Phil Spencer- “We Have No Goal of Somehow Trying to Use Call of Duty to Get You to Buy an Xbox Console”

Phil Spencer the CEO of Microsoft Gaming is one of the most prominent public gaming figures today. Being the face of Xbox games, he always pushed the team to build a better environment for gamers.  While doing so, he also thinks about what’s best for the company and the future of Xbox gaming.

Phil Spencer has been with Xbox gaming for 20 years now. His influence as a CEO has shaped what we know Xbox to be today. With the passive console war always running in the background, both sides play the game respectfully. While the Activision acquisition might look like a move for Xbox to attain a monopoly on certain titles, Phil came forth and spoke about how that’s not the case.

Xbox CEO on the Activision Blizzard King acquisition

With the recent Activision takeover, Microsoft has quite a few big titles under its belt.  What started with taking over Bethesda, now looks like Xbox wants to hold half the industry in their palms. But that is far from being true. During the Official Xbox Podcast, Phil was interviewed by Jeff Rubenstein and Malik Prince. In the podcast, they discussed many things about the recent acquisition.

One of the main things that came up was when Mr. Spencer was asked about Xbox’s plans for games like Call of Duty on other platforms. At this, he humorously asked, “What other platforms? You mean PlayStation? Yeah, the other Platform”. Phil went on to say that he wants PlayStation players to be a part of the Call of Duty community. He spoke about the legacy that Call of Duty Nation has built over the years. He made it clear that he wants to push the game to new heights while enabling every other Platform to have the best experience with the game.

His statement “We Have No Goal of Somehow Trying to Use Call of Duty to Get You to Buy an Xbox Console” spoke volumes. This showed how the point of acquiring Activision was not to make games more Xbox Exclusive but to enable the studio by helping them develop the best version of the games that they can.

Phil Spencer’s top pick in games

Phil Spencer is a gamer himself and he makes it clear. Being the CEO of Xbox Gaming does come with a passion for gaming. In a lighter moment during the interview, Phil was asked about his favorite games that he likes to play. This question made him happy as he got to talk about some amazing games made by developers, and he spoke about them all in the best light possible.

Phil tells everyone that he plays games mostly on his ROG. And Starfield is one of the games that he is quite invested in. On a side note, because the topic of Starfield came up, Phil mentioned good news about Pete Hines, the Head of Publishing at Bethesda. He stated that Pete has announced that he will be retiring from Bethesda as a nice thing and that he is extremely happy that Pete will now have time to pursue his passions and interests after being such a strong part of the team.

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Phil carries on to mention his other top picks such as, Sea of Stars being a game that he really likes.  He also mentioned how he is a Forza MotorSport fan over Horizon. Another interesting mention was Brotato, the Steam game that he loves playing. He then spoke about Lies of P, and how they are making it in a genre that is so difficult to compete in. He also dropped a shout-out to the Sony-exclusive game, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

In the end, he takes a leave from the interview leaving fans with more. His take on the gaming industry is truly inspiring. With that said Xbox will be pushing Call of Duty on all platforms and trying to end the exclusivity war. Are you excited to see more updates from the gaming scene? Follow us and be up to date with everything gaming.

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