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[Simply Sami]

10 years too late.

 

[mayham2199]

Well better late than never at least.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Captain of the Titanic to retire after smashing iceberg

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

It's not a Phil issue it's a MS issue.
Terrible out of touch company.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Maybe he can take over Hermen Hulst's job

 

[TheRedRiders]

"Phill Spencer To Give up after next console launch".

 

[Trekinspace88]

Can't he just leave now? Pretty please.

 

[LordCBH]

Fuck that. They should fire him now.

 

[Magic Carpet]

There won't be a next console.
If they can cancel 7 year development games.
They can cancel in development hardware.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Spoiler

There is no console

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

now i belive there will be another console. his narcissisrc ass wants to frame it's retirement on a "high" note.

also, given the timing: the closest thing to accountability for this clown

 

[SkylineRKR]

Technically this means he stays on forever since they won't release a next-gen console.

 

[Judge Magister]

So he won't.

 

[begotten]

Well Xbox is a nothing brand. Has been for years, kept alive by the annoying online community.

This should be the end hopefully to the X pea-brains.

 

[drganon]

Get rid of Matt Booty next.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Can't retire if there's no another console launch - smart thinking.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Torture. Tell him to go join Bonnie Ross.

 

[LakeOf9]

Breaking news: Kansas City to concede defeat to the Eagles for this year's Super Bowl

 

[Buggy Loop]

Next CEO in

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

It's not a Phil issue it's a MS issue.
Terrible out of touch company.

It's both. All of Xbox top management should be fired, as should Satya Nadella for chasing the unsustainable "infinite growth" and AI. When Windows loses 400 million users over the course of a few years and your gaming division can't put out consistent games or successfully maneuver through the mature console market anymore, you know you screwed up big.

 

[Simply Sami]

Let's not forget, Spencer was the reason why Xbox one had no decent first party games as he was in charge of first party studios towards the end of Xbox 360 and Xbox one launch. He flopped at every job and got promoted.

 

[drganon]

Let's not forget, Spencer was the reason why Xbox one had no decent first party games as he was in charge of first party studios towards the end of Xbox 360 and Xbox one launch. He flopped at every job and got promoted.

Failing Upwards.

 

[Kilau]

He wants to take one last public dump on the way out.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Booty should fuck off as well.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Sintoid]

There is still Something to destroy

 

[Killjoy-NL]

That's like Bonnie Blue announcing she will become a nun.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Today is a nice final bullet point for that Phil Spencer Effect graphic.

 

[bender]

 

[Simply Sami]

Damn, just realised this means Sarah Bond will probably be in charge. She's even more useless. They gonna go to town with the diversity card

Come back Phil!

 

[Perrott]

There won't be a next console.
If they can cancel 7 year development games.
They can cancel in development hardware.

As with the in-house Xbox handheld, which was canned just a few weeks back.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

It's both. All of Xbox top management should be fired, as should Satya Nadella for chasing the unsustainable "infinite growth" and AI. When Windows loses 400 million users over the course of a few years and your gaming division can't put out consistent games or successfully maneuver through the mature console market anymore, you know you screwed up big.

Besides windows(which is successful but shit) and azure, everything they touch goes to shit.
Let's poor one out for Nokia.

 

[PJX]

It's both. All of Xbox top management should be fired, as should Satya Nadella for chasing the unsustainable "infinite growth" and AI. When Windows loses 400 million users over the course of a few years and your gaming division can't put out consistent games or successfully maneuver through the mature console market anymore, you know you screwed up big.

He is the worst CEO in Microsoft history.

 

[HYDE]

Man…I will sure miss him! (future quote from Jez)

 

[Karim]

10 years too late.

 

[damidu]

lol so still cashing the ceo paychecks couple more years, just to fuck off in time to leave the incoming clusterfuck on someone else's lap.
he can then spent retirement giving interviews, blaming mattrick and his successor for the death of xbox.
dude is a highway robber. xbox deserves him

 

[digoutyoursoul]

It's too late and obviously it's all the same people behind whatever hardware comes next, why would I be excited for that given what a failure it's been previously

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

just give xbox to sega

 

[MayauMiao]

A rebaged ROG Ally is a terrible send off.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

just give xbox to sega

 

[Kurotri]

Did I miss something or why is everybody saying there's no console?

 

[Bojanglez]

"console"

 

[Pejo]

Mattrick may have botched the xbone, but Spencer killed an entire platform. I wonder how he'll be remembered 10+ years into the future.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Did I miss something or why is everybody saying there's no console?

Hoping if they keep repeating it for enough years they will eventually be right

But not yet, again

 

[Gonzito]

Finally some good news

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Throw his ass out. This incompetent cuntrag is responsible for just about everything. He made stupid decisions for years, doubled and tripled down on them, refused to correct course, and look where it brought them. SO MUCH OF THIS was avoidable.

And yeah, making decisions in that position is tough. You're not going to be right all the time. You also shouldn't be wrong almost all the time. You shouldn't make smug statements about the bright future of the business in the face of people losing their livelihoods (and this is far from the first time he's come across as an ass for that exact reason). But no - for years, he continued to make stupid fucking calls, failed to see obvious market trends and risks to his decisions, hired shit people for leadership roles, and built Xbox into a completely unsustainable shitshow.

He deserves every bit of ire he gets. Fuck Phil Spencer.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This source is bust.

 

[PeteBull]

Did I miss something or why is everybody saying there's no console?

Coz next xbox will be basically xbox branded prebuilt pc with an app.

 

[HYDE]

lol so still cashing the ceo paychecks couple more years, just to fuck off in time to leave the incoming clusterfuck on someone else's lap.
dude is a highway robber.
xbox deserves him

Just copying Bobby's schitck from Activision

 

[kruis]

It's both. All of Xbox top management should be fired, as should Satya Nadella for chasing the unsustainable "infinite growth" and AI. When Windows loses 400 million users over the course of a few years and your gaming division can't put out consistent games or successfully maneuver through the mature console market anymore, you know you screwed up big.

That news was retracted.

Microsoft says it still has 1.4 billion monthly active users (Updated)

Our mobile-first world is slowly killing the ubiquitous operating system.

www.tomshardware.com

Microsoft has possibly lost 400 million Windows users in three years, claims tech expert [UPDATE: Microsoft responds]

If it's true, it's pretty huge.

www.xda-developers.com

Microsoft clarifies the claimed number of Windows users

Since this article was published, Microsoft has updated its post to say the following:

"Today, Windows is the most widely used operating system, powering over 1.4 billion monthly active devices through an open and flexible platform that connects people, ideas and innovations on the Windows PCs they use every day around the world."