Phil Spencer Discusses Xbox Series X, First-Party Lineup, xCloud, & Competition

Xbox division head Phil Spencer talked about the Xbox Series X, Game Pass, Project xCloud, Competition, and his reaction to the PS5 reveal.

[Vasto]

Thank you Phil!

[darthv72]

It's only taken him all gen to get things into a more stable position. I look forward to the future of SX but I'm not going to lie and say this gen was all peaches and cream when he took over. He had some major fences to mend and it took time to get things going in the right direction but it cost them dearly. Ridicule from gamers and journalists... but he took it all in stride. Like a boss.

[Kumakai]

Don Matttrick almsot singlehandedly destroyed the entire generation for xbox. I'm glad he was removed. I feel more confident with Spencer at the helm of a new console launch and I think the Series X will have more success than the Xbox One b/c of it..

[bouzebbal]

Wtf did I just read? he took over early and be had always been involved since the beginning... Just watch the first x1 reveal, he was so proud showing and introducing the vision xbox had with DRM.
, DRM was removed when Mattrick was still in place..It's him who removed exclusives, killed Kinect and did a terrible rebrand. Canned several promising 1St party titles like fable.. Bought gears, focused on halo... Same shit as always.. He did nothing to attract Japanese..

He's killing the brand and it is irrelevant like never before

[neutralgamer1992]

Kumakai

No doubt his statements didn't help but don't act like Phil wasn't part of his team and was a higher up back than too. Don is also the only Xbox executive to show courage in competetion against Sony and under him Xbox became huge brand

Phil has used this whole generation to do talking and I hope it's time to deliver now. The last 2+ years of Xbox 360 and this whole generation xbox has been saying wait and see

They said wait and see we will show gameplay only to show trailers

It's time to come clean out your cards on the table. Phil has been talking since December 2019 about series x and In one event PlayStation got all the momentum and have gamers talking

Like cerny Phil has developer background it's time for him to show that side of his knowledge and compete because no what what sony or ms fanboys say we the gamers win if both companies do well and have to compete for our business

Ps4 winning in a landslide isn't great for us and this is a coming from a PlayStation fan. If Xbox one was close 2nd I believe we would have seen more IP's from Sony and more games in general

They did one FPS that is killzone when during PS3 they did

kz trilogy
Resistance trilogy
Warhawk
Mag

So if any gamer thinks less competition is good for us just look at how things were during PS3/Xbox 360 and how both companies went above and beyond but this gen Sony won by year 3 and since than they have been very good but could have been better

And that's a scary thought since TLOU2 and ghost are coming out now

[1Victor]

@kuma Don at the time was the same as Phil a corporate suit put in there to do what they say make the company look good and take the fault when the 💩hit the the fan. Microsoft did it to themselves they let the curse of the 2nd gen success go to their head to the point their low level people was talking crap like “ if you don’t like daily check in there’s a console for you and it’s called Xbox 360”.or do you think that all the tv, high price and “Kinect is impossible to be removed as it’s a important part of the system “ was all Don idea and no one even phill though it was a bad idea.
Phill is just excellent at his job of overhype their stuff and look like having fun doing it

[darthv72]

@neutral, you got to keep in mind it wasnt just a head of xbox change that took place this gen. it was also a head of MS change. Matrick was the whipping boy of Balmer and once he stepped down, and Matrick moved on... spencer got the chance to fix the things that needed fixing. the first was to get the XB division more freedom to decide how they wanted to proceed with things like game development and acquisitions. Like i said, it took him some time but he managed to get the corp side on board with the ideas of expanding and allowing more creative freedom to their in house teams.

Im sure convincing the heads of MS to just give away their games for a cheap monthly price went over swimmingly in the board room... but here we are. Gamepass is doing pretty good for itself. All we can do is let things progress now because complaining about what could/should have been is not going to get us anywhere. Id rather think of the positives that next gen is bringing across the board.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

It sounds like from the interview since the X1 had had an anemic exclusives through out this gen Phil's making up for it by putting those games on X1 instead of outright abandoning the console. That and of course Gamepass subscribers are on their as well. But I mean, yeah their fan base want those big games so he's owes them.

[yomfweeee]

Microsoft failed this generation in the exclusive department. Phil Spencer was in charge of their games before he took over. No excuses there.

[StrangerX]

@Jomfweeee
At the time it was Don Matrick and Jusuf Mhedi in charge. Even if he could have ideas, he could do nothing since he was not a boss. So, he knew But couldn't do squat! So yeah, he is excused!

[Godmars290]

Is such literally said if the man only says "hi"?

[lelo2play]

Enough talk. Show the goods... show gameplay, not CGI trailers.

[JeffGUNZ]

Agreed, and that is what July is marketed for. I think a lot of people need to realize this stuff takes time. A few years ago at E3 MS acquired all these studios and it takes years to try and develop a AAA type game. This July show is their opportunity to show their gamers they are finally going to deliver these exclusives. I will wait and see. For me personally, not make or break as I game on PC and use their gamepass to get the games on my PC. I will be getting a PS5 this generation for exclusives, which is completely different from this past gen when I get an Xbox One first then a PS4 a year or two later.

[TheHunter81]

Phil is a joke. Thank him for what? He was apart of that disastrous XBONE launch, cancelled new IPs and every year said things like “best line up in history” “games games games” and so on.

[timotim]

"Just being honest, I felt good after seeing their show. I think the hardware advantages that we’ve built are going to show up as we’re talking more about our games, framerates, and other things."

This is music to my ears! If we are going next-gen, then lets go all the way. Framerates, smoothness and the feel of the games will play just as an important role as visuals next-gen...looks like SX is giving us both.

[ReadyPlayer22]

Well, so far, they are the only console with confirmed AAA 120fps games. I imagine they're going to highlight that in the event with more games running at that rate.

[Lore]

I wouldn’t expect any AAA games to run at 120fps other than Forza

[PyroMessiah86]

@Lore Dirt 5 already confirmed as 4k 120fps on Xbox SX

[sprinterboy]

Gran turismo

[Fishy Fingers]

PyroMessiah86. They've confirmed 4K and 120fps, they havent confirmed its simultaneous, becuase it wont be.

[ReadyPlayer22]

Gears 5 (4k ultra @ 120fps)
Dirt 5 (dynamic 4k @120fps)

GT was running at 4k 60fps (with 1080p raytracing) this comes from Digital Foundry's analysis. So NO, zero confirmed 120fps games for PS5. Hell, there were more 30fps games shown than 60 fps. That's just fact.

[TheTony316]

Dirt 5 is a crossgen title. Gt7 is only on ps5.

[RazzerRedux]

"Gears 5 (4k ultra @ 120fps)
Dirt 5 (dynamic 4k @120fps)"

Wrong. Gears 5 was said to be running over 100fps, but no mention of graphic settings or resolution. Dirt 5 can run at 120fps, but they didn't say 4k.

You guys are making some inaccurate assumptions.

[Lore]

@pyro

You must have misunderstood the vagueness of my comment. If you read in between the lines you’d know I was referring to racing games and indies. Smaller scale productions that don’t require a hefty amount of horsepower. With an occasional larger game here & there offering the 120. But other than that 120 will not be seen in even 20% of AAA titles

[russo121]

What are the next gen exclusives supposed to play in that next gen box? To be successfully launched the rhetoric of fps and resolution will not suffice to promote the next MS generation.

[timotim]

Performance and fidelity will always be something that we as gamers value once we actually PLAY these games on our own set-ups. You can instantly feel/see the difference between 30 vs 60FPS in person...thats when it matters most.

[russo121]

@timotim

"...Performance and fidelity will always be something that we as gamers value once we actually PLAY these games on our own set-ups. You can instantly feel/see the difference between 30 vs 60FPS in person...thats when it matters most...."

I can almost agree entirely with you, but more is needed to promote xsx than the basic "we have the power to present fps and resolution" - the discourse IMO should be "we have the power to deliver new and innovative next gen experiences that can only be achieved by xsx". This should be translated into creativity outside their comfort bubble zone of HGF, they must present unseen games in the same caliber of UC4, TLOU2, Spider Man, HZD, etc, using the self promoted high capabilities of the machine. This way of thinking allied to a very competitive price, other audiences will start looking seriously at them. At the moment a mountain higher than the Everest must be climbed and I have serious doubts they'll be able to put a flag on top of it.

[timotim]

Agreed...more is needed...like actual great games among other things. At no point am I saying thats all they need. The quote I took above is something I and many others love to see Phil say because it speaks to more than just "I have prettier graphics than last-gen, thus its next-gen" approach Ive seen elsewhere. What I'm saying is that graphics is just one part of the next-gen story and its good seeing Phil address those other parts.

In terms of your suggestion...all the games you listed from Sony are sequels and are established IPs...I agree that we need to see new IP titles from Xbox in July, but Im not of the camp that dismisses sequels either...I love my HGF as you put it...Sony showed Ratchet, Gran Turismo, Sackboy...all existing IPs...Microsoft can get away with them too...but they must be good.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

This won't be a repeat of the Xbox One fiasco.

[Hakuoro]

It wouldn't be a Phil Spencer interview if he didn't talk down Sony.

[Fishy Fingers]

“I watched the show. I thought they did a good job. I sent Jim [Ryan] a note afterward and congratulated him"

"So, I thought they did a good job. I thought they do what they do very well, and they did that"

That talk down.... BURN...

[timotim]

Did we even read the same interview!?!?

[Chris12]

More drivel from Hakouro, he can't help himself on Xbox threads. Give it up mate, you're embarrassing yourself again.

[Kiwi66]

So giving praise is somehow talking down to them ?

[Hakuoro]

You guys call me out when out of the entire interview the one line you chose to quote was this.

"Just being honest, I felt good after seeing their show. I think the hardware advantages that we’ve built are going to show up as we’re talking more about our games, framerates, and other things."

You pick the most trolling line out of the interview then wonder why people think you're trolling.

[PyroMessiah86]

@Hakuoro if you think thats a put down then you my friend are a very silly boy.

[darthv72]

@pyro... watch out now, he might take what you said as a put down too.

[Obscure_Observer]

"This is music to my ears! If we are going next-gen, then lets go all the way. Framerates, smoothness and the feel of the games will play just as an important role as visuals next-gen...looks like SX is giving us both."

Yes. Gotta keep expectations in check, but its hard AF. Lol

[rlow1]

Glad to hear Phil having confidence in what they are going to show. Hoping that it'll exceed our expectations.

[Toiletsteak]

I mean it's not like he's gonna say he has no confidence in it.

[Ron_Danger]

Of course he’s not gonna say that. It’s just PR speak going on here. All first and third party do it to build up their brand. It just adds to the Spy vs Spy scenario that fanboys place on the console makers.

[crazyCoconuts]

Yea but if he wasn't truly confident, he could start to reframe the discussion around something else. He doesn't appear to be doing that and he's directly saying they'll have a better library of games that will look better. Throwing down the gauntlet hard!

[rainslacker]

Lack of confidence has never been Spencer's issue.

[ElementX]

I try to avoid expectations

[Darkborn]

Didn't he have confidence in the last gameplay video they did with the Xbox fridge? And didn't he have confidence in everything the past few years like the cloud not needing another generation of consoles and all the lies and DRM they tried to push?

[Bruh]

Man I am excited to see Playground's Fable reboot. The Forza Tech engine was pretty stunning to see in FH4. So wonder how its going to evolve for next-gen

I really think we're going to get a large share of first party titles as the showcase is supposed to be around 90 mins and its all first party.

[jznrpg]

Phil should stop taking about Sony . He seems insecure . Focus on Xbox ... talking down Sony isn’t going to get them more sales from people who own PS

[Ausbo]

The question was about Sony. Maybe pay attention next time

[Abriael]

He was *asked* to.

[chiefJohn117]

Tell people to stop asking and bring up Sony then all he did was answer questions

[OneLove]

Salty for no reason😂

[Hakuoro]

Phil has the option to say I don't want to talk about our rivals and then just not do that. This is Mr. "I don't like console wars" Spencer who never seems to manage to be able to do a single interview with out saying somthing negative about Sony.

And it's just him you don't see Nintendo or Sony talk down Microsoft every interview they do.

[NeoGamer232]

1) Please cite anything in the article where he talks negatively about Sony. In fact, he gives them kudos many times.
2) He does not promote console wars in the article. He really talks about differentiators instead.
3) He was asked to talk about the Sony reveal.
4) Nintendo or Sony don't talk about Microsoft because they are never asked to. But, Sony often takes very big shots at Microsoft in their marketing... Bragging about exclusivity of games is their biggest one. Another big one was when they said their gamers did not want EA Access. And yet another one was their demo of how you just put a disc in the system and it plays the game. I don't see any of these companies as saints. To me the most saintly is Nintendo. Sony feeds console wars just as much as MS does or doesn't. But, frankly when was the last time you heard Sony compliment Microsoft like Microsoft is complimenting Sony in this article?

[Focus40]

Your the insecure one crying about sony but keep defending your plastic box

[YourMommySpoils]

Try searching this console on Google and you just come up with allot of porn.

[crazyCoconuts]

Not from my browser. Maybe your search history is influencing your results 😊

[rainslacker]

Could turn safe search back on. It's on by default, so you must have turned if off at some point.

[TheEnigma313]

Let’s wait and see. I’m gonna wait like i did the xbone. I have zero faith in the xbox brand right now.

[Vigant]

Hopefully they have a good showing at the july event. Competition is good for the consumers.

[Father__Merrin]

Matrick had xbox under control. Spencer spoilt it. Had Matrick still been in charge after the rocky start xbox1 had he would have steered it in a better position

[darthv72]

Are you high??? Matrick pushed Kinect... Spencer removed it. That right there was reason enough to know Spencer was going to make some big moves for the positive. It just took him so damn long to convince the heads that his ideas would pan out. MS (corp) didnt want to really give the XB division the room to properly grow but now they are more understanding and allowing things to move in the right direction. Matrick still had his hands tied before he left and Spencer did as well but Spencer has more freedom now than Matrick did and its because he got them (corp) onboard with the changes for the better.

[rainslacker]

Mattrick would have probably removed kinect too. That was his thing, and I can see why he'd want to push it, but in the face of people not caring, he would have moved on.

Mattrick had his own views on things, and while I didnt agree with a lot of them, he was not a bad executive overall. His vision for the future was premature and poorly delivered, and that came from over confidence from the success of xbox and kinect. His fault was that he thought that would carry over, and that the success of xbox meant that x1 could fundamentally change the console market landscape. Even on pc that took years, and happened naturally without forced intervention like MS tried.

[OB1Biker]

'What I say is, we're committed to Xbox One in the long run – we have a long roadmap of features, of games that we're going to bring – and Kinect is critical.'
Phil Spencer Aug 2013
https://www.theguardian.com...

[darthv72]

OB1, that was when he was still lower on the totem pole. Here he is roughly two years later (by then xbox boss): https://www.forbes.com/site...

[AngelicIceDiamond]

If Mattrick was still in charge he wouldn't have bought no new studios and the X Series would be a underpowered console with Kinect 3.0 in it. Oh and X Series would be all digital with no options. No used games 24 hour console again. No turning back.

That's a nice joke you just made though.

[RazzerRedux]

"Matrick had Xbox TV TV TV under control. "

fixed

[Daniel2183]

Watch out Sony Xbox is coming to takeover

[THC CELL]

Don't talk wet

[Thundercat77]

😂

To take over third place once again.

[Petebloodyonion]

"Some times we get suggestions “where is your X game or where is your Y game” and people look at the other hardware platforms. I don’t think our goal is to replicate what other people have done. It doesn’t help the industry to have people that are doing exactly the same thing with their platforms, services, or content."

This nail it.

Now let's hope that MS give us a good reason to grab another system instead of us fighting for which system we should grab.

[VoiceMale]

yea I kept saying this ...sony is grea4 for first party games this is why I have the playstation pro
xbox os great for online competitive games this is why I have the one x
last console I have is nintendo for the portability I never play my switch docked

I want all consoles to be different and good at what they do different ...no need for xbox to play copy cat..that really resonated well with me reading that part

[Charlieboy333]

I've never understood this. How is Xbox better for online competitive multiplayer when those same games are on Playstation with a much bigger player base to draw from?

[wiz7191]

@charlieboy333 because in my opinion Xbox controller is more comfortable to use for shooters hence why many e-sports use Xbox’s instead of PlayStation

[rainslacker]

True. Every console should have its own identity. They cant just replicate what the other does. But if they're competing in the same market, they need comparable experiences, which MS mostly lacks

[rainslacker]

No. I'm saying they don't need to make a game to compete with Uncharted for instance. But, they need some game that can compete on the same level. Like when they got Tomb Raider timed exclusive to compete with UC4. They didn't need that specifically, but needed a story based experience in the same genre...or at least a high profile game that it's user base could get excited about.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

It's a weird quote imo. I mean Sony isn't the only one that can story driven games. MS needs those 1st party AAA games. They don't have to be "Sony type of games" So what sorta games is Phil alluding to exactly. Or maybe I misquoted what he's saying?

[Petebloodyonion]

He just mean that MS doesn't need to provide a direct answer to Sony's AAA with similar type of games.
Best example would be Nintendo with their offering that is completely different from Sony's offering.

[Skate-AK]

It will be interesting when they start trying to show the 120fps stuff. Can you even do a 120fps stream with good quality and a high bitrate? Genuinely curious. Also, since this is a console, most people will be playing on TVs and not everyone has a 120fps capable TV. Mine is but it is only 2 years old. I would bet that a lot more people have a 4K TV rather than one that can go above 60.

[UltimateRacer]

He talks so much shit even now, talking crap.

[JeffGUNZ]

Huh? Try reading the article man. He literally praised Sony for their work. If you're gonna fanboy, try to do it a little less obviously.

[UltimateRacer]

Not fanboying at all, people lick this guys arse none stop but he’s a tool that helped destroy the Xbone and I don’t believe a word he says, he’s already falsely advertising that AC Vallhala is 60fps with Ubisoft confirming it’s 30fps, this guy talks out his hole none stop.

[RgR]

Gears Tactics and flight simulator??
On the other hand with the ps4 not so long ago we had TLOU2 and Ghost of Tsushima as our anticipated exclusives before the end of the year.

I hope they announce new exclusives with their event. Flight simulator and gears tactics is not comparable to what Sony is offering. Not throwing shade at those games of course but the praise and expectation for those games is not close to ps4's options.

[VoiceMale]

"it clearly said of the ones that he can talk about right now"
obviously he is speaking about games already announced that he can talk about

[Bladesfist]

I enjoyed the last of us 2 as much as the next guy but I am still really looking to playing flight simulator with my HOTAS.

[RamRod88]

Really great interview. I'm excited to see what Xbox has in store for July.

[TheHan]

Honestly this is going to be an exciting year for Xbox. I can’t wait to see what the July lineup and the map down the road. Keep it up 👍🏻

[TheHateTheyGive]

Im going in with very low expectations.

[TheHan]

I have no expectations because I have nothing I can expect besides Halo infinite and the new Xbox. So that’s why I’m enthused about the showing. Don’t know what to expect...

[silenthillstrangler]

Let's see if they learnt anything from sony, i bloody doubt it.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

I'm not interested in either console but, being the PS5's SSD is a supposed 2x faster than the Seires X's I know the devs (all game developers) will not make it seem like the Series X's SSD is inferior. They will make it so you will not notice any difference in loading times. MS wants to sell consoles, and to show that it can match PS5's SSD with some tricks.

[TheHateTheyGive]

All phil does is talkl talk talk, all talk no action, he's pushing backwards compatibility hard because he does not want to invest in original games, all xbox studio games are using free cheap unreal engine 4/5. The fact is PlayStation 3 is the real backwards compatible king, xbox one is not even 50% BC, 360 was not either, so i really dont get his narrative.

[RamRod88]

They have 9 new 1st first party since 2018, remind me how that is only talking? "Using cheap unreal engine 4/5". You mean the same engine Sony fans were raving about? You know why you don't get his narrative? Because he didn't even talk about BC it in the article. You're simply trying to start console ware crap.

[jwillj2k4]

Someone irrelevant: “The last 2 years of Xbox has been wait and see”

Me: The last 2 years??? Try since 2015. 6 years to make something worth while and they still need a second show to make a good first impression. I miss OG Xbox, I don’t know what the fuck this thing is...

[RamRod88]

I'm not disagree with you with Xbox one under delivering this gen because they absolutely have, but to not see all the positive changes Xbox has gone through the last couple years would be a mistake. Btw, their first impression was at VGA.

[JeffGUNZ]

True, but they acquired a bunch of studios in like 2017/2018, it takes a few years to make some AAA type games, no? They HAVE to show them in July or this is gonna be bad. Reading between the lines in this article, I think they have some really big surprises come July. Expectations low, as they should be for everyone. Let them come out and prove what they got.

[spwittbold]

Holy shit, that Twinfinite article read as if it were written by a third grader. Too much of what came out of "Phil's," mouth and the writing just was so off kilter. :\

[JeffGUNZ]

Also a lot of spelling errors.

[neomahi]

Politics and business are the same and you can trust a businessman about as well as you can trust a politician. It's all the same language just with different words: "Well, that's just business!" And "Well, that's politics for ya." You really can't trust anyone. Everyone's talking about this guy like he's the great Savior of Xbox in how he talks. Look at Microsoft when they're having success, like with the Xbox 360 and theyre just as visceral as any. Once somebody finally puts them in their place, then they finally humble up.

I honestly don't see how Microsoft doesn't see it or have had serious talks with him but, you listen to Phil Spencer try and smooth things over and talk like he's on everybody's side and then, right after that's said and done, they let the dog off the leash to attack. Executive Fanboy Aaron Greenberg every fan of gaming knows is a dirt bag and his unprofessional personality wants to derail whatever Spencer says, if Spencer's sincere. Why are they letting this guy act the way he is then? His message is polar opposite of Spencers and they keep the guy around, I don't get it.

End of the day, I don't buy it. They were really going after Google until they saw the reality of it that Stadias floundering because they don't have a box, there is no console, and internet sucks for people so they can't enjoy streaming no matter how good Google's hardware and home base is. Spencer is just smarter and back peddling than Mattrick was but he still does it

I'm telling you, Microsoft are nervous, but they wanna compete. They know they've got a major uphill battle against the PS5, even if PS5 is less powerful, look at how Series X is doing against the inferior Pro, power isn't everything and no most powerful console has ever won that generation. Microsoft are suits, not gamers and they can't think for themselves. Microsoft had their chance to blow the doors off with their reveal, again Greenberg talked up, and what happened? They blew it and Spencer has to do cleanup work now. Sony did their presentation like Spencer said they do what they do best, so now Microsoft is countering and I bet we see Microsoft copy what Sony does. That's how Microsoft works. They jump the gun to be first and foul it up, then have to redo it to try and do things right,nuts clustered up, it's a big mess. Microsoft have no idea what they're really doing. This whole interview is politics. Wait for things to start happening and then but into what he's saying. Talk is cheap.

[AK91]

I can honestly see MS ditching consoles this gen and competing with Nvidia (and I guess Stadia) considering their xCloud service seems to be the direction they're heading.

[Cmoney007]

So their next event might actually have gameplay or his MS pretty much going to have a turd like last time?

[Cmoney007]

I need to fix my correction earlier because we only have fifteen minutes to edit. lol

His MS = is MS

Anyways.....

When MS actually puts on a really good show with a lot of exciting games and shows gameplay, then I will give them credit.

[SocialDanny123]

Project XCloud has a lot of potentials to bring exposure to the Xbox ecosystem and brand. The partnership with Facebook has pretty much meant that Sony is now left out of the cold to find a partner with a social media company.

I have to say Sony truly has squandered any hope for PSNow to be a big player in the Cloud gaming market.

[Pricey]

My dicks bigger than yours but i like your dick too. "Phil Spencer 2018, 2019, 2020...". Yes someone asked a question, they always do. But he's in control of the answer. He could have stayed classy and just talked about Xbox.

[Apex13]

When I last mentioned that the ps5 can run 4K at 60fps it had to drop to 1080p to make it happen when 60fps should be standard in the next gen. PS4 pro is upscaled 4K not native, great having a fast ssd but let’s be serious when we say the system isn’t as powerful as the xbox...and that’s ok. Sony fanboys gave me the biggest down vote ever when I said this even though Digital foundry broke it all down as per what Sony showed. I will have a ps5 and and Xbox but gamers need to stop taking things so personal 🤣🤣

[Pricey]

"When I last mentioned that the ps5 can run 4K at 60fps it had to drop to 1080p to make it happen"

?!?!

[Apex13]

Sorry, can’t

[privet]

cool news

[jwillj2k4]

As a competitor it’s great to have them out there now so that we kinda know what the program is. We’ve seen the device, we’ve seen the game.“

“...But I will say it’s also nice as a gamer to see both of us out there and competing. The competition leads to better outcomes for both companies and I applaud that.”

Confirms once again Xbox is competition with PlayStation. Put the “Xbox doesn’t care about PlayStation” narrative to rest. When Microsoft gets spanked (again) in terms of games, appeal and sales, let’s revisit these quotes.

[ARZ1990]

I believe XSX will be strong competition to the PS5 but no exclusives for a year or two will hurt them. Also sharing all your games with PC is another bump. If I could spend 200 or 300 more and get all Xbox games (cracked, steam, epic account) and a PC obviously does way more. For sure they have to get this console right because another loss to Sony might kill them

[Bronxs15]

This was a really great interview. He seems very open and transparent.

[dangerousbrian0]

I am calling it now that the Xbox series X first Party games reveal will be July 22nd as do you think that I am going to think you will have this big event on Mixer no you will want this major event to launch your partnership on facebook gaming.

[Dom_Estos]

Phil! How about some gameplay, Phil? Phil?! Yo, Phil?! Where ya going, Phil? Phil?! Come back, Phil!