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[Panajev2001a]

George Costanza, the spirit guide we deserve.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I swear, Spencer is like the Fauci of gaming.

 

[ulantan]

I've never believed until now, but now I'm confident he has a Gaf account.

 

[Wesleyalucard]

Halo back in the day was one of the biggest and most important games ever, Halo today is just a game that Playstation fanboys make fun saddly

 

[damidu]

so safe to assume, they confiscated his laptop at this point?

 

[balls of snow]

I bet Jim Ryan is pretty happy right now being an introvert and not chasing clout. Just get results and go home after work.

 

[adamsapple]

I've never believed until now, but now I'm confident he has a Gaf account.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Engagement !

Hey! You forgot these

 

[Lucifers Beard]

This must be a fucking joke email surely? Halo is doing nothing at the moment, same with Gears, Fable is years away and Bethesda/Zenimax IPs are all dormant. Forza is doing really well but I haven’t seen much else with regard to existing IP.

Where the fuck is Doom, Dishonored, Fallout and the other IPs you have purchased?

 

[mansoor1980]

2 years after that e-mail.........................

 

[Dr. Suchong]

I can literally smell Phil's words.

 

[LordOfChaos]

We'll talk after Banjo Threeie, Phil

 

[gokurho]

 

[Stare-Bear]

Why spend 300m on your own first-party game when you can use it to rent a new game for a few months...

 

[ByWatterson]

LOLLLLL

Everyone thought Phil was a good gamer dude who just couldn't punch his brand through.

Turns out he's the industry's most pompous ass. More than a decade of his arrogant leadership has resulted in Xbox being further behind than Don Mattrick ever put them.

 

[GigaBowser]

Guy on my old football team did cokes and acted EXACTLY like Phil he probubbly has a line every time before writes an email

 

[GHG]

And people want to say it's impossible for them to compete with Sony for exclusive deals.

 

[adamsapple]

And people want to say it's impossible for them to compete with Sony for exclusive deals.

 

[Unknown?]

LOLLLLL

Everyone thought Phil was a good gamer dude who just couldn't punch his brand through.

Turns out he's the industry's most pompous ass. More than a decade of his arrogant leadership has resulted in Xbox being further behind than Don Mattrick ever put them.

Hit the nail on the head!

 

[T4keD0wN]

I mean, maybe he counts craig memes as engagement, good for them.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Lies of P exposed

 

[GHG]

Ok, thanks for the clarification Sarah.

 

[Doctor Hades]

Oh my sides are splitting with laughter. That Phil Spencer sure is a funny guy. Almost as funny as Don Mattrick. Remember him?

 

[adamsapple]

Ok, thanks for the clarification Sarah.

 

[solidus12]

This leak is a goldmine of memes.
"Engagement is our oxygen"
" Adorably all digital"
" Career moment! "

“Creative Chatter”

 

[Bojanglez]

I want to make it clear to Google, Amazon etc. that you are NOT going to catch us in gaming. And one of the reasons sited internally at Google for them divesting of the first party was our ZeniMax acquisition. I just want to put us out of reach.

This sounds like the ramblings of someone with anti-competitive intentions

 

[BootsLoader]

Also Phil: No console wars, peace and gaming only.

 

[drganon]

“Creative Chatter”

 

[LegendOfKage]

 

[BbMajor7th]

“Creative Chatter”

Okay, that T-shirt Greenberg is wearing is officially the cringiest thing I've ever seen.

 

[phaedrus]

Also Phil: No console wars, peace and gaming only.

Yup, the sanctimonious kumbaya types usually turn out to be the worst cvnts.

 

[Darsxx82]

We can say what we want and we will like more or less his figure, but definitely the plan of P. Spencer with XBOX could not / canT be more ambitious.

Imagine that a few years ago here was announced the plan of MS to abandon XBOX and consoles and it turns out that at that time is when more ambition to grow had.

Personally I think he has failed to execute the plan, especially in regards to his plan with XSeries X / S, but I can perfectly understand the fans of XBOX who believe that Phil is the best thing that has happened to XBOX because hardly another substitute could have been so ambitious and, in fact, without today's XBOX it would surely not exist.

 

[jm89]

These prices are probably why they are desperate for a race to the bottom.

As long companies like sony continue sticking to not putting big AAA games day one on their service and has that market share advantage, third parties will be asking for a huge price for there games on gamepass day one. Then add in valve and nintendo who don't really have a sub service like gamepass publishers won't want to devalue their games further.

 

[Zuzu]

I hate the words these execs use. Instead of saying "we want more people playing our games" they say "we need to drive engagement". Instead of saying "video games" they say "content". I hate this cold, almost non-human way of speaking about things. For them, people are just "metrics" that "engage" with "content". Just cogs in the revenue wheel.

Also, a side rant. I hate the use of the word "transparency" these days. The traditional word is "honesty". We want people and organisations to be honest, not "transparent". I don't know why "transparency" has become the buzzword these days. Maybe it's because the word "honesty" is too much of a moral word and corporations don't like to bind themselves to moral words...

 

[SmokedMeat]

Phil Spencer: Engagement is our oxygen

Bernoulli - Phil Spencer is my oxygen

 

[HarryKS]

He should use Grammarly unless they have some form of Microsoft software to do a quick check on grammar. Cited.

 

[ElCasual]

That is the monopoly looks like, Phil.

 

[GymWolf]

say thank you to the FTC

and enjoy the show

Protecting american consumers...not so much their private emails

 

[Jinzo Prime]

You could make a Conker game based entirely on the content of Phil's emails.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Can't all these fucking emails or internal discussions be consolidated in one thread?

 

[Metnut]

We have overwhelming evidence regarding the future of gaming that Phil Spencer wants. All digital, subscription based, cloud based, and consolidated with MS owning Nintendo, Activision, etc.

If you think he’s good for gaming you are a clown IMO

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

He honestly sounds like one of those Xbox ambassador twitter accounts. Embarrassing.

This has been Microsoft's culture for the better part of 3 decades.

 

[Represent.]

These leaks legit make me want to sell my Xbox. I want no part supporting this disgusting future they're planning.

Fucking subscription garbage. Bunch of Kumbaya play everything everywhere nonsense. Consolidation. No compete. No ambition. Shit ass exclusives. All digital garbage. Cloud based trash. Buying Nintendo. Buying Activision. Buying Bethesda. Buying Warner Brothers. Poor studio management. 1 proper exclusive every 2-3 years.

Fuck you

 

[StealthGoblin]

So he's fully aware they they are spending their competitors and potential future competitors out of business.

If that doesn't make anyone feel uneasy about Microsoft then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[AtomicStarving]

"I just want to put us out of reach."

Holy this fucking clown.

 

[fallingdove]

Lol. No wonder Xbox has had so many problems. When you think you can do no wrong, failure is a constant.

Your games are shit Phil. You have destroyed promising IPs and storied franchises.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Good God almighty, I've been saying for *years* Phil is the world's greatest used car salesman but I never knew it was to this degree.

 

[Elbereth]

Honestly, Microsoft should really reconsider having Phil Spencer as the head of Xbox at this point.

Probably the best thing they could do outside of shipping good games and convincing more folks that Gamepass actually matters. Hopefully the latter would come it time, but they seriously need a changing of the guard right now.

 

[Fabieter]

I puked on the floor when I saw this statement. Where is the phil defense force rn?

 

[cireza]

Bernoulli creating one thread per email. Goal : having the entirety of the first page being Xbox Bernoulli threads.