Spencer: Xbox Has to Mean Quality; We've Got Work to do There, 1st Party Output Hasn't Been the Best

Phil Spencer admitted having a strong roster of first party games is important for the Xbox brand and that recent output hasn't been the best.

[Jimboms]

It's gonna be a good time when Project Scarlett launches!

[-Foxtrot]

Really though?

I mean it just comes off like he knows this gen is coming to a close and is, ONCE AGAIN, telling people what they want to hear in order to stick around for next gen so they'll buy the new console at launch. Don did the same with the Xbox 360 when it was coming to the end of it's life.

Sure, they have first party studios now but considering what they are like there's always a reason behind the reason they give. I think it personally has something to do with the gamepass and wanting more studios to create content to fill it in their new approach. Slowly bracing to branch out? Who knows but I'm just going off Microsoft's history as a company with the Xbox brand and toward gaming.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I mean it just comes off like he knows this gen is coming to a close and is, ONCE AGAIN, telling people what they want to hear in order to stick around for next gen so they'll buy the new console at launch."

Welcome to PR 101. The new I Phone is about to release, they tell its fans what they want to hear same with samsung and every other corporate conglomerate out there. Sony, Nintendo, PC do the exact same thing so I'm not sure what you're getting at.

"Sure, they have first party studios now but considering what they are like there's always a reason behind the reason they give."

This is a tinfoil hat comment. They're doing what they're doing to make content. Stadia is around and Sony is said to bolster what is already an empire of AAA studios is very fearful to MS. Its content is what MS wants.

[darthv72]

I'm optimistic that things will be better. Halo 6 is coming so I'm pretty stoked about that.

[mcstorm]

Tbh depends how you look at it. The start of this gen the Xbox has by far the better exclusives but microsoft messed up big time with the marketing. If and its a big if Microsoft can get the marketing, price and games right they could hit the ground running but like any new gen it's if buts and maybes.

[Zeref]

Xbox has been delivering for me. It's an amazing platform. GamePass alone has made my life as a gamer so much better. I enjoyed their exclusives.
I actually liked Crackdown 3. If it wasn't for gamepass i never would have played it because the reviews were mediocre.
My favorite game has been Sea of Thieves. It's the best game to play with friends. Period. No other game compares to the fun you can have with friends in Sea of Thieves.

All the upcoming exclusives i get to play day one on GamePass.

Sure they haven't been delivering on single player experiences but I don't mind waiting for them to deliver on that. Gears 5 is just around the corner and Halo Infinite sounds like it will have the biggest campaign yet.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

People sure have short memories. Phil didn't lead xbox into this generation, but he did bring them back from the brink after the massive damage that Don Mattrick inflicted upon the xbox brand. A lot of good has happened with xbox this gen, including their quality trifecta of well known exclusive games. Phil has acknowledged the shortcomings of their first party games output, in terms of numbers, which is why they made such a massive investment in studio acquisition over the last 2 years. Its time for the nay sayers to grow up, and acknowlegde the facts. Playing or being stupid doesnt get you anywhere.

- Leader of the House

[neutralgamer1992]

Sophisticated_Chap

Sure you can believe that but Phil was a very high ranking executive during Xbox 360 so let's not act like he had no say

And whatever Don announced with Xbox one by the end Phil has implemented many of tjose things but under the radar

[Obscure_Observer]

@-Foxtrot

Go on pretending that Phil Spencer will enter next gen of Xbox consoles leaving Xbox One in a worst position that he found, on the brink of extinction.

Xbox Studios is now bigger than SIE. Only a fool would deny that Xbox brand under Spencer is not bigger than it ever was

[Obscure_Observer]

@neutralgamer1992

"Sure you can believe that but Phil was a very high ranking executive during Xbox 360 so let's not act like he had no say"

Just bring the source stating that he had a say on always online, DRM, Kinect, Useless Media Discs and so on or GTFO!

[sinspirit]

@AngelicIceDiamond

You miss the point entirely. Read the context. We know what PR is. But, that is the point of what everyone has been saying. It is *only* PR and nothing else. We have no historical evidence or patterns to say that they have a confident future. Their deliverance has been low quantity and poor quality with few exception. Sony and Nintendo back up their PR. It's not just fluff and buffering lacking platforms. We don't care about their new studios until they *release* new games that are of high quality.

"They're doing what they're doing to make content". Jesus. Great defense. General statements to distract from their actual performance. That random creek in the woods is also doing what it's doing. The wind is doing what it's doing. But, whether the wind or water flows strongly or weakly doesn't mean they stop "doing what they're doing".

Here's the fantasy portion after your poor general statement. Sony is not fearful. They've closed studios, sold studios, expanded/created studios, etcetera like they always have. They bought Gaikai before these other major players decided to invest into streaming. There is zero evidence of Sony being "fearful" of Microsoft. It's pathetic that you make up arguments based around imagined feelings like this is some highschool he said/she said. Sony is a business that won't stop improving regardless of their competitors. You can't pretend like everything they do is in some way a response from their competitor just because they exist in the same field. Microsoft is following after Sony. That is clear as day. Microsoft got lucky breaks with their entry into the console world by picking up Halo and Fable, then later Gears of War and some other early titles. But, these had nothing to do with being partnered with Microsoft. There is nothing since early 360 years that Sony has directly responded to.

When people say Microsoft's future looks poor. We don't care to hear your excuses and personal PR jargon. Everyone here knows they bought studios, are releasing xCloud, and have a new console on the way. Everyone here also knows and *accepts* that Azure is a failure when it comes to "improving" console performance like they promised, is just like any other server in real world application, and isn't special. Everyone knows that Microsoft has ruined highly acclaimed studios and hampered their development regardless of all the PR that these studio heads have given to assure us they haven't. Everyone knows that they fake tech demos like Milo, Kinect on stage presentations, and greatly exaggerate and stretch the truth of demonstrations like with HoloLens where they won't show how it really is like from the user experience to the audience but show the outer perspective from the stage cameras and with their cloud demonstrations "improving" gaming performance when they had dozens of local servers dedicated to stage demos not at all representative of real world use just to keep buffering the lie that the X1 would ever get these enhancements.

[denawayne]

"Everyone knows that they fake tech demos like Milo, Kinect on stage presentations, and greatly exaggerate and stretch the truth of demonstrations like with HoloLens where they won't show how it really is like from the user experience to the audience but show the outer perspective from the stage cameras and with their cloud demonstrations "improving" gaming performance when they had dozens of local servers dedicated to stage demos not at all representative of real world use just to keep buffering the lie that the X1 would ever get these enhancements."

I looked up the definition of a run-on sentence and this was the example given.

[r2oB]

It's funny reading comments here still blaming the Xbox One's underperformance on Don Mattrick and Xbox One launch policies. That was six years ago. The PS3 launched a year later, higher out of pocket cost, and was faced with the 360 having awesome exclusives in the early years; fast forward 6 years and where was Sony? The reason, GAMES. Some people just need to let go of the launch excuse for Microsoft.

It's nice Spencer is acknowledging their poor first party quality, but let's not kid ourselves here. These studio acquisitions some people are praising is about quantity, not quality. Only a fool, or a fanboy can't see that. You think all those studios are going to be pumping out AAA quality games every 3 to 4 months? Microsoft will relegate most of the studios to make budget games that can fill up the Gamepass catalog. I'll pass, no thanks.

[Godmars290]

...If they (can) make the games to support/justify it.

[Godmars290]

???

How does this have "little to do" with the Xbox brand when the article is about the head of Xbox trying to assure readers about the quality of games on Xbox?

This has little to nothing to do with the "feelings" of gamers who only play PS games, which is also a stupid mentality.

As a gamer I have a preference towards story driven SP games, a type of game MS seem to dismiss, so yes, Phil as a rep for the Xbox brand has to do more than talk to get me interested in the brand. Hell, meanwhile Sony needs to backup a bit and not put so much story in their games cause I'm getting tired of that too.

Give me something I can sit down for a few minutes at my own pace and enjoy, rather than something I have to sit through and watch before I can get involved with it, much less be forced to commit time to because all my friends are playing it.

[kreate]

@genkins

What about ppl like me who owns multiple 360, Xbox VCR, one s, and X?

Can I complain? Or am I a PlayStation gamer?
I do have 1 PS4 console.

[bluefox755]

@Genkins With good reason, the better question is, why don't Xbox gamers have a chip on their shoulder? Why are they content getting crap over and over? Why don't they demand more?

[RpgSama]

It's all talk, talk, talk, they have to show, they have to deliver, not tell people about what Xbox needs, even the stones know that the Xbox needs, they need great and diverse first party games in a regular basis (this doesn't immediately means different genres, but at least different IPs), but they just acknowledge it and MS supporters just because Spencer acknowledge it they think that things will change, another generation came and went and nothing changed.

[rainslacker]

So, the "haters" have been saying this for years whole the xbox devour have been saying everything is great, but now that spencer is acting humble and saying that what everyone's been saying for years, it somehow instills confidence that it'll be a good time when scarlett launches?

My question is why bother when they havent tried hard to take care of their customers this gen. Surely there are other companies worthy of you peoples business.

[Atom666]

The overly naive corporate cheerleaders annoy me (and they exist for all systems), but being optimistic about something they like doesn't bother me at all.

The problem I see is that many of those "haters" devote a whole lot of time, not in discussing why they enjoy a product, but making sure people know that they DON'T like that thing enjoyed by others.

That's stupid to me. Anyone who has followed gaming long enough knows that there are always highs and lows. I've personally been disappointed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft over the years. I'm still optimistic about them, though.

So to answer your question: I think they've tried hard, but screwed up quite a bit. If they don't offer me something I want in the future, I'm glad there is competition that can step up and take my money. I just personally remain optimistic that all systems, pubs, and devs deliver kick ass content.

I suspect quite a few of the people you describe would be happier if only their preferred corporation succeeds.

[rainslacker]

I can't speak for others. But I'm severely disappointed in my xbox purchase this gen, and I will take every opportunity to express it. If I play that off other peoples optimism, then it's because i question why they're so optimistic, because what reasons I do occassionally see seem like theyre optimism based on potential positive events coming to pass sometime in the future, and not based on any historical or current trend which proves or even gives faith that MS will do better at all.

There are a few who just like the brand and dont make it into more than it is, and can be respectful, and I respect their opinion, but they're usually the same ones willing to admit failings of the brand as well

[darthv72]

Rain, we can agree on some things and disagree on others but I have to ask. Why does it bother you if someone enjoys something that you may not? It's not like their enjoyment changes or somehow negates yours. Wouldnt it be better to just let each person do their own thing?

I dont believe you are guilty of this but there are others who just cant let that be. They have to tear down someone else because they like something the other one doesnt. I mean that certainly isnt right and yet they dont care and will continue to do it because of this mob mentality.

Little do people realize we are all in the same hobby for the same reasons. We may just have different teams we like but we can at least respect that we are all into playing games that are fun and appealing, no matter who or the game.

I'll admit that I haven't enjoyed the xbo experience as much as the 360 but it has still been enjoyable for me (key words: for me). Am I wrong for liking games such as Forza, Gears, Ori, SSOD, QB? Or how about that I like games like the Order, Infamous, HZD, Driveclub...? you may see me defend the xbo more than the ps4 but thats only because I see so many who simply hate anything MS does to even give the system a real try. Again, its mob mentality. And I would defend the ps4 if I saw it being abused the same way. As Im sure others would do the same. It just happens that ps4 is the popular kid while the xbo is the nerdy outcast. Somebody has to stand up for the little guy that gets bullied.

[rainslacker]

It doesn't bother me if someone enjoys the Xbox. I just question the faith that people put into MS, when MS hasn't done anything that I feel is worthy of such respect.

If someone wants to buy an Xbox next gen, that's fine by me, but if they express that in open forums, I'm going to offer my own counter opinion when I feel like saying something.

[Obscure_Observer]

@rainslacker

"My question is why bother when they havent tried hard to take care of their customers this gen."

Tried hard? I really doubt that you would have done a better job than Phil Spencer did in the time he had. (3 years as head of Xbox. 2 years as VP)

You need to humble yourself. You act like good quality games are made overnight when you said yourself that most games exclusive games on Xbox One were developed under Mattrick.

I´m 100% sure that Xbox Scarlett will have much more quality exclusives since it´s all about Phil Spencer´s vision for the console and it´s game and not somebody else´s mess to clean up!

Mark my words!

[The Wood]

Too many flip flops around here. I heard some use way too much energy on Sony's missteps or lack of speed to get in line with some things. . . Meanwhile their console of choice has been failing in providing one of the major lifebloods of any console. . . .quality exclusives. Now one of the higher ups is saying this the narrative is now that the 'haters or naysayers' should. . 'Grow up' 'stop hating' etc.. . . Where's all the 'oh so you weren't wrong' comments. . . . ,nowhere

With Phil and xbox in general there's been way to much 'show' and way too little 'prove' The vitriol will lessen a great deal if ms actually showed commitment for a whole gen for once, not just at the start. Some will never be satisfied. . . Sadly I hear that but what do you say to those who were xbox fans who have flown ship because of the crap output whilst listening to a whole gen of 'promises'?. All this 'we're buying studio's' that some are claiming is the reason things are now great/fixed forget Microsoft has always had studios and its been their ethos and management of many of them and projects with others that led them to where they are now.

Seems all the damage control many die hards were dedicated to doing was a waste now Phil has stated what everyone without blinkers on could see a mile off.

[rainslacker]

@obscure

As an xbox customer, its not my job to do spencers job. I never once said I could do better, nor would I want his job. I dont even offer advise on how to do his job, just say hes not providing for me, an xbox customer.

Phil hasn't delivered on the x1. I don't care what all hes doing to set up the next console, or what hes doing to expand the xbox brand. All I care about is that for all his talk, after all the fans saying it takes time, were on the cusp of a new generation with what...yet another gears and halo, with halo being cross gen apparently.

I never act like good quality games happened overnight, but 3-4 years ago, I was the one saying that it would take time for Spencer to get games made. Using that argument against me 3-4 years later when just last year they started expanding falls way flat.

[sushimama]

LMAO

The Xbox faithful and Xbox can be summed up in 2 words...

"Just Wait"

Just wait till E3.
Just wait till the next E3.
Just wait until Xbox One X launches.
Just wait until Project Scarlett Launches.
Just wait until Crackdown launches, you'll see.
Just wait until you see the power of the cloud.

Just keep on waiting and rewaarding Microsoft with a purchase of their new console because they totally have deserved that right? /S

[darthv72]

Seems that phrase was used a lot last gen too.

By PS faithful no less. Funny how the roles are reversed.

[rainslacker]

@Darth

Maybe for a year or two while people wrongly said Sony didnt have any games. The difference is Sony delivered. They didnt retake last gen to bolster the launch if this gen, and still had plenty of good games the first two years of this one.

Everything MS is doing seems more like they're just hoping people will ignore they are only delivering one AAA game a year, and that the rest of their output is mid tier or not very good at all.

They're hoping all this promise of next gen will keep.people excited for the brand, instead of just doing what they should have done years ago, which is not studios or make games for this gen, which would be delivered right around now.

This will be MS third gen where the support for their console waned quickly at the end. I can understand the first because Nvidia forced their hand at the worst time, although it worked out for MS overall. Last gen there wasn't an excuse, and this gen, they've been terrible for 4 years now. What they had leftover from mattrick got cancelled under Spencer, except for SoT and CD3. Unfortunately, spencer didnt replace that with anything substantial except halo and gears and the biannual forza release

[DarXyde]

As always, "we'll see".

Good to see Phil's acknowledgement of the issue, but action matters more. Spencer did also share some overly positive feedback of Crackdown 3, and we see how that turned out. I'm not saying they need to be like Sony and have these grand single player experiences; that would be uncharacteristic of Xbox. They just need to make solid, engaging content that suits their style which I feel they never properly developed. If they prioritize multiplayer experiences, they'll be fine. They just need to be quality experiences. They are currently the only platform holder, in my view, that hasn't really grown into their strength.

[TheKingKratos]

I heard this song before

[bluefox755]

What makes you think that? I certainly haven't seen any evidence to suggest as much.

[leejohnson222]

Why ?

[Nu]

Microsoft is on the right track with buying all those studios. They hopefully perform a complete a 360 next time around

[PhoenixUp]

The Xbox brand has been active for 18 years and it’s only now that he figured this out?

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Ms probably figured it could stick by 3rd party second party for games. Only good for temporary, but not long term success. MS doesn't own any of those games just borrowing it until it hits other platforms. In some cases it could be permanent, but that still no good for MS considering they have no say on the future of the ip in which we've seen plenty of examples of. Baffling when MS had the best team of execs at the start of the 360 gen still never thought to open up new open up studios, then.

[Silly gameAr]

No, they thought they could throw money at 3rd party publishers and spend all of the money to get the games that were exclusive to Playstation, like Final Fantasy, and they spent 50 million to keep GTA 4 dlc off of ps3. They were so busy trying to win over 3rd party, they forgot about first party.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@Silly

Damn that's an extremely good point. That's basically what I was saying, way too laser focused winning 3rd party and didn't bother with what they had, or didn't have first party wise.

[Silly gameAr]

Yeah, I guess we pretty much did say the same thing, but in different ways. Either way it's the same point. MS should have already purchased studios years ago. Buying all of those studios at once just makes them look desperate in my opinion. But, hopefully, they'll do better next gen.

[Automatic79]

I think were going to see some fantastic games coming from all console makers in the next 12-18 months.

[jznrpg]

I know what I’m getting in the next year. Just got Fire Emblem today , Astral Chain in’s august Death Stranding and Luigi in Fall. Daemon X Machina Ghosts of Tsushima ,TLOU2 and Cyberpunk 2077 . Those are the games I want the most off the top of my head in the next year or so

[Automatic79]

@jznrpg

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3- Switch
Astral Chain- Switch
BlairWitch- Xbox One X
Gears 5- Xbox One X
Outerworlds -Xbox One X
Call of Duty-Xbox One X
Starwars Xbox One X
Luigi Mansion - Switch

Most Anticipated for rest of year.

[jznrpg]

Hasn’t been the best ? It’s been non existent

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Gears 5 looking fantastic

[PrinceOfAnger]

So is Ori 2 and Halo infinite

[jznrpg]

Too little too late . You lost me and many I know after ditching the 360 because Kinect was selling to kids . You lost even more when you announced Xb1 and you lost even more when you didn’t support XB1 after launch . Even if they do good for next launch it’s not going to last long enough . They will ditch their console quicker than a (insert joke here) when it’s not doing as well as they hope.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I can't stress this to phil enough 343i and coalition need to make new Ip's for Scarlett. I'm sure the next Gears will be good but it needs a long, long, LONG vacation. The next Halo is finally changing things up and could potentially be one the best Halos. But these two studios are way too talented to be making the same franchise for 13 to damn near 20 years thats insane. I can almost guarantee if they had fresh start on a new ip it could be one of their best games to hit the Xbox.

Rare is making something new why not 343 and Coalition? Its cool MS is bolstering its size of the studios but picture this for a sec, if those 2 studios made a new ip earlier this gen, the discussion wouldn't be MS needs new studios (even though they still do) the discussion would be MS is utilizing what they have to their greatest potential.

[rainslacker]

They spent a lot of money on getting the gears franchise. They aren't likely to take a vacation anytime soon. They're already making multiple gears games. Gears 6 will likely be a ways away as it takes time to make big games, but the coalition, or at least some other studio is going to be working on it once gears 5 drops. Maybe if gears 5 bombs in sales they might reconsider a sequel, but I think it'll sell fine

[Smokehouse]

We know. But it’s nice to you hear you say it.

[Benoski]

I want actions and proof. Not words.

[BLow]

Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself. How many times have we heard this every 🤬year? All he does is talk. And please don't brag about Gears fanboys. Its Gears. This one game doesn't give MS a pass for all they've done. Gears should be good. It's expected. Doesn't erase anything.

Expect better. All this talk from Phil is nothing to me at this point. All he does is talk. Wait until next E3. He's even saying it now. I want them to do better but I have no faith right now because they haven't shown me anything. Gears, Forza, and Halo. Yes, the games are good but we need more now. There not even selling like they used to. Well, now it's how many players lol...the narrative has changed....

[Chevalier]

The most idiotic thing you hear from Xbox defenders is oh you play it on PC and MS still wins because it 'counts'. Lol. Okay so you play a game on Xpass for 5 minutes and now you 'played' the game and are a player. What metric next? How many batteries were changed in your Xbox controllers? How many times you pressed the button A? How many zombies were killed? Yet Nintendo and Sony release quality games consistently and look they are destroying Xbox in sales across the board, but, Xbox division is satisfied by how many people played their game? Its ridiculous how low the bar they have set for themselves next gen. Watch Scarlet come out and have a handful of games to match PS5 and Nintendos new system and then guess what?! Games will suddenly matter again. Just the most idiotic fans giving Xbox a free pass.

So now GAMES matter right Spencer? Lol. Who knew GAMES matter for a GAME console..... Wow..... The stupidity.

[Smokehouse]

Well they just acquired a bunch of top notch studios lol. They created a new studio that has massive talent flocking to it. The actions have already been done. The proof will come from these guys.

The only way they could fail is if they do the micromanage thing and ruin their studios like EA. But I highly doubt indies like double fine would sign a contract that allowed that kind of shit. It sounds like they are doing good things and it’s all action.

I get where you are coming from because a year or 2 ago you would have been right. Your opinion is outdated though. At least in the action part. As far as proof we’ll see but the actions potentially support a solid line up. Let the guy have his apology, he earned it.

[Chevalier]

@Smokehouse

It could all be smoke and mirrors though. Remember every year its wait till E3, wait till the Cloud, wait till BC turns things around, wait for Xbox next round of games and now its wait till next gen? Does anyone not have Deja Vu at the end of every Xbox generation? Xbox games dried up? 360 games dried up at the end and now a 3rd gen we have Xbox One again with the same issue, but, wait 4th gen will be different?!

[Smokehouse]

It’s not smoke and mirrors though, these are established and proven studios now under the Microsoft wing lol. People want action, that’s action.... buying in exile, playground, ninja theory, double fine. Creating new AAA studio with talent from all over the industry flocking there in droves. Their past is the past but these acquisitions were made in the last year. It’s time to accept that the mentality of “all talk and no action” is outdated. 2 years ago I would have agreed with you.

[trooper_]

Exactly.

All -chat chat- and no -show show-.

[Relientk77]

Wow, you don't say.

[TheColbertinator]

Well no duh, Phil.

[Segata]

They should get Iron Galaxy to make another KI.

[StormSnooper]

Xbox is like that guy who opens the book the day after the final exam.

[Tross]

Thank you captain obvious. Now, will you actually do that work that needs to be done, or just talk about it?

[sampsonon]

they acquired AA studios. games pass will be full of mediocre games at best. just encase people thought that a line up of 100 million dollar games were around the corner.

i see Xbox turning to the casual market, ios gaming company.

[rainslacker]

I don't think the games will all be mediocre. I dont think they'll all be high profile AAA games. But after SoT and CD3 get the kind of hype as if they were AAA games, maybe MS doesn't need them anymore. The standard for the xbox fan boy is pretty low....at least for games coming from MS. Theyll talk up the yearly AAA game, and rightly so, but seem perfectly fine with a mid tier that would go mostly unnoticed in forums if it wasn't exclusive. But, god forbid a Sony exclusive has the puddles changed in one of their AAA games.

[Chevalier]

Nah its all about 'engagement'. Why would Xbox fans want GAMES for their GAME console?! That bar is so low you got the regular defenders here talking about engagement rather than actual GAMES and drinking that kool aid like their lives depended on it

[esherwood]

Hopefully I’m wrong but I have a feeling Microsoft’s plan is to get games into as many hands as possible for cheap and milk micro transactions. Everyone was bitching at beginning of this generation that $60 wasn’t enough for AAA development anymore and now we got Xbox selling them for less. If so I’m done I refuse to play game with egregious micro transactions, if I can’t experience a full game for a set amount of money I wont touch it

[AK91]

Drop GaaS and micro transactions.

[RiPPn]

Forza Horizon, Ori, State of Decay are all high quality.

[Donnie81]

I’m sure he knows somethings that all you haters don’t. In the last year or so they have more than doubled the size of their first party studios and they aren’t done yet. They didn’t buy those studios for looks, early next gen scarlet will be a great place to play. Plus scarlet is gonna be the superior system spec wise. The Xbox division is investing money in gaming on a level that its competitors could only dream of. This time Phil isn’t just talking the games are coming. I can’t wait to serve the n4g anti Xbox folks a daily helping of crow to eat.

[Xaywhat]

This guy will jump off a bridge for Xbox lol

[trooper_]

Doubling the size does NOTHING for games that should have been coming out on a daily basis.

I can't wait for you to look extremely foolish when Microsoft screws over their fanbase...again.

[DarkZane]

"Plus scarlet is gonna be the superior system spec wise."

I am pretty sure the PS5 will be the superior system spec wise. Xbox only ever had the better system when they released a year later. If they release at the same time, Sony will have the advantage because they're better at hardware than Microsoft.

[buffig]

Like many people, I have a PS4 and a PC with gamepass. I really want MS to do well. It makes Sony more competitive and gives us all more high quality content for gamepass, even if you don't own an Xbox, you're surely going to benefit in some way from MS being better. As an massive Sony fan, I have to say, I'm blown away by the value of gamepass and I'm looking forward to seeing what MS can produce

[StormSnooper]

Problem is that the value of these services will go down once the old games released at a time when quality still mattered, are replaced by new junk catered to services.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Phil, now stop talking and show next yr or else

[timotim]

Spencer has very good vision. I know he will support their studios with what they need, but its up to the studios to deliver...that's all Xbox gamers want. If they can give us compelling games and show real creativity, then we got ourselves an interesting 2020 and beyond.

[mogwaii]

I'll believe it when I see it, until then PS5 has my day One cash..

[microgenius]

We are approaching a new gen again and Microsoft 's empty promises has already begun

[StormSnooper]

They will deliver at the beginning as they always do. But they won’t sustain it. I expect at least a couple of must haves at the beginning, then it’s back to same old MS.

[ShadowWolf712]

On the one hand, this wouldn't be the first time Phil has paid lip service and yet done nothing.

On the other hand, I wonder how all those extreme fanboys who kept insisting NOTHING was wrong with Xbox First Party feel about Phil's admission?

[StarkR3ality]

At the end of the day both groups of people have no idea what they're talking about. Those saying that the next Xbox is going to have amazing first party games, and those who say that the next Xbox is going to be absolute sh*t..

We won't know until it comes out, if you're skeptical, why don't you just wait till the thing and it's games come out before either praising or bashing it.

[CanadianTurtle]

I predict the next console generation will be a competitive one. Both Sony and Microsoft will be giving it their all. Microsoft will fight to regain market-share and brand loyalty, while Sony will have to keep up their track record of excellent exclusives. It will indeed be interesting

[ScootaKuH]

Well, he's not lying

[sprinterboy]

MS main problem will be it'll take another entire gen there and there abouts just to gain gamers trust again.
Do they think another 40/50m and just going to blindly go twds the headlamps when scarlet comes with a few AAA game reveals? Do MS think half of the 360 gamers who transitioned over to ps4 are just going to flock back to scarlet in droves.
I'm sorry to break it too you MS but that ain't gonna happen, sure long term you gain back trust but doing literally nothing for 10years is unacceptable and only hard work and trust gets that back.
Edit:
If gamers to go bk to MS in droves then I am literally lost for words how society works, how sheep follow, how uneducated people are etc.

[bellome]

2007 dejaVu

[Thundercat77]

The cycle of eternal illusion.

[ShinRon]

xbox is saying it, Sony and Nintendo are doin it

[bluefox755]

More hollow promises. Less tell, more show.

[ECHOINFINITY]

It's never been the best. If they do step it up next Gen it will be the 1st time since xbox's inception.

[Father__Merrin]

It's too late. How on earth can you persevere an entire gen with empty hands and still be looking forward to Microsoft next console. U have to be stupid the jokes on u.

[spwittbold]

yeah we know, your first party games, all of them, took a huge nose dive and all of the goodwill the 360 had bought up for Microsoft has now either gone or nearly depleted for most of us. Scarlett really needs to come out swinging and the new studio acquisitions and establishments under Microsoft need to not just exceed, but absolutely demolish expectations because right now given the Xbox One, those expectations are less than rock bottom (Crackdown, Master Chief Collection, Scalebound, Halo 5, Gears 4....every single one was had grandios notions that never materialized and in most instances took a nose dive in quality relative to their predecessors). Independent small studios and backwards compatiability was the only saving grace - even that is short lived.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

First honest thing Spencer has said said in ages.

[AmUnRa]

Read the post of Euphemism he was saying the same things as in 2017 and 2018.
And in 2019 he is saying the same things....AGAIN. And xboxfans still trust the Guy.
Wake up....

[esherwood]

Micro transactions will heavily decide which console I get next. If Microsoft starts sneaking them in and Sony continues releasing games for $60 upfront then I’m going with Sony.I game to de-stress and as a hobby, I don’t want to have to worry about companies constantly trying to nickle and dime me. Look at the mobile market, those games are worth $20 most but if u spent $20 in those games you would get nothing. They spend millions of dollars trying to figure the most addictive way to make these games. I want to pay a set amount upfront and then I’m done, if not I’m out. I hope government steps in otherwise gamings days are numbered unfortunately

[Xavi4K]

The first step to solve a problem is to admit that there is a problem...

[MasterCornholio]

It's not the first time that he said this through.

[rlow1]

But they have been taking action by adding studio's.....when you spend money then your doing more than paying lip service.

[MasterCornholio]

@rlow1

They have to deliver the final product first. You can add a ton of new studios but if the quality isn't good then it really doesn't accomplish anything. In other words it's lip service until they deliver GOTY contenders.

We will have to wait and see what happens.

[Ratchet75]

Too bad it took them a whole generation to figure that out.

[quenomamen]

Straight from the horses mouth.

[CyberSentinel]

Blah, blah, blah.
You got to show and prove MS before I buy a scarlet.

[EliteComments123]

AAAAAAAA EXCLUSIVES!!! jk but yeah they need it.

[Ratchet75]

It took him 6 years to figure that out????