Xbox Head Phil Spencer Considered Departing Microsoft

Microsoft's corporate vice president and caput of Xbox, Phil Spencer, considered leaving Microsoft back in 2004.

Xbox co-creator said this during an interview with IGN'due south Ryan McCaffrey. In an IGN Unfiltered episode, McCaffrey talked with Fries virtually his career at Microsoft and his wishes for the Xbox brand.

Phil Spencer asked Fries if he should go out as well

Evidently, when Fries decided to get out Microsoft back in January of 2004, Spencer asked Fries if he should quit likewise.

"When I decided to quit Microsoft, I had 1200 people working for me, one person walked into my office and said—"Should I quit too?—and that was Phil Spencer. And I said, "No Phil, you lot don't have to quit, you should stay and make this better". . . He's done a bang-up job of fixing things", Chips told IGN.

Spencer joined Microsoft in 1988 and has fulfilled several roles at the company. He was appointed general manager of Microsoft Studios worldwide in 2008, and was promoted to corporate Vice President a year later. Upon the divergence of Microsoft'south former head of Xbox, Marc Whitten, Spencer was appointed as the new head of Xbox in 2022.

"I will at present be leading the Xbox, Xbox Alive, and artistic teams including Xbox Music, Xbox Video and Microsoft Studios as we evangelize the next generation of games and entertainment," Spencer wrote upon his appointment.

Fries is Microsoft's former vice president of game publishing, and has been responsible for of import acquisitions such as Bungie, Ensemble Studios, and Rare. Interesting to annotation is that Rare was almost purchased by publisher Activision back in 2002. Luckily, Microsoft'south Robbie Bach increased the bid for Rare.

"In fact, Activision about did…so we put in a bid, and then Activision outbid us, and it looked like nosotros're going to lose the deal", Fries told IGN in the same episode of IGN Unfiltered.

What is your opinion on Spencer at Microsoft? Exercise you believe he's been practiced for the brand in full general?