Nintendo congratulated MS on the XBox anniversary though, that raised my eye brow because Nintendo *never* does anything like that. I think something is up with these two. 

Could be a Mario x Minecraft cross over but I do think something is up. Who says Nintendo would be one giving up more content by the way? They could very well end up in a deal where they get more/better content from MS for their Switch platform while only having to give up say some Virtual Console stuff and maybe a Metroid. 

Who knows. Everyone just assumes Nintendo cooperating with MS in some way means some kind of automatic "ERHmagawd Nintendy is teh thurd partyz, Mario 128 comingz for XBoxers", when it may be more like Halo and Minecraft x Mario for Switch for some token XBox support for MS so MS can crow about it. 

The nice things Phil says just feel like they have no depth or substance, if u get what I mean. "competition X is awesome, becuz they be awesome", not the why or how or his own experience etc. A cookie cutter praise.

Tell me you're joking right?????............. 

But at that point, what's in it for either of them? I could see MS eventually going third party (now for the love of god, people, don't make a fucking big deal out of me saying that) because they might find that just publishing their own software and trying to set up their own storefront with W10 will have higher margins than keeping on pushing their own hardware, but if they are in that situation, it makes no sense for them to skip out on loads of extra sales for Halo and Gears et. al. on the PSWhateveritiscalledbythen, and sure, if Nintendo's console is appealing at that point in time as well, then yeah, they'll get support too. But Nintendo releasing a few games on the Xbox in exchange for a few games from MS on their system? Could create a very tough PR situation because people might expect to get more Nintendo games on non-Nintendo system, wether that's realistic or not, and at the same time, Microsoft wouldn't have much to gain from that either, so it would be a waste of the likely enormous wads of cash they'd have to chuck at Nintendo to convince them. Wads of cash that could probably be used to purchase 10 times more third party exclusives than what they'd get from Ninty. Just doesn't make any sense to me.

Ok, where do I begin?

Spencer announced over a year ago how much he hates 3rd party exclusive deals and how he will do away with them, even going as far as saying it could be his "failing". What he really meant was that "Sony has a huge market share compared to us, we can't afford to make 3rd party deals anymore". Anyway, over the following year he must of convinced MS to fund these deals as we have seen 3rd party deals from Madden, Fifa, Battlefield and full exclusive in the shape of Dead Rising 4. So does he hate 3rd party exclusives, or was he trying to make himself look good by being the guy above all these dirty 3rd party exclusives because he assumed it would be hard to get funding for exclusive content when the competition is stomping all over you.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/09/19/xbox-head-discusses-why-final-fantasy-14-is-not-on-xbox-one

He also downplayed VR, even saying it's "not a thing". What he meant to say is "we have nothing close to market in the VR space so we must downplay it". What followed was a Hololens demos and partnerships with Oculus and their own cheap alternative for Windows. He wants to downplay VR because of PSVR but then happily announces VR partnerships and show off Hololens.

Then we have his bullshit about not being "a fan" of console wars but does everything he can to fuel it. After MS pushed the "no games on PS4" narrative last year, he tried his hardest to push the same narrative this year. He constantly tries to compare the XB1 in a better light than the PS4. For somebody that isn't "a fan" he does like to bring the wood for the console war fire, the gaming sites build the fire while the fanboys light it and bask if the fiery fanboy warmth.
"“When I watch the other platforms, it’s not always clear to me when the games are shipping or how many of them are shipping this year. I mean these are a pretty diverse set of games from a great set of developers. And to say that the other consoles are doing a better job shipping more games for their customer… I don’t see that.”

And this is from the guy who says he doesn't like to talk about the competition.

And this is just picking a few things from some articles and there's plenty more.

Are you still offen... I mean ammused?

I think I'm entitled to my opinion. If there's people that want to sit on Phil's dick then that's up to them.

Obviously not. Shu has that kind personality that makes him feel genuine while Spencer feels like a robot.

This. there is no other platform that offers the experiences that Nintendo does with games like Mario Kart, Mario, Star Fox and Zelda. 

If the compliments were nicer or more elaborate, would they then be more convincing?

Wherein the link you provided does it say that Phil Spencer "hates 3rd party exclusive deals and" and that "he will do away with them"?

Phil Spencer had more to say than just VR being "not a thing".

Read at your own leisure: http://www.gamesradar.com/phil-spencer-xbox-vr/

What part of the quote above did you find particularly objectionable?

Indeed you are entitled.

Honestly, you do not seem to be missing anything.

I didn't say they never lie, mislead, or otherwise spread BS.  I said that I see no reason to *assume* that they would be BSing when they *say nice things about the competition*.  

They certainly could be BSing at any time.  But, while most people will stretch the truth, or outright lie to further the interests of their company, I don't think that usually extends to furthering the interests of other companies.  

These guys are humans, and they are gamers.  They probably tell the truth most of the time, as most of us do.