Phil Spencer: I honestly don't goal the team on how many units Sony sells

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the-pi-guy

Aug 13, 2015, 04:55 PM
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QuoteDo you think that in one, two years you can catch up?

Phil Spencer: I honestly don't goal the team on how many units Sony sells. I think about what we're going to do, and how many Xbox customers we have across 360, Xbox One and Windows - thinking about the combined community of people on Xbox and playing those games, and that number's never been bigger.

There are ways to sell consoles by losing more money on hardware and building an unnatural business construct that I'd never want to do - at the end, when people make a commitment to Xbox and the consoles they buy, the games they buy, they want to know that Microsoft and Xbox is in it for the long run. To sacrifice the long term for any short term gain doesn't make any sense. I really focussed on our first-party investment, and you see it showing up in 2015 and 2016. Next year's line-up is pretty incredible, and we haven't even talked about all the games that are coming next year. Investments in first-party, there's more risk involved, and people can say it's more challenging building first party investments, and you could say it's easier doing third-party deals, but they're critical to our business, and we're in this for the long run.





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Spencer knows that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will continue to be compared. &quot;We shipped at the same time and we&#39;re in direct competition with the PS4,&quot; he admits. &quot;I&#39;m not going to duck that. I want to win. I want to win this generation, but I want to win more than I want the other guy to lose. I own a PS4, and it&#39;s not like I want it to get dusty or not have games. But I do want to sell a lot of Xbox Ones, and for many people that&#39;s a direct competition with the PS4. As the Xbox team, we are the underdog.&quot;<br><br><a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/12/i-want-to-win-this-generation-says-xbox-boss-phil-spencer.aspx" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc">http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/12/i-want-to-win-this-generation-says-xbox-boss-phil-spencer.aspx</a><br>

Aura7541

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Aug 13, 2015, 04:58 PM
Quote"I really focussed on our first-party investment, and you see it showing up in 2015 and 2016. Next year's line-up is pretty incredible, and we haven't even talked about all the games that are coming next year."
I'm getting a lot of déjà vu from this particular quote. Could've sworn I heard this last year, too...

Dr. Pezus

#2
Aug 13, 2015, 05:23 PM
Quote from: Aura7541 on Aug 13, 2015, 04:58 PMI'm getting a lot of déjà vu from this particular quote. Could've sworn I heard this last year, too...
because it's true yo

Xevross

#3
Aug 13, 2015, 05:26 PM
Thank god that he doesn't, they'd never meet any goals.

darkknightkryta

#4
Aug 13, 2015, 05:34 PM
Quote from: Aura7541 on Aug 13, 2015, 04:58 PMI'm getting a lot of déjà vu from this particular quote. Could've sworn I heard this last year, too...
They are investing, they have Crackdown 3 coming out.  I never even thought it'd make it to 1.

ethomaz

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Aug 13, 2015, 05:56 PM
The lier is back.

Last year: we will catch Sony and win the console warzzzzzz
This year: we don't goal to catch Sony

Quote from: Aura7541 on Aug 13, 2015, 04:58 PMI'm getting a lot of déjà vu from this particular quote. Could've sworn I heard this last year, too...
To be fair last year he said he was aiming to sell more than PS4 with Xbox One and win the console warzzzzzzz
Things changed... they are depressed now.

Mmm_fish_tacos

#6
Aug 13, 2015, 05:58 PM
To be fiar, I'm sure they realize there's little chance of ever hitting that goal now.

Aura7541

#7
Aug 13, 2015, 07:10 PM
Quote from: ethomaz on Aug 13, 2015, 05:56 PMThe lier is back.

Last year: we will catch Sony and win the console warzzzzzz
This year: we don't goal to catch Sony

To be fair last year he said he was aiming to sell more than PS4 with Xbox One and win the console warzzzzzzz
Things changed... they are depressed now.
Well, every market is out of Microsoft's reach in terms of being the market leader. The US is the only exception, provided that Microsoft does a $50 pricecut every holiday season.

Legend

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Aug 13, 2015, 07:50 PM
Quote from: Mmm_fish_tacos on Aug 13, 2015, 05:58 PMTo be fiar, I'm sure they realize there's little chance of ever hitting that goal now.
Exactly. Phil and XBOX certainly still want to win, but it seems their goal has shifted to just making XBOX the best it can be. Doubt this holiday will have comparable discounts to last.

7H3

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Aug 13, 2015, 08:42 PM
Quote from: Legend on Aug 13, 2015, 07:50 PMExactly. Phil and XBOX certainly still want to win, but it seems their goal has shifted to just making XBOX the best it can be. Doubt this holiday will have comparable discounts to last.
$349 1TB LE XBox One Halo 5 + Sunset Overdrive or bust!
"It's hip to be square." - Eurogamer<br />"Shut up its art!" -Legend

Legend

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Aug 13, 2015, 08:43 PM
Quote from: 7H3 on Aug 13, 2015, 08:42 PM$349 1TB LE XBox One Halo 5 + Sunset Overdrive or bust!
That seems pretty basic haha. Through in MCC and a year of gold, then we've got a deal!

7H3

#11
Aug 13, 2015, 08:44 PM
Quote from: Legend on Aug 13, 2015, 08:43 PMThat seems pretty basic haha. Through in MCC and a year of gold, then we've got a deal!
I did forget to throw in the obligatory 1 year of XBLG, but that was implied :P
"It's hip to be square." - Eurogamer<br />"Shut up its art!" -Legend

Kerotan

#13
Aug 14, 2015, 10:09 PM
And then major Nelson makes a video about defeating good guy Sony.  

Mmm_fish_tacos

#14
Aug 14, 2015, 11:29 PM
he did?
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