Phil Spencer played Starfield over the weekend ahead of September release - Xfire

Technically, this means Microsoft paid $7 billion to buy ZeniMax Media three years ago for Phil Spencer to have early access to Starfield.

Xbox's Phil Spencer is playing Starfield already and I'm well jealous

Phil Spencer Admits It's Been Too Long Since Xbox Had a Major First Party Exclusive - IGN

Microsoft CEO Says If It Were Up To Him He Would Get Rid Of Xbox Exclusives Entirely, But Blames Sony For Having To Still Make Them. : r/gaming

Starfield Hasn't Even Released And Xbox CEO Phil Spencer Has Experienced FIFTEEN Playthroughs and over 200 Hours of Gameplay - FandomWire

Phil Spencer on X: These decisions are hard on teams making the games & our fans. While I fully support giving teams time to release these great games when they are ready

Phil Spencer Confident In Decision to Delay Starfield - IGN

Starfield Review (Xbox Series) - A Skyrim Full Of Stars - Finger Guns

Gears 5 Has Gone Gold – Celebrate with our Full Achievement List - Xbox Wire

Phil Spencer Says Starfield Won't Be So Good That People Sell Their PS5s

Halo Infinite Update – September 2022

Of course he said that. : r/pcmasterrace