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[Beer Baelly]

All hail our Lord and savior. We are not worthy.

 

[DarkMage619]

All hail our Lord and savior. We are not worthy.

I approve of this message.

 

[Punished Miku]

I hope he doesn't retire soon or go join Gamestop or some stupid shit like Reggie.

Just hang on in this position Phil.

 

[Elder Legend]

Good shit. Well deserved for turning around the Xbox brand after Don Mattricks's fucking circus show.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Crazy what he's accomplished in less than 10 years. Before the 2013 Xbox One reveal I don't think anyone on this forum knew who he was. Now, any conversation involving gaming will most likely include his name in some shape or form. Hope he sticks around with Microsoft/Xbox for another decade.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Well deserved. We love you Papa Phil.

 

[TGO]

 

[oldergamer]

Nice for Phil. Well deserved!

 

[SoloKingRobert]

 

[reinking]

 

[ManaByte]

I hope he doesn't retire soon or go join Gamestop or some stupid shit like Reggie.

He's a MS lifer.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

 

[Punished Miku]

He's a MS lifer.

Well you don't get lifetime achievement awards typically until the end of your career. Just sayin'. This is definitely a high point to go out on if he wanted to.

 

[ManaByte]

Well you don't get lifetime achievement awards typically until the end of your career. Just sayin'. This is definitely a high point to go out on if he wanted to.

They literally just promoted him to CEO. He's not going anywhere.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Hmm... I'm not quite sure he's up there with others they've given this award to. Props to Phil, but here are the other winners:

2018		Genyo Takeda, Special Corporate Advisor, Nintendo
2016		Satoru Iwata, President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2011		Bing Gordon, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2010		Doug Lowenstein, President & CEO, Private Equity Council
2008		Ken Kutaragi, CEO, Cellius
2007		Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln

 

[SSfox]

He didn't do nothing for me. But happy for him.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Dude, Spencer, that's such a boring reply. Our players, our partners blah blah. Brag a little.

 

[baphomet]

they're just giving these out to whomever now?

not saying he didn't turn around a sinking ship, but I don't see a lifetime worth of achievements.

 

[DonF]

Best wallet

 

[Punished Miku]

Hmm... I'm not quite sure he's up there with others they've given this award to. Props to Phil, but here are the other winners:

2018		Genyo Takeda, Special Corporate Advisor, Nintendo
2016		Satoru Iwata, President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2011		Bing Gordon, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2010		Doug Lowenstein, President & CEO, Private Equity Council
2008		Ken Kutaragi, CEO, Cellius
2007		Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln

Yeah, not like he can stand up there with Bing Gordon the famous CEO of EA for 10 years that no one has heard of.

 

[GHG]

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[StealthGoblin]

I’m glad Phil is getting some recognition because he is moving things forward, but let’s not forget that he didn’t manage Xbox first party very well at all while he was in charge of it. He’s a much better leader of Xbox than we was in charge of the studios.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

 

[Stuart360]

they're just giving these out to whomever now?

not saying he didn't turn around a sinking ship, but I don't see a lifetime worth of achievements.

I kind of agree in terms of a 'lifetime achievement' award, but i suppose turning around the ridiculous negativity surrounding Xbox with the XB1, to the Series consoles, Gamepass, and basically the huge amount of positivity around the Xbox brand this gen, is probably worthy of a huge award. I dont know how many could of done that really going from one gen to another. I think people forget just how much was going against XB1, 55mil sales or not, and how much in the dumps Xbox was.

 

[CircleOfFire]

Did Microsoft buy the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences as well?

 

[Lone Wolf]

I’m glad Phil is getting some recognition because he is moving things forward, but let’s not forget that he didn’t manage Xbox first party very well at all while he was in charge of it. He’s a much better leader of Xbox than we was in charge of the studios.

He had no power in that position. His budget was tiny.

 

[elliot5]

Hmm... I'm not quite sure he's up there with others they've given this award to. Props to Phil, but here are the other winners:

2018		Genyo Takeda, Special Corporate Advisor, Nintendo
2016		Satoru Iwata, President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2011		Bing Gordon, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2010		Doug Lowenstein, President & CEO, Private Equity Council
2008		Ken Kutaragi, CEO, Cellius
2007		Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln

casually omitting Todd Howard and Bonnie Ross I guess?

 

[StealthGoblin]

He had no power in that position. His budget was tiny.

The teams they did have were mismanaged, a great many of their relationships with 2nd party developers broke down and lots of games were cancelled. Yes the budget is smaller than it is today, but he mismanaged what he did have. For a while it was Fable, Forza, Gears and Halo on repeat, and then Fable fell off, and Halo dipped, and Gears went stale…

Crackdown was mismanaged.
The remedy situation was mismanaged.
Relationship with Crytek wasn’t managed well.
Scalebound.
Fable Legends.
Etc.

All of those were within his control.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

casually omitting Todd Howard and Bonnie Ross I guess?

They won "Hall of Fame" awards, which is apparently different than the more exclusive Lifetime award:

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards

2020		Connie Booth, Vice President of Product Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE)
2019		Bonnie Ross, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft and Head of 343 Industries
2017		Todd Howard, Game Director, Bethesda Game Studios
2016		Hideo Kojima, Game Designer, Kojima Productions
2014		Leslie Benzies, President, Rockstar North
2014		Dan Houser, Co-founder and Vice President of Creative, Rockstar Games
2014		Sam Houser, Co-founder and President, Rockstar Games
2013		Gabe Newell, President and Co-Founder, Valve Corporation
2012		Tim Sweeney, CEO and Technical Director, Epic Games, Inc.
2011		Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Co-Founder, Bioware
2011		Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder, Bioware
2010		Mark Cerny, President, Cerny Games
2009		Bruce Shelley, Game Designer, Ensemble Studios
2008		Michael Morhaime, President & Co-Founder, Blizzard Entertainment
2007		Dani Bunten, Game Designer and Programmer
2006		Richard Garriott, NCsoft North America
2005		Trip Hawkins, Electronic Arts
2004		Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios
2003		Yu Suzuki, SEGA Coporation
2002		Will Wright, Maxis
2001		John Carmack, id Software
2000		Hironobu Sakaguchi, Square USA, Inc.
1999		Sid Meier, Firaxis Games
1998		Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Kyoto, Japan

 

[elliot5]

They won "Hall of Fame" awards, which is apparently different than the more exclusive Lifetime award:

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards

2020		Connie Booth, Vice President of Product Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE)
2019		Bonnie Ross, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft and Head of 343 Industries
2017		Todd Howard, Game Director, Bethesda Game Studios
2016		Hideo Kojima, Game Designer, Kojima Productions
2014		Leslie Benzies, President, Rockstar North
2014		Dan Houser, Co-founder and Vice President of Creative, Rockstar Games
2014		Sam Houser, Co-founder and President, Rockstar Games
2013		Gabe Newell, President and Co-Founder, Valve Corporation
2012		Tim Sweeney, CEO and Technical Director, Epic Games, Inc.
2011		Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Co-Founder, Bioware
2011		Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder, Bioware
2010		Mark Cerny, President, Cerny Games
2009		Bruce Shelley, Game Designer, Ensemble Studios
2008		Michael Morhaime, President & Co-Founder, Blizzard Entertainment
2007		Dani Bunten, Game Designer and Programmer
2006		Richard Garriott, NCsoft North America
2005		Trip Hawkins, Electronic Arts
2004		Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios
2003		Yu Suzuki, SEGA Coporation
2002		Will Wright, Maxis
2001		John Carmack, id Software
2000		Hironobu Sakaguchi, Square USA, Inc.
1999		Sid Meier, Firaxis Games
1998		Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Kyoto, Japan

i see ty

 

[IDKFA]

The guy needs a Nobel prize for what he's done to the gaming industry. A god send to humanity.

 

[baphomet]

I kind of agree in terms of a 'lifetime achievement' award, but i suppose turning around the ridiculous negativity surrounding Xbox with the XB1, to the Series consoles, Gamepass, and basically the huge amount of positivity around the Xbox brand this gen, is probably worthy of a huge award. I dont know how many could of done that really going from one gen to another. I think people forget just how much was going against XB1, 55mil sales or not, and how much in the dumps Xbox was.

Agreed, but I feel like we're at the very beginning of the stuff he's put into motion. 5 years from now when all that Bethesda and Activision stuff is exclusive on GamePass and the numbers are through the roof, then give him the award.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Who the hell is Connie Booth

 

[kingfey]

From the idea of being closed by your parents company, to making them back you up, and hold xbox as part of their brand is big accomplishment.

Dude gave Xbox the life support it needed. From everyone ridiculing xbox to the console which has no games, to the console which has the best deal in the gaming industry, and big heavy hitter coming right away. That is something every xbox players need to proud of.

Xbox was the laughing stock. And now everyone is praising it.

 

[Punished Miku]

Who the hell is Connie Booth

Longtime Sony Exec Connie Booth to Be Inducted Into AIAS Hall of Fame

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has revealed its 24th hall of fame honoree: longtime Sony vet Connie Booth.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Seems like some kind of head of all studios. Sony's studios definitely rapidly improved over the last gen.

 

[K2D]

Well deserve, no doubt. Despite a couple of tools under his command.

 

[Kabelly]

i will never get over his translator's tongue wiggle in this gif

 

[Calverz]

Congrats well deserved Phil.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Well deserved. Guy took a sinking ship and turned it around in a pretty short period of time.

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

He didn't do nothing for me. But happy for him.

Gave you something to whine about daily.

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

When you’ve been making the right moves consistently. Well deserved.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Without the unlimited money from daddy Bill Gates I think Xbox would have died long ago already. So doesn't seem very lifetime achievement awardly to me.

 

[elliot5]

Without the unlimited money from daddy Bill Gates I think Xbox would have died long ago already. So doesn't seem very lifetime achievement awardly to me.

what a dumb comment lmao

 

[Shanomatic]

Without the unlimited money from daddy Bill Gates I think Xbox would have died long ago already. So doesn't seem very lifetime achievement awardly to me.

I think money is only half the equation; you can give any idiot money, and they will often squander it. Just look at all the people who end up broke, even homeless, after winning the lottery.

Obviously yes, the resources afforded to Spencer from Microsoft are fortunate and important, but I think it’s a leap to look at that and think anyone could have turned the Xbox ship around after the One.

 

[bender]

Phil is 14 years late to the party.

 

[SSfox]

Gave you something to whine about daily.

 

[Zok310]

That list has gone to shit since around 2011. Any dev with a regular 9-5 job making games can get the award now.

 

[Chiggs]

Hmm... I'm not quite sure he's up there with others they've given this award to. Props to Phil, but here are the other winners:

2018		Genyo Takeda, Special Corporate Advisor, Nintendo
2016		Satoru Iwata, President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
2011		Bing Gordon, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2010		Doug Lowenstein, President & CEO, Private Equity Council
2008		Ken Kutaragi, CEO, Cellius
2007		Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln

Howard Lincoln being on that list is s joke.

 

[lastmessiah]

Without the unlimited money from daddy Bill Gates I think Xbox would have died long ago already. So doesn't seem very lifetime achievement awardly to me.

How many people here don't even know that Bill Gates is not the CEO of Microsoft lol.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Without the unlimited money from daddy Bill Gates I think Xbox would have died long ago already. So doesn't seem very lifetime achievement awardly to me.