Unfiltered: An Hour With Xbox Co-Creator Ed Fries

Unsurprisingly, Phil Spencer is a supremely loyal guy.

By Ryan McCaffrey

Xbox co-creator and former Microsoft Game Studios boss Ed Fries discusses growing up with video games, his early days at Microsoft on the Excel team, buying Bungie for the nascent Xbox, his respect for Phil Spencer, and much more.

If you'd rather listen than watch, here's an audio-only download link.

Here are a couple of clips, first of Fries explaining how Activision almost outbid Microsoft for Rare:

And here's Fries explaining how Bill Gates wasn't a fan of the original Xbox proposal:

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