Asmongold Reacts to Phil Spencer at BlizzCon 2023

[@Zonca2]

"My job here is done." "But you didn't do anything." *Turns away and walks off into the sunset.

[@WayStedYou]

"give us specifics" - Asmon *walks off*

[@lionvstuna4015]

Owned the IP less than a month~ WoW Players: wHy iSnT WoW fIxEd yEt?!?!?!!?

[@hopesflaw6523]

I mean wasn't his job to get rid of bobby.

[@Monsux]

@@hopesflaw6523 Bobby's job was to sell the company to MS. Not to run it after the acquisition.

[@SW-bb8lu]

Yet he earned probably some few 100k bucks to give us nothing 👀

[@LockelyFox]

I don't recall Bobby *ever* showing up at Blizzcon, so Phil already is doing more than Bobby has to make people trust that it's finally in better hands.

[@wuy4]

Legit people not realizing this. Phil showing up means (at least for now), Microsoft is 100% behind blizz and funding them for future projects. I could be A LOT WORSE, trust me.

[@greg5435]

@@wuy4 If I just bought one of the biggest game dev teams in the world and they had a convention, you're damn straight I would show up atleast for the first one to assure them that I would be putting some time into my new acquisition. Now whether or not that matters. He said a whole lot of nothing. But he atleast had the foresight to show face.

[@LockelyFox]

@@greg5435 Phil is a real one. He had MS fund PSO2s entire English translation, including over a decade worth of Voice work, just because he wanted to play it in English. It cost MS millions and I highly doubt they ever recouped it, considering the state of PSO2 NA. I have no doubt he actually cares about Blizzard and it's franchises.

[@musicaltarrasque]

@@LockelyFoxWhat is PSO2?

[@mmmmallqui2176]

Much eye , Phil and Mike thinks in StarCraft 3.

[@anacksu4077]

We are going going to do many great things. So many great things. Blizzard is amazing so amazing. With Xbox they are more amazing, they were amazing before but now more amazing. Everyone knows that. Everyone is amazing. - Phil Spencer

[@Bodwaizer]

"Kappa" - Chat

[@Sarkkoth]

It sounds like a Trump speech lol

[@TheMaxCloud]

Its like saying Nothing, while speaking.

[@seraph6758]

So inclusive! 🤪 😑

[@rbfishcs123]

too bad they've gone WOKE just like WOKEFIELD, can't wait to play world of WOKECRAFT

[@40Gallant04]

Dude just comes out on stage, says hi and leaves lmao

[@nemesisnick66]

phil spencer slowly morphing into big ed

[@idonnoyahyah6890]

I kinda see it 😂

[@Scadipippen]

Wheres the mayo

[@starlight137yt]

Phil Spender

[@SwissPlayerOne]

Noooooooo 😂

[@tymac9127]

😂😅with the voice too

[@Stepbackandsee01]

He should have asked the audience if they have phones

[@mikzart]

and announce update to mobile vampire survivors

[@Aleksandr_Tararin]

​@@mikzartnah, survivors of the storm would be a funnier announcement

[@Soft_Ghost]

Honestly, if he had done that, respect from me.😂

[@Dereliction2]

Instead he let them know MS will be their DEI officers in Blizzard games going forward. Hurrah!

[@mmmmallqui2176]

Much eyes , Phil and Mike thinks in StarCraft 3.

[@Human000001]

Few minutes on stage and he's already done more for Blizzard that Bob ever have.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Man The only thing that Bobby did something good to CoD was Endowment that's it

[@raviel498]

" Solo carrying the whole event. True and real. " - AI Asmongold

[@derp3305]

*MAKE HEROES OF THE STORM GREAT AGAIN!*

[@signa8]

Man, that felt like watching a church sermon with an active congregation more than a press conference.

[@petrorlov2599]

That’s corporative paradise, isn’t it? You want people to religiously believe that your products are the best ones without thinking critically.

[@cattysplat]

Captured audience, literally those suckers paid to be there.

[@Guzioo]

It's just crazy how all people ignore that and are still hyped, like how? For years, every single blizzard game is a mess, and it is dying already. And then they make a event and talk about it like they are dropping something really new, innovative or revolutionary. They literally do the same average boring expansion again, how dumb can they be? I really, really hope that it will die after that, it doesn't deserve to still have this much people playing

[@signa8]

@@petrorlov2599 he said the name of the thing I like! YAAAAAAAY!!!

[@camera31]

@@petrorlov2599 that's literally the blizz church lol. they paid money to be there and to clap at the ceo. lol

[@malicekerendu3574]

A 4 minute long "you guys are the real heroes."

[@Woozah337]

Felt like for 2.5 seconds towards the end he was debating on dropping a bombshell on us and decided against it.

[@ArmoredPandaa]

Copium

[@OldManInternet]

I felt more like he was just pausing for applause

[@MrML4L]

He always looks like that

[@Dereliction2]

No, he was expecting approval at his dud about how inclusive they'll be in the future, instead of stating concrete ways gamers will find the new situation with MS appealing. Total flop introduction and there was no mistaking his sagging demeanor by the end.

[@Woozah337]

@@Dereliction2 I haven't bought a Blizzard product since Diablo 3. I'm willing to give Microsoft a chance to get Blizzard back on track. I'm willingly buying into the copium.

[@AlterRaigo]

Blizzard sycophants at this moment would go crazy for any bread crumb that falls of Uncle Phil's table. The mighty Blizzard does not exist anymore.

[@FireCrossKnight]

It hasn’t for quite some time

[@bakakubi]

It's pretty sad tbh lol

[@DJezdic]

Blizzard been dead to anyone who isn’t brain dead…

[@WarAuthority]

Blizzard died a long time ago Around the time panda expansion was announced for wow. It's been that long friend.

[@MOo8996cz]

Ah yes, here comes the "blizzard is dead" crowd

[@RamArt9091]

Remember. Dumpster fires can be quite bright.

[@anony88]

Its insane that Microsoft owns both Bethesda and Blizzard. I never in my 30+ years wouldve guessed those companies would ever join in any form (or fall under the same company rather).

[@SW-bb8lu]

They want to control the gaming world :) this how you do it

[@thewu910]

“Fall under” is a great way to put it. Neither company is as strong as it was 10 years ago. And if they were, they never would’ve sold to MS.

[@witnessforchrist7778]

I would love a Skyrim styled Single player Warcraft RPG

[@fabolousjada5070]

And dying he said if he don't get more game pass users he will shut down 2027 while said it not me don't shoot the messenger

[@MarioMallquiMedina]

Que hagamos StarCraft 3, dicen.

[@TheGrzB]

Yep yearly tradition of hopes and dreams based on old Blizzard nostalgia.

[@kamanira]

Phil's putting in work. First Vegas FFXIV Fanfest, now Blizzcon.

[@FancyTophatDude]

He's a CEO. He isn't doing jack shit for the insane paycheck he earns.

[@zacharyheng9962]

my eye twitched when i heard the world inclusion

[@danneb92]

Editors working fast holy sh**

[@Monophobial]

that had to be like 5 minutes actually

[@MouseCIick]

Time is money.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Actions speak louder than words, so don’t fail Phil.

[@OilFreeFeathers]

Phil has been talking for several years without action. Imagine thinking this is any different.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@OilFreeFeathers I mean he bought Bethesda and now Activision as he said he would, I do think he is going to act tbh.

[@georgeberthiaume4496]

​@@OilFreeFeathersbeen doing more then sony for gaming

[@sinabx4325]

what?​@@georgeberthiaume4496

[@sirdromos2769]

Phil and his promises

[@thedarkemissary]

First order of business, we changing "Blizzcon" to "Philcon."

[@DeltaStrike]

Just going to go ahead and say this. No CEO is anyone friend. They got that position because the only thing they care about is money. It take a certain amount of apathy towards humanity for a CEO to do their job of maximizing profits for the stock/share holders properly. So whenever a company goes out of its way to call the CEO my friend I ready myself for some manipulative bullshit.

[@daxterkiddo]

Gamers talk like this^ and wonder why they're socially isolated.. just relax and play your games man

[@k4yser]

@@daxterkiddo the upvotes he gets is proving your point even further. full of resentment, lacking in real life experience. i consider myself a gamer myself, but that part of the "community" was always embarrassing to me.

[@throbbing1380]

It's a game company. Get a grip holy fuck they make frivolous entertainment

[@youtubesucks1821]

Say you're poor and jealous without saying you're poor and jealous

[@MuDkipzCHancelLOr]

Making a successful company creates jobs. I meet many people who escaped the big city nightmare just because Amazon has been throwing warehouses in safe rural areas with no crime and affordable houses surround those locations. Lay off the bread tube.

[@unodos149]

Gives off Imperialist British Governor bragging about the rich history of the colony they just bought from another Imperialist Overlord vibes lol

[@BenelopeAlmendra]

When he said the inclusion bs he lost me a it there

[@MagnusvonYoshi]

Interest rates are on an upward trajectory. It'll take a few years for the economics to play out, but Inclusion will die.

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

I can't understand how this company has got so many simps.

[@Mad.boi_-mcgee]

Don't try to understand it you'll only hurt yourself in the end my guy just live your life peacefully I promise you'll do better than them.

[@edeneini839]

Stockholm syndrome, you wouldn't understand unless you grew up with their games.

[@warhammerguy]

Kinda weird to think about that Phil was both at Blizzcon and ffxiv fanfest earlier this year. Them playing the ominous primal boss music when he entered the stage there initially made me laugh, but now it seems weirdly fitting.

[@Rogun987]

Spencer: "I recently have spent so much time playing Diablo 4 with my friends" is the equivalent of steve Buscemi's "How do you do fellow kids" or the CEO of ready player one

[@ILoveCiniminis]

Chris Metzen was really a pinnacle and Holly's marvelous giggling of course

[@GT-legendary]

0:42 well that's a lie

[@inanimatesum4945]

“Starcraft” Don’t give me hope Phil, I’ve seen the status of the Microsoft “family”.

[@caylarabdk8389]

starcraft 3 is called stormgate. the real talent who have made the greatest RTS titles, like war3 and sc2, are working on it

[@sevenfacedsin]

Wow on Xbox when? Probably going to get ripped for this, but Xbox, Bethesda games, and Blizzard games have been a huge part of of my life. Excited for what’s to come. The new WoW saga has me intrigued enough to consider resurrecting my account after 12 years away from it.

[@RawCyberHub]

So Phil makes millions to say " you the people are great!" and leaves lmaooo

[@ronuss]

Phil just make Blizzard do Starcraft 3 , come on man plz lol

[@coopstain1728]

PHIL "WE ARE CREATING BRAND NEW EXPERIENCES, WE ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND THE FUTURE OF BLIZZARD IS SO BRIGHT!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH FUCKIN RIGHT PHIL.

[@brytoncanoy3659]

Literally phil has been to almost every showcase from ff14 to blizzcon, man has been busy.

[@AlxndrXX]

INCLUSION BTW. ground breaking stuff phil

[@forcommentpurposes]

Gotta GIve Props to the man for going in without a paper.

[@dIggl3r]

He's reading the prompter in the back lol

[@Woupsme]

You do know people can memorize things, right?

[@DocNo27]

@@Woupsme They can but he didn't - just watch his eyes.

[@PulseOfMe]

@@DocNo27 I want to watch your eyes ;)

[@thehurricane6767]

He can memorize some generic corpo-speech

[@FancyTophatDude]

Phil's out there like "We will keep letting Blizzard do what they did anyway. They have to approve every new project with us now and we make money off of their work, but in like a cool way, i swear".

[@kaelinvictus6039]

This gonna be great for the honest con version 😂

[@helinsebastian]

I agree 😂

[@UnscriptedHonest]

:)

[@canadianrabbit4838]

In other word, Microsoft said: Blizzard… you better not fucked up.

[@nicholasrolison926]

I'll just sit here in the Nexus, watching all this from afar.

[@tygorton]

Never was the abbreviation for "convention" more fitting than it is for "Blizz Con"

[@waltwhite8126]

Funny to see the boss of WoW on Blizzcon AND FFXIV Fanfest

[@Fivoin]

As someone fluent in corpospeak; what Phil is saying is not really directed at the customers but at Blizzard employees. He´s saying that Microsoft will leave Blizzard mostly alone to develop games however they want as long as they deliver profits. They won´t try to limit what Blizzard is trying to do with their games or tell them what games to develop. The only thing that Microsoft will push on Blizzard is 1) trying to integrate some of their products with Xbox and 2) getting rid of their toxic workplace culture with regards to sexual harassment and the like. Other than that they have free reign. If I were a Blizzard employee that would make me feel more safe in my position and that the projects that I am working on wouldn´t be shut down. Let´s see if that holds up.

[@HarumiYu]

He is talking to the shareholders. KEKW

[@theimmoralcookie]

2 old people for diablo 4, many people for starcraft.

[@RezaQin]

There is no way this guy plays Diablo 4

[@binshakbooga9238]

No no he's consistently playing something on his public Xbox profile lol

[@smattonellus8354]

Check, his gamertag's P3

[@FelipeAPina]

​@@binshakbooga9238yall think it's him actually playing. He is paid to make it seem like he a regular person I bet they pay someone to play for him can't trust a dude working for a trillion dollar company. Yall like smelling his facts it's pathetic. All we need is games. Not this show of ceos on stage 😊

[@nurikeeyuki9828]

The only words I heard him say were "representation and inclusion" /rolleyes

[@nerdglider]

Is the audience paid actors 😂

[@StarlingInSpace]

They spent like $300 for a ticket so…

[@rebelcrabking1823]

Remember chat he was the only person who mentioned the name Starcraft. Remember and believe that good days await us.

[@oddvoid]

It's NNN, so they're just edging.

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

Phil has friends, confirmed.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

I love uncle Phil. Very few people can deliver an absolute nothing-burger and get a cheer from the crowd.

[@cattysplat]

If only he just walked on stage and announced the closure of Blizzard, to make more Call of Duty skins, mic drop and walk off stage.

[@Myhok]

Can't wait for the "unscripted" version of this clip.

[@mmmmallqui2176]

Much eyes , Phil and Mike thinks in StarCraft 3.

[@divinitygaming8673]

Yes of course, the CEO of a gigantic coorporation is our... friend.

[@thehurricane6767]

I smell a crossover event

[@Cybertech134]

Why is he talking like he's a girl giving a speech at a high school graduation?

[@hansdampf3468]

Because it fits the audience.

[@oscarandrees]

Phil Spencer playing with daddy’s money, acting like he created all those IP’s what a CEO.

[@FancyTophatDude]

Let's all cheer the big CEO guy who does almost nothing to get most of our money. Our "friend". Fuck off with that. I don't care if he seems nice, the 10 million the likes of him are earning EVERY YEAR could go to so many great things. But no. I guess he earns them for showing up on stage and talking for a minute about games he had no hand in creating whatsoever. Real fair, what a cool guy.

[@Zoggosh]

Tutorial on how to drown a crowd in corporate doublespeak

[@Mr_Tracy_Cox]

That was the script of all time

[@edwardecl]

inclusion, representation... it's been a good run.

[@--Traveler--]

microsoft is the slv of blackrock and esg. so it's not surprising.

[@thehurricane6767]

You are acting like Blizzard didn't already go down that road 😅

[@sizzlesmunizzles3568]

He wears Bobby's crown

[@noy4tek450]

its now Phils World

[@screamified409]

bro hammering on iNcLuSiOn man blizzard is only going to die faster

[@Villiscaband1]

Microsoft isnt there for blizzard. He talks out of his ass. He's there for cod and candy crush. The real money makers

[@Cloudiroth462]

"NURTURE THE ESSENCE"

[@OB.x]

Daddy Phil is here to slap Bobby's Cheek. It's Phil's World now.

[@Totemion]

wow it took phil ~4minutes to tell us absolutely nothing

[@Astares9]

nothing is going to change

[@mbg4681]

Microsoft Gaming should have been split from Microsoft Software back in the lawsuit in the 90s. That was the first time Gates realized he could give the entire world the finger and get away with it.

[@courier4529]

Good. Fuck the world.

[@alexlyster3459]

Microsoft Gaming as a structure of it's own wasn't even a thing until a few years ago.

[@mbg4681]

@@alexlyster3459 Microsoft Game Studios has existed since 1994.

[@vullord666]

I don’t understand the negative response. People don’t seem to understand Microsoft/Xbox and ABK literally could not work together and hammer out specifics until after the deal closed. Doing otherwise would have been ILLEGAL. They could make generalizations of what direction they wanted to go (which have all already been said), but they’ve only been able to talk specifics for less than a month now and corporate takes a LONG time to move. What Phil is doing now is making sure everyone knows ABK is a Microsoft/Xbox brand (including the studios under ABK). The man has been flying around to visit all the studios IN PERSON and appear at the in person Blizzcon event. He doesn’t have anything specific to share because there’s nothing to share, but he is doing his work he getting people talking and having those conversations about where the technically three massive gaming icons acquired will be going in the future. People should keep in mind that we won’t really see ABK start to feel like an inhouse Microsoft/Xbox brand until minimum 2028 and we probably won’t see any effects at all or hear the plans until early 2024. Keep in mind Zenimax JUST got reorganized as being under direct Xbox studio management like a week ago and that closed like 2 years ago. Game development takes a long time and managing a mega corp like ABK into a subsidiary isn’t going to be easy. *Microsoft will probably be finalizing its plans through 2024 and then we’d see the shifts in ABK in late 2025 or early 2026 and then we actually see how that affects game development 2028 or later.* For the rest of 2023 though we’re literally just in the stage of Microsoft/Xbox going “hey, we love all of you and just a reminder we own you and you’re now OUR brand.” And the wording is a joke, but this is a crucial stage. A massive brand like ABK has a crap ton of brand equity and can easily overpower that of Xbox’s or have the fact its first party go unnoticed (the youtube trailer only got 3M views and I’m pretty sure there’s magnitudes more people who play ABK games). A big part of why even acquire a publisher like ABK is for the brand equity and making that into an asset is a lot of marketing decisions.

[@Lou_Tenant66]

Hey stop! You make to much sense! Let me be angry and rage and be emotional towards a company! Lmao

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: The first video game tournament was held in 1972, with the game 'Spacewar!' as the competition.

[@JefeDeJefes8484]

October 19, 1972, at Stanford University. Thanks Facterino.

[@FriendlyArchpriest]

1972? The prize was probably 10 dollars, which means if the winner saved the prize it is probably worthy a trillion dollars today and allows you to buy a wooden shack in the middle of nowhere next to a radioactive waste dump site or something...

[@youtubesucks1821]

What did the winner get?

[@puppetstudio4989]

@@FriendlyArchpriest it would have been 60 today

[@fhuuraliulfr5756]

oh okay, thanks Phil 👁👄👁

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Yeah but he didn't channel that Steve Balmer Developers energy 😅

[@DavidFregoli]

wonder when D4 will go to gamepass, the massive sale indicates they wanna cash in before that

[@TheMthuber]

Phil is without a doubt a really cool guy

[@CloakofAuron]

I'm sure he is, but it doesn't excuse his ineptitude as head of Microsoft Games Studios/XBox.

[@mikeoakeshart3823]

Inclusive and Representation is cool and all but how about a working relatively bugs free and most importantly fun game?

[@chrisbegin1925]

Now bring BACK STARCRAFT!!!

[@tobidavis8613]

I'm so stoked for Phil. He looks so proud of himself!

[@rockpaperchainsaw5274]

I would be too if I convinced a massive board of executives and the CEO of the biggest tech company on the planet to put money into my studio -- and then go on to acquire some of the greatest talent on the industry 😂. Phil Spencer is a legend of the industry, no doubt. He's up there with Satoru Iwata and Kazuo Hirai. Xbox needed a vision, and they got it now, but we still need to ultimately see the execution!

[@froggin-zp4nr]

He's like "so these are those fucking nerds that are hopeless addicted, easy money"

[@voltirsilent]

"Your wallet is the reason we make reskins" - fixed

[@PyromancerRift]

I hope phill will open a titti milk fountain at blizzard, to nurture what makes blizzard unique and spooky

[@hernangodoyyanez8785]

Phil Spencer talk like he is the Steve Jobs of video games 😂

[@dracula7779]

your money for this game is truly inspiring

[@SKINNY_HUMAN]

How fucken kool for a ceo is Phil Spencer 🎉🎉❤❤

[@Snorchblapp]

He’s such a salesman…

[@angeloantonio3737]

Full Spencer!

[@baredexx]

My friend....OUR FRIEND. What the hell?

[@willxowo]

I was expecting him to announce World of Warcraft on Xbox for some reason, and/or WoW on gamepass. even though I don't have an xbox, that'd be cool.

[@mmmmallqui2176]

Su promesa se está cumpliendo con StarCraft pq volverá con un shooter a lo Space Marine 2 y Jedi Survivor pero como multiplataforma tras la Tokyo Game Show 2024.

[@KnightsTempura]

Honest con baby lets go!

[@ASlaveToReason]

Didnt even bother to bring up hearthstone RIP

[@youtubesucks1821]

He just wanted to talk about good games

[@ASlaveToReason]

@@youtubesucks1821 that cant be true he kept talking about Diablo

[@cytrix9418]

Cow milking at it"s pinnacle, even EA is going to be jealous.

[@L233233]

Phil Spencer looks like a South Park character.

[@charlesgentry3758]

If we were the reason they make games, then why dont they ever listen to anything we want?

[@gabewhite6943]

Step Daddy Phil had to cuck daddy Bobby out of blizz. He’s nicer anyways

[@JamesEDonaldson]

"You think you want it, but you don't"

[@gabewhite6943]

@@JamesEDonaldson you’re saying that to a guy who’s favorite games have all been influenced heavily by phil spencer understanding how to value his employees

[@cattysplat]

Pay up fan or you're not a fan.

[@reethardio6432]

​@@gabewhite6943 yeah like the launch of halo infinite and The massive amount of content it had, like the 10/10 game that is Redfall, or how crackdown 3 harnessed the "power of the cloud", or how about that time they released the all time classic of fable legends....

[@Emma_2Banks]

Phil Phil Phil Phil! Daddy Kaplan has been replaced.

[@grantmang]

They should just add it as an option for games pass for an extra $5. $20 for GP + WoW