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Exclusive: Phil Spencer Talks Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard & Xbox

Hear from Phil Spencer everything you need to look forward to from Xbox including the best games in 2023 and what the process to acquire Activision Blizzard ...

VenomUK455d ago (Edited 455d ago )

The underlying message of this video that Phil Spencer wants to convey to the public is [not literal quote] 'Microsoft is not a BigTech behemoth with BigTech money, Microsoft is not anti-competitive - we are pro competition, we are on the side of gamers.'

The unusual press conference last week in Brussels and this - clearly Microsoft and Phil Spencer believe that winning over the media and the public is important to help the deal go ahead. Judging by the YouTube comments the video has hit the right buttons.

roadkillers455d ago

You’re reading into it too much buddy.

Bathyj455d ago

He's been quiet lately.
I think his head is on the block.
Since when does Satya talk about Xbox?

TheEnigma313455d ago

He should have been on the chopping block.

porkChop455d ago

What? Satya has talked about Xbox many times. Some of his bonuses are even tied specifically to the Xbox division. Besides, with a major acquisition going on you don't think Satya would talk about it? Come on, man.

Godmars290455d ago

@TheEnigma313:
Well, he did replace the last guy...

Bathyj455d ago

Pork chop, only in the last year, since this Activision thing. Before that he didn't sorry his hands with Xbox stuff

porkChop455d ago

No, that's just not true. Go ahead and do a search. You can find various instances going back many years where Satya talks about Xbox. He didn't just suddenly start talking about Xbox in the last year.

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neutralgamer1992455d ago

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activision deal won't go through as is. MS can't say we are pro consumers when they bought bethesda and made all their games platform exclusives. i hope this deal and all future major deals are blocked. No one should be buying these huge publishers

S2Killinit454d ago (Edited 454d ago )

Unfortunately for all gamers the deal will go through, they have almost never stopped these mega mergers and acquisitions.

They didnt do it with the telecommunications mergers of internet/cellphone service providers, and they wont with MS either.

My only hope is that they restrict them so it dissuades other mega corporations from doing the same thing.

Mr_cheese454d ago (Edited 454d ago )

Jdsports merger with footasylum was blocked

At&t and time Warner blocked

Siemens and Alston blocked

Sainsburys and Asda blocked

Just a few examples of giant companies within their fields covering tech, clothing, food, communication.

I swear that when Disney got 20th century fox there had to be concessions made

These are all within the past couple of years.

1Victor454d ago (Edited 454d ago )

I just saw the video and he(Phil ) keep blinking so much when the ABK questions started that he had to close his eyes to keep track of all his lies🤔.

For those that don’t know a clear indicator of someone lying is there keep blinking and closing their eyes foe a second to remember their lies

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Aloymetal455d ago

''Exclusive Interview''...Because he does ONLY a couple of these every year...

VenomUK454d ago

This interview is not with the independent games media, it is with Xbox’s own UK channel.

It’s all very naturalistic but the questions have been pre-arranged, and the answers pre-prepared. When Spencer seeks to chastise PlayStation for making one quest of Hogwarts Legacy exclusive that would have been the natural point a real journalist would ask about why then Starfield is exclusive - but he didn’t want this fair comparison to be made. This is a deliberate attempt to manipulate the uninformed in the gaming community - otherwise why not give an interview to a proper news outfit that will ask the pertinent questions?

S2Killinit454d ago

Even with regular interviews the person being interviewed can made demands of what areas can be questions and pre-approve questions.

But yes, with in house “interview” like this one, its basically 100% scripted. Any legitimate journalist would have proper questions for this douche bag, spencer. This is basically MS trying to pretend everything is fine and there is nothing to see here.

Gunstar75454d ago

She did ask why starfield was exclusive, even suggesting that he had said it wasn't going to be

darkrider455d ago (Edited 455d ago )

I can't even start to listen to anything he says. I think it's always best when he doesn't talk. Can't Microsoft find someone with credits in videogaming. From another big studio. With knowledge of the reality of videogaming. They really need some e new, without is history

What is scary is to read some of the comments on the youtube channel. Scary stuff. I can't even imagined if he ever was successful on videogaming what would they say...

DarXyde454d ago

Spencer does have some history in the industry, but as I recall, he's always been in an admin position. I have a bit of a hard time holding that specifically against him, but it does remove him from the process quite a bit, so point well made.

While I find the era of Phil particularly problematic for any number of reasons, Xbox did have some very capable people before him. As much grief as everyone gives Mattrick (and despite having an even MORE punchable face than Spencer), I actually found him to be pretty damn effective. You can tell he kinda gave up during the later years of X360, but I have to respect his candid attitude on the Xbox One controversy.

Moore was, in my opinion, the most effective and pretty aggressive in his approach. Xbox 360 was a great console for a number of years of that terribly long generation.

Moore and Mattrick I think had their fingers on the pulse for most of their tenure. Spencer is just...I don't know. I REALLY hate his intended direction for gaming and I find him to be the least honest if the three.

Gunstar75454d ago

What??

He has worked in gaming since 88 and unlike many other execs in the industry he is actually a gamer

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty3d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken3d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie2d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai5d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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