Tag: Phil Spencer
News Xbox's Phil Spencer 'Not Retiring' After Dark Day of Cancellations and Job Cuts
At least someone's safe
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is “not retiring anytime soon”, after overseeing a disastrous day of layoffs which have devastated the Xbox division. The executive – who oversees publishers like Bethesda and Activision Blizzard following their unprecedented acquisitions – had been tipped to quit earlier in the day...
News Xbox Boss Says He's Given Up Trying to Convince PS5 Players to Switch Systems
"Let's just allow more people to play"
Talkative Xbox executive Phil Spencer says he’s given up trying to convince PS5 owners to switch to Microsoft’s machine, as his company increasingly becomes multiformat. “I’m not trying to move [PS5 players] over to Xbox anymore,” he told the XboxEra podcast. “We’re all so invested in where our...
News Xbox Boss Wants to Beat PS6 on Hardware Capabilities, Not Necessarily Games
"Let’s build innovative hardware that people want to use to play"
The gap between the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 is growing dramatically, and there’s a good chance it’ll get even bigger in 2025. Microsoft, in response, has effectively ripped off the band aid and is in the process of rebranding as a third-party publisher. Last week, boss
News Xbox Rips Off the Band Aid, 'Expect Our Games to Show Up in More and More Places'
PS5 one of many destinations
While it’s been obvious to anyone paying attention, Xbox is becoming increasingly platform agnostic. A year ago, during its much-publicised “business update”, it talked carefully about four of its games going multiformat. They included first-party releases, like Sea of Thieves. Microsoft stopped short of...
It's probably happening
Bethesda’s space opera Starfield, famously cancelled on the PS5 after Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the publisher, could still release on Sony’s console in the future. Speaking with reporter Destin Legarie, Xbox bigwig Phil Spencer was asked if the intergalactic RPG would be “staying put for the...
Random Xbox Boss Complains About X Button After Being Handed PS5 Pad
He's worried he may Push Square instead
A video clip of Xbox boss Phil Spencer at the Tokyo Game Show has gone viral after he jokingly complained about the position of the b:X button on the DualSense controller. “The b:X button’s in the wrong place,” he laughed. “b:X is supposed to be over there.” He then pointed to the position of the...
News Xbox Really Wasn't Happy with PlayStation's Call of Duty Marketing Deal
Phil Spencer says Microsoft won't do "slimy platform things"
Microsoft has spent $69 billion on Activision Blizzard, so now it calls the shots when it comes to juggernaut franchise, Call of Duty. Of course, previously, starting with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in 2015, Sony had marketing dibs on the series, which meant it could advertise annual...
News Xbox Explains Why It Shuttered Beloved Hi-Fi Rush Developer
"I have to run a sustainable business"
Hi-Fi Rush released on PS5 earlier this year to the same kind of critical acclaim it had already received on Xbox Series X|S and PC – then Microsoft decided to unceremoniously shut the studio down. Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who has been curiously quiet in the aftermath of the closure, piped up during an IGN...
News Xbox Bigwig Confirms Many More Microsoft Games Are Coming to PS5
"You are going to see more of our games on more platforms"
Phil Spencer, the talkative head honcho of Xbox, has confirmed his company will be bringing more of its games to other platforms, like PS5. After its bemusing business meeting earlier in the year, the executive would only officially commit to four ports, all of which are already available:...
News Microsoft Exec on Helldivers 2: I'm Not Sure Who It Helps By Not Being on Xbox
Does this count as port begging?
Microsoft will bring four first-party titles to PS5, but it’s refusing to name which. Said titles will not include Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will remain exclusive to Xbox and PC, until circumstances change. Xbox bigwig Phil
News Xbox Has Allegedly Insisted It Won't Stop Making Consoles, As PS5 Port Rumours Mount
Will apparently support "multiple kinds of devices"
No one really expects Microsoft to suddenly step out of the hardware race, but it’s been a hellish week for the Redmond firm, where rumours have swirled with reckless abandon. All the way back on Monday – which feels like an eternity ago now – boss Phil Spencer announced it’d share news...
News Xbox Boss Promises '100% Parity' for Call of Duty on PS5, PS4
And no more exclusive betas
Call of Duty will not be compromised on PS5 and PS4 platforms, despite Microsoft’s unprecedented $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard. Xbox chief Phil Spencer appeared on a podcast this week to confirm the series will continue to have “100 per cent parity” on PlayStation consoles. Sony has signed a contract...
News Bethesda Games Are Looking Increasingly Unlikely on PS5
"We don't have to ship on any other platform"
The industry’s most interviewed man, Xbox boss Phil Spencer, has been chatting to reporters once more – and, of course, that means more discussion about whether Bethesda’s games will release on the PlayStation 5 following Microsoft’s eye-watering
News Xbox Boss Takes More Shots at PS5 Exclusives Saying Fans Won't Be 'Forced' into Next-Gen
Doesn't think players should be locked out
Update: Xbox boss Phil Spencer has continued his assault on Sony and its PlayStation 5 strategy, saying that fans "won't be forced into the next-generation" as Microsoft commits continued support to Xbox One's various permutations. "Unlike others, we believe that your investments in gaming should move with...
"Just being honest," says Spencer
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has given a backhanded compliment to Sony, saying that he thinks the Japanese giant did a “good job” with its recent PlayStation 5 showcase, but believes Microsoft will be able to demonstrate the Xbox Series X’s “hardware advantages” with its speculated July livestream. He added:...
News Xbox Boss on PS5: We Have a Plan That Can Win
Phil Spencer's feeling good after PlayStation 5 reveal
Microsoft is currently engaged in a strong public relations battle against Sony, and some would argue it’s winning the fight. While the PlayStation 5 has attracted more attention than the Xbox Series X thus far, the Team in Green has been quietly chipping away at its competitor, touting better
News Xbox Chief Thinks the PS4 May Have Microsoft Beat
"Sony has a huge lead"
It's not often that you see global corporations concede to the competition, but Xbox head Phil Spencer has suggested that the console war is over already. Speaking at the 2015 GeekWire Summit, the suit admitted that the PlayStation 4 already has a "huge lead" over the Xbox One – and he isn't sure that it can ever be...
News Microsoft: Sony's Buying Lots of Third-Party Exclusives for PS4
Xbox focusing on first-party, apparently
If there's one thing that Xbox chief Phil Spencer likes to do it's chat about the competition – although, to be fair, he was asked on this occasion. In a fairly wide-ranging interview with GameSpot, the ex-Microsoft Game Studios head insinuated that Sony's buying up plenty of third-party exclusives for the...
News Even Xbox's Boss Is Impressed by Bloodborne's PS4 Sales
Hunter's dream
In a move that's been no way orchestrated by Microsoft's marketing team, Phil 'One of Us' Spencer has congratulated Sony on the success of Bloodborne, which has already surpassed one million sales globally. To be fair to the Xbox chief, he did at least acknowledge that people would raise eyebrows at the message – so there's that...
News Shuhei Yoshida Congratulated Phil Spencer Over Minecraft Acquisition
Building bridges
The console war may be painted as a fierce battleground on the web, but in reality, that’s not the case at all. We already know that Xbox chief Phil Spencer has a good relationship with many of PlayStation’s more popular executives – and that mutual respect runs both ways. In fact, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei...
News Microsoft: Sony's Done a Nice Job Defining the PlayStation 4
Tell it like it is
Most gamers may see the relationship between Microsoft and Sony as some sort of bitter rivalry, but recent weeks have proven that the two companies merely view each other as sparring partners. Employees at the Redmond-based manufacturer were quick to applaud the North American launch of the PlayStation 4, while executives at the...
News Microsoft Praises Sony's Efforts in the Digital Domain
Phil Spencer's fond of Journey
The console war isn’t all about competition. The likes of Sony and Microsoft can also learn from each other, and in a refreshingly complimentary comment, Microsoft Studios’ corporate vice president Phil Spencer has revealed that he feels that the PlayStation maker is doing a “nice job” of building content for...
