Vuonna 2014 E3-messujen humussa Xbox-pomo Phil Spencer julkisti lavalla pelin Inside. Pelin kehittäneen Playdeadin perustaja Dino Patti on paljastanut, että Inside oli lyhyen aikaa Xboxin yksinoikeus Phil Spencerin puhelinsoiton ansiosta.
Patti kertoi asiasta tanskalaisessa podcastissa Arkaden. Ennen Spencerin soittoa Playdead oli tekemässä sopimusta Playstationin kanssa.
"One of the things that was important to me was that we got as short a timed exclusivity as possible. And we got very little of that with PlayStation. We were presented with a good deal, and we kind of, you know, shook hands and said, 'Okay, this sounds great, we could do this.'"
Puhelinsoitto Spenceriltä on jäänyt mieleen.
"I don't know if he got wind of it somehow. I was sitting one night at eight o'clock, in my sweat pants, and then my phone rings, displaying an American number. And it's Phil Spencer from Microsoft. It was crazy!
He says: 'Listen, we need to make a deal with you, what do you want?'
And I was like, 'Well, we've actually made an okay deal...'
'No, no, no, no, you don't understand what I'm saying. I can make anything happen, what do you want?'"