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[SlimySnake]

Curious bit from the Washington Post interview:

Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space, as opposed to the current, experienced competition against Nintendo and Sony.

"They have a long history in video games," he said. "Nintendo's not going to do anything that damages gaming in the long run because that's the business they're in. Sony is the same and I trust them. ... Valve's the same way. When we look at the other big tech competitors for Microsoft: Google has search and Chrome, Amazon has shopping, Facebook has social, all these large-scale consumer businesses. ... The discussion we've had internally, where those things are important to those other tech companies for how many consumers they reach, gaming can be that for us.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/20/xbox-activision-blizzard-phil-spencer/

Reminds me of Jay Leno saying, 'Dont blame Conan.'




I doubt anyone is worried about Sony or Nintendo going out there spending almost a $100 billion buying out Minecraft, Zenimax and Activision at the risk of creating monopolies that might damage the industry in the long run.

 

[drganon]

Christ, Phil is such a douche.

 

[remember_spinal]

 

[On Demand]

This guy sure is a cartoon character. Don't know who he thinks he's fooling.

 

[ParaSeoul]

"Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space"

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Unknown Soldier]

Microsoft pretending they aren't the world's most notorious tech monopolist is the epitome of lunacy.

 

[TheBomb]

I welcome others to the picture.

 

[Sosokrates]

Well, hes not wrong.

 

[Nautilus]

Oh, the irony.

 

[kyliethicc]

Microsoft might tho

 

[RoadHazard]

Umm.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

As if Google was going to buy Call of Duty and make it exclusive on Stadia streaming lol

How was Apple or Facebook stock after the purchase? Did it drop because of it? No, only Sony dropped. There is no impact on anyone else but Sony.

Don't fall for his shit guys.

 

[Kilau]

Phil Saviour

 

[DenchDeckard]

If Apple, Facebook, google and Amazon get into gaming properly like the big 3 are I think we are in trouble they will absorb who they can and just shut them down when it doesn’t go smoothly as they hoped.

I think we are on the edge of something and it could go bad because of all the consolidation. Who knows.

 

[Elios83]

Ahah the irony
He doesn't know what to make up to justify his company proceeds with their usual monopolistic tactics and ambitions used in the PC space.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I've tried to stay rational and level headed about this whole thing but this has to be the dumbest fucking thing I have ever read.

 

[SlimySnake]

Oh, the irony.

 

[Three]

Am I the only one who doesn't even get what he's saying?

"They have a long history in video games," he said. "Nintendo's not going to do anything that damages gaming in the long run because that's the business they're in. Sony is the same and I trust them. ... Valve's the same way. When we look at the other big tech competitors for Microsoft: Google has search and Chrome, Amazon has shopping, Facebook has social, all these large-scale consumer businesses. ... The discussion we've had internally, where those things are important to those other tech companies for how many consumers they reach, gaming can be that for us.

So you want to do what google and facebook do?

 

[Dr Bass]

More proof that Phil Spencer just doesn't understand the games landscape.

 

[remember_spinal]

This guy is a snake oils salesmen. He’s doing the exact same thing those companies would do and the same thing microsoft is famous for doing in the 90’s which is why people didn’t want them in the gaming space to begin with.

It’s like full circle

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Well, imagine if Facebook or Amazon were to buy Activision, and ask yourself if they would be better stewards to the industry versus someone like Microsoft.

At the end of the day, I'd rather see Sony, Nintendo, or MS, being the ones making games and absorbing 3rd party companies than say, Tencent, Facebook, Google, etc. Look how Google treats their products ffs.

 

[NickFire]

So MS is declaring itself the Vanguard of gaming?

 

[reinking]

Sick of him downplaying Nintendo and Sony as competition and pretending he cares about the market and then doing everything he can to squash them as competition.

If Apple, Facebook, google and Amazon get into gaming properly like the big 3 are I think we are in trouble they will absorb who they can and just shut them down when it doesn’t go smoothly as they hoped.

I think we are on the edge of something and it could go bad because of all the consolidation. Who knows.

Why am I supposed to be more afraid of Google, Amazon, Apple or Facebook than I am Microsoft? Microsoft has a lot of experience in shutting down assets that they have purchased. If anything, at this point I hope somebody else starts picking up publishers/developers before it is too late and one company does have a monopoly.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

So is Phil here to save us from Google, Amazon and Facebook?

 

[mejin]

 

[SSfox]

Thanos: "Ironman and Captain America are not going to do anything that damage the universe in the long run"

 

[remember_spinal]

So MS is declaring itself the Vanguard of gaming?

This is what it is. They want to be seen as the lesser of evils so their acquisitions are good for “gamers” while the other companies are just bland tech giants looking to cut gamers off and sell the culture.

The way people put him on a pedestal like gaming Jesus, it seems to be working in their favor. They played their cards right with their “for the gamers” “when everyone games…” marketing.

The joke almost writes itself

 

[drganon]

Sick of him downplaying Nintendo and Sony as competition and pretending he cares about the market and then doing everything he can to squash them as competition.



Why am I supposed to be more afraid of Google, Amazon, Apple or Facebook than I am Microsoft? Microsoft has a lot of experience in shutting down assets that they have purchased. If anything, at this point I hope somebody else starts picking up publishers/developers before it is too late and one company does have a monopoly.

But you don't understand! Phil is for gamers!

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

This guy sure is a cartoon character. Don't know who he thinks he's fooling.

People who swallow 70$ games and 10$ upgrades

"Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space"

Microsoft Flight Simular was out before Windows. Also MS created DirectX...Google for example created a graveyard

 

[Three]

So is Phil here to save us from Google, Amazon and Facebook?

The wierd thing is that Activision actually went to Facebook first and they weren't interested.

 

[lastmessiah]

lol Phil makes some throwaway comments and opens up a new salt mine on GAF. This guy is a boss.

 

[Markio128]

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

The big point that I think is missed here is both of these acquisitions happened due to the bad state that these companies were in.

Bethesda was struggling and Activison was dealing with the crap Bobby and his crew created.

 

[Swift_Star]

only idiots believe and like this fool.

 

[remember_spinal]

lol Phil makes some throwaway comments and opens up a new salt mine on GAF. This guy is a boss.

Nothing he says is a “throw away” comment. Thats why this is almost becoming satire

 

[Lloyd22]

Oh thanks Phil, you saved gaming, you are our hero.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Well, hes not wrong.

Considering that he is the only one releasing all games on more than 1 platform, indeed.

 

[Swift_Star]

Am I the only one who doesn't even get what he's saying?




So you want to do what google and facebook do?

He wants to seize the market before google and meta do.

 

[Toni]

A company known for extreme consolidation and monopoly, is worried bigger tech companies will consolidate and create monopolies.

 

[Sosokrates]

Am I the only one who doesn't even get what he's saying?




So you want to do what google and facebook do?

What would google/facebook do with game publishers though? New forms of data collection, advertisement and monetisation...

Phile is saying like sony use insomnia, ND,ssm etc to make great games Microsoft will do the same with there devs.

 

[Punished Miku]

I think he's awkwardly saying that he trusts Sony and Nintendo to help preserve some semblance of the business as it exists today, without excessively twisting it into a dystopian NFT disaster.

But what he's really saying is that he doesn't trust that with Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Tencent. He's interested in preserving gaming.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Sick of him downplaying Nintendo and Sony as competition and pretending he cares about the market and then doing everything he can to squash them as competition.



Why am I supposed to be more afraid of Google, Amazon, Apple or Facebook than I am Microsoft? Microsoft has a lot of experience in shutting down assets that they have purchased. If anything, at this point I hope somebody else starts picking up publishers/developers before it is too late and one company does have a monopoly.

Why not show me all the Developers Sony have bought and then shuttered over the years? let's have a good old list war between the two? Just listing gaming companies I bet they are as bad as each other. Just to confirm, it was a joke and I’m not ingo List wars…..mainly I could never be assed to actually make one. Haha plus they are just shit.

I genuinely dont think you understand that Facebook, Tencent, Embracer, Google, Amazon, Apple will all be looking how they can get a part of this pie due to the boom from Covid. It seems people are so busy looking at console wars when we are clearly in the times of the services war and we are all failing to look at the bigger picture that companies like MS will be concerned about every day.

 

[Kacho]

It’s pretty obvious what he’s really saying

 

[BeardGawd]

Am I the only one who doesn't even get what he's saying?




So you want to do what google and facebook do?

How lomg has Xbox been a thing?

MS is only 1 gen behind Sony.

 

[Swift_Star]

What would google/facebook do with game publishers though? New forms of data collection, advertisement and monetisation...

Phile is saying like sony use insomnia, ND,ssm etc to make great games Microsoft will do the same with there devs.

So far they basically did the bolded…

 

[MonarchJT]

you guys are all here ))) very recognizable.
btw he is not wrong.

 

[Sanepar]

Microsoft is already doing consolidating the industry and taking games from other platforms.

This guy try to be nice but in the end what he wants is to consolidate.

 

[Clintizzle]

Okay, Phil.

 

[Three]

How lomg has Xbox been a thing?

MS is only 1 gen behind Sony.

Ok? And Facebook and Google didn't even exist. What's he saying though?