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 ...

[Mr_cheese]

It's time for Phil Says

[darthv72]

...Spencer Speaks

[LOGICWINS]

Phil Daily

[VenomUK]

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.

[roadkillers]

You’re reading into it too much buddy.

[S2Killinit]

Daily spin with Spincer.

[Bathyj]

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

[TheEnigma313]

He should have been on the chopping block.

[porkChop]

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.

[Godmars290]

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

[Bathyj]

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

[porkChop]

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.

[neutralgamer1992]

UK

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

[S2Killinit]

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_cheese]

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.

[1Victor]

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

[Aloymetal]

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

[jlove4life]

So is it a Timed Exclusive

[Mr_cheese]

10 year deal on it

[VenomUK]

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?

[S2Killinit]

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.

[Gunstar75]

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

[darkrider]

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...

[DarXyde]

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.

[Gunstar75]

What??

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

[LabRat]

The only exclusives Xbox gets are Phil's interviews

[Petebloodyonion]

Good one mate!

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Phil show???

[TheEnigma313]

All he does is talk talk talk. Why doesn't he talk about where the 1st party games are for his 20+ studios?

[Aloymetal]

Gotta be more patient, those first 20 yrs in the gaming industry don't count...

[dumahim]

Damn near ready to be legal drinking age.

[Lightning77]

Redfall May 2. Now deflect and say the usual.

1. Since YOU don't like it, it doesn't count as AAA game Because you speak for everyone apparently.

2. ) it doesn't count because MS didn't develop the game.

What's your pick

[TheEnigma313]

lol

[crazyCoconuts]

"we want games everywhere"
"what about your exclusives?"
"yeah, except when we need to make xbox successful"

I mean, its like that for the other guys too, but they're not out there pretending to be some force of good for the industry. Xbox cares about Xbox, PS cares about PS. Enough of this "we're buying these companies for the gamers" crap.

[S2Killinit]

They are full of shit. When MS opens its mouth, they spew lies at an astonishing rate. Everything about this inhouse “interview” is fake and meant to misinform and derail consumers discussions about wjat MS is doing.

[The3faces]

But yet you read and comment whenever MS speaks lol

[S2Killinit]

I comment on a lot if articles. I dont always read what spencer says as he often lies through his teeth. But if you think reading this guys spinning shows MS’s relevance, then its relevance for all the wrong reasons.

But you wouldnt know since your account is brand new.

[EvertonFC]

What more BS has he sprouted this time

[Chevalier]

That whole thing seemed so scripted. Just watch the parts where he mentions Playstation then he avoids it when he mentions PC, Streaming etc. Plus again he mentions Mobile so much, but, when CMA suggests selling everything off and just keeping the mobile component he still can't explain why they can't divest the rest.

[generic-user-name]

Pretending they took nothing away from Sony with the Bethesda acquisition. Technically true of course because Starfield never had platforms named, but we all know the truth. I wish he'd drop the 'all games, everywhere--because we are the good guys' lie and just admit they buy publishers to get exclusives.

[S2Killinit]

They are taking all future multiplatform games from these formerly multiplatform publishers from half of gamers and possibly even currently existing multiplatform games.

MS is so full of shot its not even funny.

[northpaws]

This is so strange, after acquiring Bethesda or Blizzard/Activation, it seems like all they have is Starfield and CoD, what is going on with other studios, I am more interested in Hellblade 2, then Starfield, CoD and Doable 4 combined.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

“They’re totally coming, just let me complete the largest media buyout ever first…. Totally unrelated.”

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

So, when you said ten years ago “the games are coming”, were you talking about Game Pass 7 years in advance, alluding to a necessary massive publisher acquisition a decade in advance, or making shit up for a whole decade?

[Hofstaderman]

All of the above.

[Lore]

Sets up a meeting with a UK media outlet. Mmmkay

[DarkZane]

22:40 of bullshit and lies. It's all that comes out of this guy's mouth.

[jlove4life]

PHILABuster

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Lol 😆

[Knushwood Butt]

Phil Spencer Talks

I stopped reading right there.

[bleedsoe9mm]

Phil is such a genuine guy and gamer, a real asset to the industry

[EvertonFC]

You missed the /S

[S2Killinit]

Yea that’s the impression they are going for.

[frostypants]

Huge Gavin Belson vibes. Trying so hard to paper this mess over.

[talocaca]

He sure talks a lot. Maybe time to....deliver some of the games he has promised for almost a decade?

[AmUnRa]

Why are people focus on the interviewster? Lets focus on what Spencer said. And what he is saying is sooo Phil Spencer, lying and deflecting as always...

[UltimateRacer]

Lies Of P..odcast

[derek]

Look out everyone, Phil's talking again.

[MADGameR]

B-b-b-b-but PHIL said!..... O__O; what a joke lol

[hiroyukisanada]

Just stop giving this guy any attention. He has flipped so many times that I lost track of his lies 🤣 I wish people would start seeing through his constant BS.
Every single year "We didn't have enough first party games. We hear the feedback. We have to get better."
This has gone on for literally a decade but, wait, BACK COMPAT! PHIL IS AMAZING. GODSEND. CANT BE TOUCHED.

[TheTony316]

Lies of P

[gold_drake]

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[S2Killinit]

This suit in t-shirts is buying up one of the 3 largest publishers, and crying about an exclusive mission in one game to deflect and mislead people.

Seriously screw Microsoft for treating people like idiots and doing this to the industry.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

Lmaooo does this guy even work?
he really found the easiest job in the world, just talk talk talk, no decision taking.

[Ethereal]

Actions speak louder than words. *cough* Starfield *cough*

[BlackTar187]

Hi I’m Phil, I like to lie about everything and yet people still believe me.

[YourMommySpoils]

Spencer talks Call of Duty, while sitting on the can.

[masterfox]

Sony should throw to the pit the whole activision library , Sony doesnt need this kind of issues in their HQ , Playstation exclusive library is way bigger and miles high quality than all the activision games combined.