In an interview on Gamertag’s Radio Podcast, Xbox boss Honcho Phil Spencer has strengthened the company’s current strategy to release more first games on multiple platforms as he told the hosts that Xbox is not doing, Well, Xboxes.
Early in the interview, Spencer responded to speculation that Microsoft would eventually get out of the consolation business altogether. He said, “I think it’s fundamental to what Xbox is. Don’t miss me that a” box “is in the brand’s name.” He added that hardware is a “critical part of what we do.”
With Xbox -games appearing more often PlayStation 5 And SwitchPhil Spencer told GTR hosts Danny Peña and Parris Lilly that, no matter how much he wants “our hardware to win”, he realized that in the last 20 years, it was “really games first, not a platform first.” He emphasized that the most successful games can be played through multiple consoles.
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He added, “In the position I enter, I look at hardware as a critical part of what we do, not trying to gate the games from other places.” He reiterated that there are still some work to do Xbox games more playable on existing manual computers like the Steam deck And Lenovo -Legion Go. This is good to hear, considering an Xbox holder is probably still Few years away.
Sony has followed a similar strategy for the past few years, with games like ghosts of Tsushima, god of war, and Spider-Man 2 making his way to PC some time (often more than a year) after being released on PlayStation 5. AS to do Games are becoming More and more expensiveReleasing a game exclusively on a single console may not be financially achievable.
Spencer also expressed his excitement about the Switch 2 and confirmed that Xbox will support Nintendo’s new console somehow with his games.
During the interview, we didn’t hear much about Game Pass. Xbox game -ABONE revised its price model During the summer, probably ruining the best deal in gaming. For years, Game Pass has been presented as the best reason to get Xbox as a place to play their day one exclusions; I can understand why we hear less about the service, especially with the company’s current move to get games on other platforms that may not support Game Pass.