox still has an impressive Twitter army.
Is it a shame? Yes, Xbox can no longer stroke the competitive ego of Sony.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Matt Booty has been with MS since 2010 and they are just NOW finally running as intended with a pipeline of mediocre underachieving games under his belt? Please! He deserves to go down in flames. He also ran Midway into the ground.
But he had the brilliant strategy of spending Sony out of business and that clearly worked out well didn't it?
SeanyQuest
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Can’t be marketing when there is no plan.
I think they cut his "personal" marketing budget, the marketing he did as a cult of his own personality.
In addition to the end of the "xbox ambassadors" program, the repercussion of the interviews, of what he talks about, is much smaller because there aren't a bunch of "BOTs" paid to keep echoing what Phill says.
This interview with IGN is an example, there were people in the audience being paid to applaud everything Phill said, this costs money. They even applauded when he spoke about the closing of Tango
On top of that, this interview wasn't talked about for a week, a month... No one said "but what about Sony?" The "impact" that Phill had when he spoke was never organic, it was always manufactured.
If he gives an interview now, he doesn't have the budget to pay for fake applause, much less his Twitter bots to give relevance to what he says.
The impression I have is that Phill wanted to continue appearing, speaking, and getting attention and he even tried to continue doing so, but without money to inflate the relevance of what he said, no one cared. Between talking and everyone realizing he's irrelevant and staying quiet living from the "past where he had attention", it's better to stay silent pretending that his relevance was organic.
The Big Phil Spencer IGN Live Interview: on the Health of Xbox, Handhelds, and More - IGN
IGN interviews Xbox boss Phil Spencer at IGN Live 2024.
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Crayon
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I think they cut his "personal" marketing budget, the marketing he did as a cult of his own personality.
In addition to the end of the "xbox ambassadors" program, the repercussion of the interviews, of what he talks about, is much smaller because there aren't a bunch of "BOTs" paid to keep echoing what Phill says.
This interview with IGN is an example, there were people in the audience being paid to applaud everything Phill said, this costs money. They even applauded when he spoke about the closing of Tango
On top of that, this interview wasn't talked about for a week, a month... No one said "but what about Sony?" The "impact" that Phill had when he spoke was never organic, it was always manufactured.
If he gives an interview now, he doesn't have the budget to pay for fake applause, much less his Twitter bots to give relevance to what he says.
The impression I have is that Phill wanted to continue appearing, speaking, and getting attention and he even tried to continue doing so, but without money to inflate the relevance of what he said, no one cared. Between talking and everyone realizing he's irrelevant and staying quiet living from the "past where he had attention", it's better to stay silent pretending that his relevance was organic.
The Big Phil Spencer IGN Live Interview: on the Health of Xbox, Handhelds, and More - IGN
IGN interviews Xbox boss Phil Spencer at IGN Live 2024.www.ign.com
On my list of reasons I hate ms, which I curate daily in a type of meditation, this online presence in console wars is always near the top. It started right from the beginning thanks to Halloween-paper tactics being in the DNA over there. 20 years starting with straight up paid fakes eventually evolving into a borderline cult.
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