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DonFerrari said:

smroadkill15 said:

Read Ryuu's comment. It sums up perfectly the situation with Xbox. I'm sure if it was up to Phil, he would've improved 1st party presence sooner than he had, but with Xbox still being under the Windows division and Phil having to report to Terry Myerson, he only had so much power. Shortly after Xbox became its own division and Phil became executive VP, Xbox started buying up studios and increasing their 1st party. It's not a coincidence. 

So he was promising before having power to do so?

I'm sure Phil could have done it without being in the position that he is in now, but it would've taken much longer. With him being promoted to VP, and Xbox become it's own cornerstone of MS, it sped up the process. I remember reading from multiple sources, including Phil, he was on a mission to improving services, hardware, and software in that order. That is what he did.