194: “Xbox Deserves This.”

About this episode

The episode discusses the retirement of Xbox's Phil Spencer and its implications, along with other gaming news.

A wild week in news as Xbox honcho Phil Spencer retires and is set to be replaced by someone from one of Microsoft’s AI divisions. What does this mean for the future of Xbox? Also: Sony shutters Bluepoint Games, Evo expands, and my son got way into Knack? Aw man. Use code 50jeff to get $50 off plus free shipping on your first order at goodchop.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Gerstmann

Topics covered

• Xbox news
• Phil Spencer retirement
• Sony news
• Bluepoint Games
• Evo expansion
• video game culture

Keywords

• Xbox
• Phil Spencer
• Sony
• Bluepoint Games
• Knack
• Evo
• video games

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Sony, Bluepoint Games

Products: Knack

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