Rumour - Phil Spencer to retire after next console launch (UP: MS said that Spencer isn’t retiring imminently)
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Steve Holt
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The damage this guy has done.
analog_future
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He honestly shouldn't be allowed the dignity of "retiring". He should be casually fired just like the other 9,000 people that were fired today.
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HeisenbergFX4
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The source is usually really good for Call of Duty related stuff but how he heard this and no one else has yet is pretty suspect imo
SEGAvangelist
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I think that's unfair. He cut and cut until Xbox was profitable, sold Nadella on Game Pass and Cloud to get the funding to grow Xbox internal development, and pretty much saved the brand for a while. He's ultimately failing due to mismanagement, but it wasn't all bad.
OmegaSupreme
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He's earned it
S0ULZB0URNE
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Steve Holt
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Where has GamePass and all that funding got them?
The Xbox 360 is still their best console they have released and they have never got close to that on his waych.
Despite many, many, many years of promises.
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nowhat
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As a Finn, and as much as I detest that rodent Elop, Nokia was already on the way out. They very likely would have died (as a mobile phone company, they are still active in the network side of things) regardless. It was due to management stuck in their ways and having absolutely no (viable) vision for the future.
...which, come to think of it, is not that different from MS I guess.
Judge Magister
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HeisenbergFX4
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Why retire if MS wants to keep paying him stacks of cash with these kind of results?
Chuck Berry
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They really want to maximize his damage output before giving him the exit huh? Dumbasses.
Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
there is no next console
SEGAvangelist
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I said it failed. LOL
Reaseru
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He should go away right now, before more damage is done. The Xbox division suffered a insustanable growth under his leadership.
During the 360 era, they could not own a lot of studios, but the ones they had gave profit and allowed the division to steadily grow under their exclusives. And Gamepass, despite being a good thing for their consumers, it's unable to be sustainable for the shit ton of studios they have right now under their wing.
During the 360 era, they could not own a lot of studios, but the ones they had gave profit and allowed the division to steadily grow under their exclusives. And Gamepass, despite being a good thing for their consumers, it's unable to be sustainable for the shit ton of studios they have right now under their wing.
Simply Sami
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NEXT HEAD OF XBOX. CONCORD IS FINALLY COMING BACK
you can replace him with steve jobs if you like, his successor is doomed in any case. he made the bed
that 1K+ neither console nor pc frankenstein will do catastrophically worse then series and gamepiss will continue to be a bottemless pit.
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Insane Metal
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Please just retire now
digoutyoursoul
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Dr. Wilkinson
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It would make sense. The guy is likely very wealthy. The age he'll be at in 2026, 2027 when the next console launches, he'll be near or older than Reggie was. There's no need to remain in the role. Like Reggie, he'll certainly be able to retire early and devote his time to outreach, Boards, advisory committees, etc.
Audiophile
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Concern is they'd just replace him with Bond or Booty.
The entire management needs a fresh start.
The entire management needs a fresh start.
graywolf323
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yes but Phil has been awful for Xbox, the OG and the first half of the 360 gen was great but ever since Phil took over as head of 1st party studios back in 2008 and even more so since he took over as the head of Xbox 10+ years ago it's been downhill
he's the longest tenured head Xbox has had yet has completely destroyed the brand, he shouldn't be in charge of another console launch
Radical_3d
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ShaiKhulud1989
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You can shit-talk the guy on the pic all you want, but unlike the current Xbox leadership he was a very good corporate businessman whom very successfully navigated PlayStation through the deal that, as we can see clearly, broke Xbox's back without spending a single dime.
NEXT HEAD OF XBOX. CONCORD IS FINALLY COMING BACK
semiconscious
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well, yeah, but i could say that about my first marriage...
Treasure Hunter
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A sad turn of events indeed, but the silver lining is he's retiring after, not before, so there's still time for magical Phil moments for all to cherish and take in.
Dr. Wilkinson
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Good God, please enough with the AI stuff. It's so dumb. So cringe.
SEGAvangelist
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OK. Glad your second one is better!
digoutyoursoul
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It's supposed to be dumb and so cringe as you put it. That's the idea!
Liopleurodon
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End of an era.
For better, or worse.
For better, or worse.
S0ULZB0URNE
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MS is terrible for everything though.
Kenneth Haight
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U n i o n 0015
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A lot of people blame Don Mattrick for the Xbox One debacle, but the reality is Spencer has had over a decade since then to change the direction of Xbox. He just directed it straight into the ground, literally, to the point that the Xbox brand now just a nebulous publishing label with neither interesting hardware nor unique software.
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