"Phil Spencer on what the hell is happening in the games industry" by Chris Plante for Polygon via VGC

“This notion that Xbox can only be this one device that plugs into a television isn’t something we see in the Gen Z research. Because nothing else is like that for them. Some of them will have an iPhone, some will have an Android, but all the games and everything is the same. I can still get to TikTok on both of them, at least for now. All of their stuff is available wherever they want."

Except for their Xbox games/services on iOS. Phil Spencer one month earlier.

There’s not room for us to monetize Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS.

Phil and Xbox have to pick a side and stop dancing to this in-and-out hokey pokey song.

In fairness, I do think Xbox will eventually put their games everywhere. Their actions are clearer than their PR-speak. There are four Xbox games hitting Switch and PlayStation, with rumors that the majority of Xbox-developed games will become multiplatform. The "console" for Xbox has been the cloud for this entire generation. They just won't flat out say it.

I'm tired of Xbox leadership talking out of both sides of their mouths.