Phil Spencer to Receive Legend Award at 12th Annual NY Game Awards - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 November 2022 / 3,202 Views
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer will receive the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 12th annual New York Game Awards, announced the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC).
He is being honored for his "phenomenal contributions to the video game industry." The award will be presented live during the show on January 17, 2023 at the SVA Theatre.
"Phil Spencer is the exact sort of person you want as an executive of a gaming company," said NYVGCC president and founder Harold Goldberg. "He has consistently shown his commitment to making Xbox the most consumer friendly and diverse platform in the console gaming space. Phil has transformed Xbox into one of the most progressive companies truly pushing the medium forward. He is an exemplary figure that encourages the message that games are for everyone and we are honored to present him with the 2022 Andrew Yoon Legend Award."
Reggie Fils-Aimé, the former industry and COO and board member at NYVGCC added, "Phil and I have been a part of this industry together for many years and I’ve always admired his ability to find new, creative ways to serve gamers.
"Phil isn’t just an executive in games, he is a gamer himself and because of that he knows exactly what fans want when it comes to the Xbox brand. I am thrilled to have him join the prestigious ranks of Andrew Yoon Legend Award winners and look forward to celebrating his illustrious career at the New York Game Awards this January."
Spencer via Twitter stated: "Honored to be recognized by the New York Game Awards with the Andrew Yoon Legend Award. In this remarkable industry, our work to innovate is never done, and I’m committed to keeping at it."
Honored to be recognized by the New York Game Awards with the Andrew Yoon Legend Award. In this remarkable industry, our work to innovate is never done, and I’m committed to keeping at it. https://t.co/tGXGn9t5BD
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 21, 2022
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Phil Spencer is the best thing to happen to Xbox since Halo.
What he has done to turn around Xbox has been remarkable, and POTENTIALLY, the best is yet to come.
Where are the games? Still in development? He hasn't done anything but buy out activision blizzard.
He hasent done that either.
Article is going to trigger fanboys in 3..2..1..
Honestly tho, Xbox has easily been the most consumer friendly of big 3 for the last several years.
Free 1st party game upgrades
Proper BC without hidden fees
Game Pass is easily the best deal and a great option in general to play their games.
The Xbox adaptive controller
Play Anywhere initiative
Day 1 releases on console and PC
Xcloud offer an easy way to play games on multiple devices without extra charges
Were the ones and Nintendo to really push crossplay last gen
Free cloud saves
They still have work to do of course. Their woes of last gen was a big accelerator in many changes, but I'm not going to ignore all they have done to positively effect the consumer. At the end of the day, I want all these console makers and publishers to be their best for all of us. Not holding these corporations accountable when they make mistakes is wrong, but it also wrong to ignore things when they do something good just because of certain biases.
Seems some has already entered :-D :-D . They are so predictable at this stage its just funny :-D :-D
What is predictable exactly? care to explain or show me all them troll comments i leave in Sony articles and threads?. this is something you like to keep saying all the time but where is your proof?. If im so predictable you should have plenty. I guess your the one thats predictable with your same shitty comment each time to me and other MS/PC fans but yet never bring any proof to back up your claim.
Yes, you’re dishonest. You know full well how many times you’ve been moderated (warned or banned) for this kind of comments where you’re just needlessly baiting and flaming the PS fanbase. And that’s exactly what you’re doing here. And indeed, there’s not an ounce of substance in your comments here either.
Are you really living in that much of a closed box that you cant smell your own farts and see what my reply was too?. Well i guess i shouldnt expect anything less from you as this is something you always do Hynad. Come into an MS article and instead of saying something to the Sony fans who are in it clearly trolling you go on about the xbox fans who are talking about what them few Sony fans are doing in the article. Anyway im done talking to you as your the most dishonest person on this site who cant even smell their own shit. And my bans have been from speaking the truth not being dishonest unlike some. I would also love to know how my comment that you are replying to and being silly about is me needlessly baiting and flaming the ps fanbase. You need to stop projecting your own feelings. My comments are clearly in reply to the ones coming in here shitting on Phil that you seem to ignore so good bye.
Why do you bring up Sony fans in MS topics, poke them, preemptively attacking them before they even made any negative remark?
You’ve been banned many times for it, for years now you’ve been doing this, but you can’t help it. You are simply incapable of evolving passed this state of mind of yours.
Lets not talk about triggering fanboys. On top of the fact it is a shaky line it invites further comments like the ones below.
It was a joke, but I'll refrain next time.
Very well deserved. He turned Xbox back to a very successful business and looks like it is just a start.
Love him or hate him, there's no denying that he is a legendary figure in gaming.
Well deserved
Would prefer this kind of award to go to industry vets working in the actual development of games but sure.
Yes Xbox one wasn't his fault he tried to fix a massive problem,
But until now he hasn't done jackshit...
Gamepass and buying every studios doesn't warrant an award.
So many studios but still no exclusives,
Their so called exclusive is also on PC so it really kills the idea of buying a console hence series s and series x Is still playing ketchup to ps5...
What happened to the Xbox one era is still repeating on the current gen,
No exclusives
No reason to buy an Xbox
Just buy gamepass on PC...
Just kill the Xbox division lol
All Sonys big exclusives are coming to PC too so i guess that kills any point of getting a PS5 since everyone wants to game on PC right?.
It takes years to come to pc unlike Xbox having it day one so technically not even considered an exclusive there's a huge difference
Sony's exclusives have been coming to PC faster and faster. Honestly dont know where your getting the years from.
They should honor Tom Kalinske next.
