Sushi_Combo
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He looked terrible, he needs to focus on his health first.
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Why was Spencer pushed?
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Humdinger
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He wasn't pushed or forced out. As others have pointed out, he was talking to Satya about retiring last year. And he is staying in a consultant role through August. That doesn't generally happen when you are forced out.
I think Phil saw the writing on the wall, knew his time was done, and decided to retire. He may have moved his retirement date up to coincide with Satya's plans for the division, but he wasn't ejected.
I think Phil saw the writing on the wall, knew his time was done, and decided to retire. He may have moved his retirement date up to coincide with Satya's plans for the division, but he wasn't ejected.
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Plague Doctor
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I believe exactly what Microsoft is saying happened.
I also believe that multiple cameras in a maximum security prison can all go out at the same time because of a freak technical issue.
Questions are hard. I like easy.
I also believe that multiple cameras in a maximum security prison can all go out at the same time because of a freak technical issue.
Questions are hard. I like easy.
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lachesis
Member
My guess is Phil was pushed out, especially after last earning report came out. Sara Bond, probably was the next in line in terms of power, but since she lost her anchor - she had to leave.
Seen this type of power moves many times in my work... And these decisions sometimes happen overnight.
When a person follows wrong "line" of power - sometimes it means the entire branch of that "line" gets demoted or leave.
Seen this type of power moves many times in my work... And these decisions sometimes happen overnight.
When a person follows wrong "line" of power - sometimes it means the entire branch of that "line" gets demoted or leave.
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MayauMiao
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You take his word with absolute truth?
We all know what is really going on here. Taking account of Sarah Bond leaving out of nowhere, we can pretty much summarised what really happen.
Please feel free to swallow whatever Phil said.
Alan Wake
Member
Spencer retiring is not surprising. He's been at Microsoft since 1988, and was the Xbox boss and then Microsoft Gaming CEO for over a decade in total. Bond was obviously overlooked, I guess Nadella wanted someone who loves AI at Spencer's position.
For me this all means it's over. The old Xbox days are definitely over. Hryb is gone, Spencer's retiring. Is Greenberg still there? I still don't get why Booty is pushed up once again, but what do I know.
For me this all means it's over. The old Xbox days are definitely over. Hryb is gone, Spencer's retiring. Is Greenberg still there? I still don't get why Booty is pushed up once again, but what do I know.
Come On Tars
Member
I wonder if we're going to look back and miss Phil. He seemed to actually care
CityHunter1981
An Absolute Desaster
Pretty sure because he recently didn't had anything to say and other people made the decisions. I mean I am pretty sure he wanted to have exclusives and that is why he tried to soften the blow at the beginning by saying a handful of games. But it's clear that he was used only to defend the decisions other people made within Microsoft.
He definitely kinda got old looking real quick. It could be health related, you never know what's really happening in people's lives.
kiphalfton
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What's amazing is Spencer and Bond got away with wasting millions (if not billions) of dollars, didn't get fired, made millions upon millions of dollars, and probably still got a bonus at the end of the each year they were in their role.
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DeltaPolarBear
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He cares. it is also true that he is bad at the job. He was the only MS Suit who wanted Xbox to survive, but that does not mean he actually had a good plan.
balls of snow
Member
Personally, its the hail mary of cod in gamepass that barely changeed anything sealed the deal exit. Two cods are now gamepass launch title. There wont be a third.
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Yep, that sounds about right.
Cyberpunkd
Member
A common fallacy if you attribute stock gains to a single individual, also not giving credit to all the processes that were put in place before he took over.
He had nothing more to say really.
He obviously wasn't on board with what Nadella did to Xbox, he just had to execute a plan that wasn't his own while taking the heat at a PR level.
The latest financial results showing cracks in the COD machine they paid 70 billions probably accelerated things.
Nadella needed a new reliable person completely on board with his vision and AI focus for the future, showing enthusiasm for these ideas not reluctance.
Sarah Bond was basically completely in line with Spencer and probably not really appreciated by Nadella and when not chosen for the job she preferred to go away instead of getting humiliated.
He obviously wasn't on board with what Nadella did to Xbox, he just had to execute a plan that wasn't his own while taking the heat at a PR level.
The latest financial results showing cracks in the COD machine they paid 70 billions probably accelerated things.
Nadella needed a new reliable person completely on board with his vision and AI focus for the future, showing enthusiasm for these ideas not reluctance.
Sarah Bond was basically completely in line with Spencer and probably not really appreciated by Nadella and when not chosen for the job she preferred to go away instead of getting humiliated.
MidGenRefresh
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Other than Copilot, which is basically a worse version of ChatGPT, I can't think of a single brand new "product" introduced under Nadella.
Just out and out racism. Many examples in the thread.
Given how every public speaking of hers somehow triggered flashbacks of 2013, I think it's one of those things MS gaming needed to do for self preservation.