Phil Spencer discusses new role as Xbox boss

Xbox LIVE’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb has posted a new video interview with Phil Spencer, who was announced as the new head of Xbox earlier this week.

“I know a lot of times people give nods to the different forums out there, the different communities of people,” Spencer said during the talk. “I will honestly say that I learn a ton from listening to the feedback, reading the forum ideas. I saw just when I was announced for the position, ‘the first things Phil Spencer should do as head of Xbox.’ There were a lot of great ideas there.

“That two-way dialogue between us and the fans will be important as we drive this product forward. I think it will be a foundational element to the culture of this organization. I want the two-way dialogue, to hear what fans say, they have great ideas, and we should use that as an input to how we build our product. No announcements today, but know that the things that people are saying, ‘here’s what I would like to see in the product that I’m so passionate about,’ those are really important things as we build our plans.”

Spencer is currently preparing for E3. This year’s show is especially important, he said, as people want to know the answers to questions like, “What is this change in Xbox?,” “What does it mean to have a head of Xbox that’s really focused on games?”

“I had a big content review just yesterday,” Spencer said. “It’s kind of inside baseball. But people will see that we are almost every week sitting down with the teams and looking at what we want to put on stage, what we want to announce, what do we really want to push.

“We’re going to push games. I thought we did a good job last year in announcing a lot of new games and having games, games, games be the focus of the show. I want to do the same thing again this year. Not a lot of executive middle management up on stage – let’s make sure we have creators up there. We have great games that we’re showing.”

Spencer said he wants to give Xbox owners the best bang for their buck.

“People invest a lot of money in Xbox,” he said. “It’s our responsibility to stand up on stage and give them the promise that the games are coming.”

Watch the video below.