Phil Spencer Archives

I was in the room when it was announced and it nearly took the roof off. But how far could it go back? On Twitter, one fan asked Xbox boss Phil Spencer if we could one day expect to see original Xbox games playable on the Xbox One To my surprise, Spencer let on that it[...]

They fill out what is looking like an impressive year for the console in 2016, and should do a lot to keep the current Xbox One growth going. Xbox Boss Phil Spencer did concede that the titles, as well as Quantum Break could one day come to PC to in a recent interview with PCGamer While[...]

Talking to Gamecore (via Dualshockers), Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained he is more focused on first party games to build on in the future: My Strategy is more around our own first party franchises, and investing in franchises that we own, and probably fewer exclusive deals for third party content I want to have strong third party relations, but[...]

Phil Spencer has never been shy about praising his competitors He doesn't pretend they don't exist or only refer to them as 'our competition', which is the baffling tact I've seen other business leaders take. As an examples, in a recent interview with Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), he went about praising both the PlayStation and spoke[...]

Responding on Twitter, Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that the PC version wouldn't be coming until a little later: @ArlessLewis @1stsaintinferno @KevPlaysGames @FameEnt2k Gears on Win10 is later than Xbox One version. — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) July 22, 2015 This is a little disappointing for PC users, but at least they are getting the game in some form[...]

Heads of major platforms like Sony's Shuhei Yoshida and Xbox's Phil Spencer clearly care deeply for the medium They came up through the ranks surrounded by games and learnt what they know from the industry It has created a culture where it feels like these businesses want good games, not just good profits at any cost[...]

This is obviously bad news for Xbox, who have traditionally had a lot more success in North America. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has spoken about this very subject with Edge Magazine (Via VideoGamer), explaining why Xbox struggles in the territory, as well as how GamesCom could help establish a hold of the continent this year. I'm excited[...]

That's why you see them paying other developers for exclusivity, such as the Rise of the Tomb Raider deal that will see the game only on Xbox this holiday season. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer says that this year's E3 press conference will be much different Tweeting a fan on Twitter, he revealed: @Masih3KA We should have[...]

Phil Spencer has often been very cordial to his competition From shoutouts at the beginning of E3 press briefings or just congratulating them on successes, Spencer has been a breath of fresh air in a corporate culture that too readily relies on quiet jabs. If you want evidence of this, here is a tweet from Phil[...]

When Phil Spencer took over the Xbox division, the Kinect seemed to drop off as an important peripheral over night Soon after, a Kinectless Xbox One bundle came out and few games have featured the device since. In a new interview with Edge (via GamesRadar), the Xbox boss opened up about the peripheral speaking enthusiastically about[...]

Phil Spencer has been known as one of the few video game bosses that talks openly about his competitors Usually, it comes from a place of respect too That's refreshing to see from a corporate climate that typically doesn't do that. An example of Spencer's willingness to work with these other companies came from him interacting[...]

I struggle to see the VR like application for the headset. Speaking to Eurogamer (via VG247) at GDC, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer said that the HoloLens existence didn't mean that VR wouldn't happen at Microsoft. I don't think we've locked ourselves out We've looked at a mixed reality space that we could do with Hololens and think[...]

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer took to Twitter to tease the functionality, taking a picture of himself taking a picture on his own development kit. Nice to finally be doing this on my Xbox One dev kit pic.twitter.com/AgDDWr3ExJ — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 6, 2015 Honestly, I can't see myself ever needing to take pictures of a game[...]

The Xbox One has been seeing a healthy restructure in the last few months under new boss Phil Spencer As was key to owning this holiday period, the console was smartly cut by $50 to $349.99 RRP in November through to the end December That has seen a dramatic rise in sales and saw the[...]

They started as they meant to go on however with Phil Spencer opening The Xbox Global Media Briefing, acknowledging his competitors at Sony and Nintendo, although you have4 to assume he is more worried about one, and stating something that made the hall roar with glee They would only be talking about games. After last year's[...]

By Jared Cornelius So Xbox head, Phil Spencer, sent out a press release revealing that Microsoft would be releasing a Kinect-less version of the Xbox One console.  For those not in the know, the Kinect is a camera peripheral for the Xbox 360 released in 2010 and included as a "critical" piece of the Xbox One at launch.  Spencer touted the Kinect-less version of the Xbox[...]