You know, Phil Spencer is now boss on Xbox. But before it got that far, he was a gamer like you and me. An Xbox gamer, of course, so they had to imagine their gamertag when creating their account. Why is Phil Spencer called XboxP3 on Live and Twitter? We now know the origin of this grip.
As you can see, the origin of the XboxP3 gamertag isn’t exciting or crisp. This is not a hidden clue or a subtle play on words. No, it’s just a diminutive. The one who, in this case, has haunted Phil Spencer since childhood.
To understand it, you must first know that Phil is the diminutive of Philip. And of the Philip in the family there are plenty of them. Phil Spencer’s grandfather is called Philip, just as his father named Philip Junior.
When little Phil Spencer was born, he had to be singled out. And so he was called Phil, The Third, or Phil The Third in his native language by his relatives. A name that stuck with it for many years until it became its gamertag. Xbox P (here) 3 (rd).
Voila, you now know that Xbox P3 stands for Xbox Phil the Third!
