Always good to hear from Phil.  

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53 minutes? F dat. Anyone got a tldw?

Yes. I got one: It's a very good interview with Phil Spencer. One of his best I've seen yet. Watch it.

I watched most of it. I skipped the vr talk. Just not interested atm.

Probably the best interview with anyone I've seen in a while. He was as transparent as a person in his position could be and answered many questions and doubts surrounding the xbox brand at the moment.

Highlights

- Xbox Game Pass to have games that rotate in and out of the service. Not in large measures though. Could see a Windows version in the future

- Moved E3 conference to allow news to resonate more

- Having a pre-E3 event for Scorpio is up in the air. Will discuss with the rest of the team

- Stressess Scorpio as a "premium" box. Made for enthusiasts. Mum on price, but expects S to remain the lead platform

- Says VR is experimental, but thinks Windows is the best place to evolve the platform

- Addresses first party situation. Says games were revealed too early, better strategies needed for timeframes for debuts. He's still proud of this year's lineup

- Trivia!

Thanks! You are the real hero of vgc

Based on the price question about Scorpio being higher than $399 and if they can get away with it, looking at how Phil answers the question in terms of what he says and how he says it, even his body language, its like he wants to say its a really powerful next gen box for a next gen price, but can't say it due to the no more gens marketing.

Taking his entire answer into account, I can't believe Scorpio will be any less than $499. I wouldn't exactly call the Pro launch price of $399 scary, and he seems to be quite worried the price will scare some people. With Phil talking about learning from mistakes, there's no way they could be thinking of charging $599 like PS3 was at launch. Could they? He does also say they don't plan on selling many Scorpio's and the large majority of sales will continue to be for the XB1S. The PS3 was able to sell around 10 million units in the first year of sales from $499 to $599, and whether the Pro will be able to do those kind of numbers at $399 in one years time is questionable.

Unless Phil is thinking its a good idea to get people a little worried about the cost of Scorpio, only to drop a $399 launch price at E3 to make people erupt like they did when they found out how cheap PS4 was, considering they mostly assumed it was going to be close to XB1 price based on the specs. This could also backfire since some people might just get a Pro now since they may assume Scorpio will probably be more expensive.

Watched this yesterday, hyped about game pass im gonna share it with my best friendm, $60 each for a year of games, sound good to me.

I wish people would reflect the positive vibe phil always has, he is a great leader and really has made the Xbox a console that oozes value, digital shared games, game pass, backwards comp. the value is insane and I wish more people would support it.

Always good to hear from the Xboss. Will listen tomorrow on the way to work or on lunch break.

So games will come and go? Well, it really is like Netflix. I hope 1st party games are always there.

This service couldn't be on the Windows Store simply due to the lack of games. However, maybe the Windows Store could become the new GameTap with a subscription service like this.