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Phil Spencer Nearly Took Over a Different Company Before Xbox

In a resurfaced interview from February 2025, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that the career of the former Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, could have taken quite a different path. In this interview, Kotick states that he wanted Phil Spencer to join him at Activision Blizzard before he joined Xbox, an...

In a resurfaced interview from February 2025, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that the career of the former Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, could have taken quite a different path. In this interview, Kotick states that he wanted Phil Spencer to join him at Activision Blizzard before he joined Xbox, and that one day he could have even become Kotick's successor.

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