Microsoft says major Xbox leak consists of ‘old emails and documents’
Microsoft’s head of gaming has acknowledged a major leak which has revealed a host of confidential details about its gaming business.
Documents published on a court website as part of Microsoft’s legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) potentially laid bare key elements of the company’s gaming strategy for years to come, including plans for unannounced console hardware and games.
Addressing widespread coverage of the confidential materials, Xbox boss Phil Spencer claimed “so much has changed” since the emails and documents in question were written or created.
“We’ve seen the conversation around old emails and documents,” he tweeted. “It is hard to see our team’s work shared in this way because so much has changed and there’s so much to be excited about right now, and in the future. We will share the real plans when we are ready.”
We’ve seen the conversation around old emails and documents. It is hard to see our team’s work shared in this way because so much has changed and there’s so much to be excited about right now, and in the future. We will share the real plans when we are ready.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) <a target="_blank" rel=«noopener» class=«link-external» href=«https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1704233222752571842?ref_src=» https:>September 19, 2023
Following the leak, the judge in the FTC’s case against Microsoft, Jacqueline Scott Corley, said the Xbox maker had inadvertently provided the court with a link to the unredacted documents, which it then uploaded to the internet page established for the case before the mistake was spotted and they were removed.
The leaked documents included the following revelations:
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