Phil Spencer has some nice things to say about the Wii U and Nintendo's first party games

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This is only a small part of the interview, but I thought it was a nice change from the swipes these guys usually take at each other:

 

Do you think exclusive games are necessary to sell hardware? It traditionally would seem that way, but if that's the case, surely more people would have the Wii U, as that's got the best exclusives out there.

Phil Spencer: On the Wii U, I think people downplay how many units they've sold. I've got a Wii U, I think there's some great games on there. I think Splatoon's a really nice game and I don't think there's a first-party out there that has the strength of IP that Nintendo has. They're always a beacon to me when I look at what it means to build a first-party portfolio of products, they've done a great job.

You can read the whole interview here if you'd like:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-08-10-putting-the-gamer-at-the-centre-of-our-decisions-phil-spencer-on-xboxs-big-year