I believe in Phil Spencer
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Bits N Pieces
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Get the bathtubs' ready!
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Bring back J.
J>Phil>Moore>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
EDIT: Had to go find more >'s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mattrick
Bring back J.
Nah Phil tops him too, give him a few more years and you'll see..
IncognitoPanda
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Whih is probably they want outof the normal console cycle. Sony has a huge lead in market share, and unless they mess up PS5, that will only continue.
They're trying to capitalize on the PC market for some extra staying power, and stop cycles in order to not having to start a gen from scratch, where a competition with Sony seems unappealing.
Bear Force One
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CassidyIzABeast
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Bring back J.
The gawd passed him with today's boss move. Bless up. In Phil we trust.
DeCreeperHater
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I believe in him.
He made the Xbox One worth buying.
I'm just concerned about his recent statements.
He made the Xbox One worth buying.
I'm just concerned about his recent statements.
IncognitoPanda
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Some people will believe anything they read *rolls eyes*
3rdamention
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His post is much closer to reality than thinking one man calls all the shots for his division within a multinational enterprise owned by shareholders..
pixelation
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I believe i can fly!
Bring back J.
Stop giving J Allard too much love. Ed Fries and Robbie Bach were important too.
Neuromancer
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It seems that he did a lot to unfuck the Xbox One, but I imagine he had a hand in fucking it up in the first place. He certainly defended it hard enough back when it was still going to be a DRM nightmare:
http://www.destructoid.com/ms-on-xbox-one-we-have-built-a-natively-connected-device-255988.phtml
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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this. that said you have to give credit where it is due. the xbox brand has changed for the better under him.
Well enjoy your enthusiasm OP.
Realistically he's simply stabilised (as best as possible) a sinking ship such that it will remain afloat long enough to decide what to do next. He's made a mix of good and bad plays and he's dropped the axe on a bunch of folks as part f the stabilisation.
Conclusion: solid business response but hardly a gaming saviour.
But hey you're enthused so fair enough.
Realistically he's simply stabilised (as best as possible) a sinking ship such that it will remain afloat long enough to decide what to do next. He's made a mix of good and bad plays and he's dropped the axe on a bunch of folks as part f the stabilisation.
Conclusion: solid business response but hardly a gaming saviour.
But hey you're enthused so fair enough.
Bioshocker
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Oh God. Great minds think alike.
I dunno, pretty obvious to anyone what Microsoft had to do, if it wasn't Spencer, someone else would have done the same. I think what Xbox have been doing recently like BC, new stuff coming out, future games and studio management will show better how Spencer is doing but a lot of that takes time to show. They still have that silly indie parity clause for example which doesn't look good for Spencer.
rokkerkory
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I likes J too very fashion fwd but spencer ftw
BibiMaghoo
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Do you imagine he had much choice in this as an employee?
He is doing a great job at improving Xbox so yeah I am happy. He still gets a lot of hate for being in the limelight, but that's good for me because I do not see that as much from the others.
Reggie has been absent for a lot recently and Sony has never really had someone that present for their Playstation. Either that or they suck at anything else than console launches.
I'm sure Phil could promise and deliver amazing stuff and people will still hat eon him and call him out for nonsense they really do not understand. Like they blame him for being an MS employee during the initial X1 announcement problems, like he was at fault.
Reggie has been absent for a lot recently and Sony has never really had someone that present for their Playstation. Either that or they suck at anything else than console launches.
I'm sure Phil could promise and deliver amazing stuff and people will still hat eon him and call him out for nonsense they really do not understand. Like they blame him for being an MS employee during the initial X1 announcement problems, like he was at fault.
slavesnyder
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I believe I can fly
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
If only someone would make an image of that. Wait...
Well that's all wrong because prior execs said Phil was a rare breed. Cometh the hour cometh the man - Peter Moore.
That's more than anyone on gaming boards can claim
They're called haters. There's alot of good he's done for the brand, trimming Lionhead would reflect badly if they were creating decent games or at least we're up to something that contributed significantly to the business but flop after flop I don't feel it's closing will be remembered apart from those who clutch at straws and are critical of Xbox. It's sad, but if this means more money for Crackdown 3, Forza Horizon or Sea of Thieves then it's an acceptable move.
That was a good podcast
BumblebeeCody
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Gnome Scat
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Phil Spencer, can we trust him?
Yes. The dude backs his shit up.
Dee Dah Dave
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Their next Xbox hardware will be the true telling of Phil Spencer.
SEGAvangelist
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I think this E3 and Gamescom will be.
It's the Surface team making it. It'll kill.
What podcast?
No, that's just bad science. 😔
Phil Spencer is very-well paid executive at Microsoft that does Public Relations as part of his job description.
He's not your friend, and unless you're on the board of directors of large technology company, he's not your peer, either.
I suspect "I believe in Phil Spencer" gets more than its share of ironic usage around here, but it still makes me cringe when I read it.
He's not your friend, and unless you're on the board of directors of large technology company, he's not your peer, either.
I suspect "I believe in Phil Spencer" gets more than its share of ironic usage around here, but it still makes me cringe when I read it.
Dee Dah Dave
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I dunno. We are still getting the tail end of games from the Mattrick / Whitten era. Next year onwards will be mostly based on Phil Spencer's direction. It's also when I predict the arrival of new hardware.
Hawk269
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I would say if you compare what they were trying to do under the other guy and what has happened since Phil took over, you would have to at least acknowledge that things have gotten substantially better on the platform. Yes, there is still a ton of work to do, but you have to be ignorant not to see that things have gone from being really bad to pretty good now.
Jesus Christ, no chill!
You just gave me another cringe, thanks.
Bear Force One
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Disaster Nebraska
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Maybe. Last year was "Games games games" and they did a decent job of delivering for their core fans.
What I'm keeping my eye on is how they behave during "off season" and how this Xbox/PC rollout is going to look. Microsoft actually does a pretty decent job at keeping the promises that they make at E3. Not flawless (those Kinect-focused E3's and Xboz One's first E3 were awful) but pretty decent.
HighResTomato
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I just wish the Surface team would redesign the Xbox One already. They should be able to make a smaller version by now.
They might had if they weren't force feed Kinect development and fable franchise milking, which like rare had to come from above. I doubt their first choice was Kinect demo a shitty Kinect fable spin off and a shit arcade coop game.