Random: Xbox's Phil Spencer Autographed A PS5 Cover At Tokyo Game Show 2023

This is like that episode of Big Bang Theory when Sheldon said he wants to get Stan Lee to sign an issue of Batman.

It sad that Phil has to question if it ok to sign a plastic shell. Fan boys are so revenge that you have to tip toe around everything incase to not offend them.

I'd have that up for auction in a heartbeat! Super rare, if not a one off!

Phil has gotten a lot (mostly unfair) criticism from the recent leaks, but I still really like the guy. People on other sites think he is the devil, which is ridiculous. Sure, he has Xbox business interests first in mind as he should in his position. But he is a gamer and think he really loves it and the community as a whole.

@awp69 well said, i double that. Really like the guy and think he loves the industry way more than the trolls online that buy used games and complain about how devs will get paid with GP.

Phil Spencer- 9/10
Trolls online- 0/10

@awp69
Agreed. Everyone has their faults and issues. But looking at where XBO was in 2014 and where XB in general is now it is hard to argue with what he is setting up. I know a lot of people think things happen overnight, but they don't. It takes time to change a direction especially the direction XB was heading.

When Phil took over XB had very few internal studios, just a few successful IPs at that moment, and the sales of XB were deteriorating fast. He has grown the internal studios to 15, stabilized sales and it is growing, introduced GamePass, and this year we have started seeing good new XB games like HiFi Rush and Starfield.

@HonestHick Ahhh the old I buy my games day one...then sell them to a games store ( so hundreds of ppl can carry on doing that ) oh yeh support them Devs with the one payment they get

Trolls act like Microsoft doesn't pay the Devs at all it's stupid

Totally agree with you guys, @NeoRatt, @HonestHick, @awp69. I like Phil a lot. Ultimately, he is business man, and his aim is to make Xbox the best it can be. Some decisions he makes (Starfield being an exclusive, for example) will anger the PlayStation crowd, and I can totally understand that. However, if the tables were turned, and it was Sony doing the same, that would be absolutely fine. Hypocrisy at its finest.

Somebody mentioned Phil on Push today (as they do most days!), questioning why Xbox gamers like him so much, and I replied that he is liked because Xbox was in jeopardy last generation. There were no guarantees that there was going to be a further generation to follow the Xbox One because things had been so dire.

Spencer is liked because he has turned the company around, he has a vision, and now has Xbox heading in the right direction. These things take time, but ultimately, I think he has been very good for the brand...

Personally, I’d rather have an Xbox signed by Bill Gates……then auction it to the highest sucker.

@Martsmall Yep. Or i wait for games to go on sale for $20-$30 and buy it from amazon. Ok well how much do they think the dev get’s from even that? Not much, and yet all i hear them say is GP is free and dev’s don’t get money from it. I mean the amount of non sense in that logic is beyond me. I quit that fight and scroll past it most days now.

@Fiendish-Beaver i agree 100%, you always post with logic and not fanboy non sense. I like Phil cause he has a vision that is games and knows what PS beats Xbox at and took a plan to MS CEO and said this is the way up and forward or we close it down and why closing it down wouldn’t be a good thing for MS.

Idk if I'd like that on my console. It looks terrible.

In light of Jim Ryan stepping down, this takes on a whole new meaning.

@LX_FENIX or the photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore in The Simpsons.

I agree that all these bosses speak with forked tongues, and give responses worthy of a politician, @themightyant. And I think all our leaders are guilty of it. It's nothing new, and will continue well into the future. I just think Spencer's comments in particular are often referred to because PlayStation losing these games hurts.

I don't think you can really be accused of lying if you say that you would like to have your games played everywhere, as the word 'like' gives considerable wriggle room. I think also, that the full quote is essentially 'wherever Game Pass exists' or at least, that is what he is/was referring to. So were Sony to permit Game Pass to be on their platform, then indeed, the games would be playable on that system. Obviously, Spencer knows that Ryan is not interested (I believe they play golf together), but he put the comment out there because he knows that it will drive a response from the community.

Finally, when it comes to the 'case by case' comment that people often cite, I think the truth of that statement is whether a game is a 'system seller'. So, with the likes of Starfield, for example, people will undoubtedly have purchased an Xbox, or a Game Pass subscription, in order to play it. However, I am sure that there are other games currently in development that Microsoft do not see in those terms, and so will consider releasing on the PlayStation too. It won't be the likes of Elder Scrolls or Fallout, but it could, conceivably be something like Wolfenstein, Dishonoured or maybe even Doom. It all depends on whether Microsoft feels that these games will shift consoles and subscriptions...

@Fiendish-Beaver @themightyant i just think people tend to forget the case by case basis on games coming to other non Xbox platform's. Xbox has to have some exclusive content and thats why they bought these teams and IP’s. It’s a hard place to be in cause you are going to ruffle feathers in the industry. As MS CEO has stated his vision is to double the revenue of Xbox by 2030, so i am sure Phil has to report these decisions to him and others. I truly think these games will be on a case by case. I also think any new IP will be Xbox/PC going forward. But i like Phil, Jim i had no feelings towards until the ABK deal, then i thought he kind of talked himself out of looking professional. Also the we believe in generations comment didn’t age well. Otherwise Jim was just a face that i didn’t have much of any good or bad connections to.