Phil Spencer Extends Olive Branch To PS5 And Switch Players “For The Millions Of Fans Who Love Activision, Blizzard, And King Games…Whether You Play On Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or Mobile You Are Welcome Here-And Will Remain Welcome, Even if Xbox Isn’t Where You Play Your Favorite Franchise”
To the millions of fans who love Activision, Blizzard, and King games, we know that you are the heart and soul of these franchises, and we’re honored to have you as part of our community.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) October 13, 2023
by bxgang
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This is merely manipulative grandstanding.
Phil is that rich kid in high school, who’s daddy gave him a credit card with no limit to do whatever he wants. Phil looks good, as long as daddy Microsoft keeps cutting the billion dollar checks.
Another bit of corporate chat from the biggest hypocrite in the gaming biz.
He also said Bethesda games wouldn’t be exclusive to Xbox, then after the acquisition started making Bethesda games Xbox exclusive. Phil Spencer is just a corporate douche bag and can go fuck himself.
Haven’t bought an Xbox since the 360 and I doubt I ever will again thanks to their policy of releasing their games on PC.
If they want Xbox to actually sell well they should start by having **actual exclusives**, but that’ll pretty much demolish Phil Spencer’s entire image he’s been building.
Also is it just me or does every company Microsoft buys massively drops in quality and never releases anything or just bad games?
What games does King make? 🤔
Empty PR words
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The only Bethesda titles that are not going to be exclusive to xbox are going to be online game as a service games , transaction based mini games and retro re-releases
Embrace extend and extinguish is the Microsoft internal motto. We are currently at the embrace stage.
“You will remain welcome until the temporary agreements we used to appease regulators expire, at which point you will be welcome to buy an Xbox”
How much money would they lose in the big scheme of things if they stop putting activision games on PlayStation and Nintendo? You’re taking what I think would be a huge chunk of customers…
It’s hilarious watching how differently people react to these empty platitudes now compared to some years ago. Phil always was a businessman, but hey at least people are realising it.
I hate this guy and everything he stands for with Microsoft lol
Why anyone still trusts Microsoft, I will never know.
And by the way, if I were to use Azure money to buy Nintendo it would be the greatest achievement of my career!
dawg this is corporate mergers 101, say one thing do another lmao
I don’t understand. Where exactly are we being welcomed?
Fast forward 3 years, and everything will be exclusive.
I honestly don’t even know what that jumble of words even means
Oh look, “uncle/daddy” Phil doing PR work after all those leaks came out making MS look like the Monopoly machine that they really are.
But hey, he wears cool gaming t-shirts and “cares about gamers”.
Corpo-bullshit marketing speak
Olive branch?? More like honey trap!!
What a dipshit.
I smell bullshit
These tweets are suppose to be heartwarming but there’s an underlying tone of corporate greed.
“We love to have you as part of our community if you are playing our IPs”
I mean that’s cool and all, but let’s not forget those spicy emails from last month or so. It’s all just a facade.
“We now own many franchises that you used to play on the systems you already own. Now please buy OUR product so you can continue to play them.”
Phil Spencer just seems like such a phony
Sure
What a load of crap
Does “here” refer to gamepass though? Like is he saying “you are all welcome to buy gamepass and compatible hardware and enjoy these games.”
Yeah Phil you said something similar with the Bethesda purchase.
ultimate PR speak
This would be nice if all those leaked emails of the FTC case didn’t basically confirm that they would make everything exclusive to Xbox ecosystem if they could. As soon as they can stop releasing A/B games on PS and Nintendo due to regulatory obligations, they will.
Yeah buddy said the same thing about Bethesda and lied in court then forced Bethesda to cancel all their PS5 games.
Let them grasp at straws, they only control 20% of the gaming market worldwide and less than 5% in Japan, nobody’s about to switch systems for Activision/Blizzard or even Bethesda.
Remember when he said Microsoft didn’t want to take games away from people through these acquisitions and then spent years doing almost nothing but that? I’m sure this will age similarly
Except if you want to play Elder Scrolls 6. Then you must get an Xbox 😏