Spencer's statement is in line with what he has said in the past. “The idea that Activision is all about Call of Duty on console is a construct that might get created by our console competitor,” Spencer said. He also indirectly responded to criticism from Sony concerning Microsoft's future ownership of Call of Duty. He concluded that, “It’s critical that if you’re trying to run an at-scale global gaming business that you meet your customers where they want to play, and more and more, mobile is the place people want to play.” He said, "If we’re not able to find customers on phones, on any screen that someone wants to play on, you really are going to get segmented to a niche part of gaming that running a global business will become very challenging.” Basically, as mobile gaming grows and console gaming remains stagnant, the Microsoft's market share will shrink. With that absence in mind, Spencer considers it urgent for Microsoft to make a presence in the space. He said, "Anybody who picks up their phone and decides to play a game would see that on their own." He also admitted that Xbox has a minimal presence on mobile.
In an interview on The Verge's Decoder podcast, transcribed by VGC, Spencer claimed that mobile gaming is seeing far higher growth than console or PC. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has once again reiterated that the tech giant's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is more about mobile games like Candy Crush than Call of Duty.
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