Microsoft has confirmed multiplatform release plans for four first-party titles.
15.02.2024 - 22:48 / gamesradar.com / Phil Spencer / Sarah Bond / Jordan Gerblick / Series X / Will
Xbox president Sarah Bond has said the next-generation Xbox will mark the biggest jump in hardware capability we've ever seen from one console generation to the next.
In today's Xbox business update, Bond said Microsoft has been "invested in the next generation roadmap" and said, "what we're really focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation."
In a statement to The Verge, Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer teased new hardware with "unique" qualities: "I'm very proud of the work that the hardware team is doing, not only for this year, but also into the future. [We’re] really thinking about creating hardware that sells to gamers because of the unique aspects of the hardware. It's kind of an unleashing of the creative capability of our hardware team that I'm really excited about."
Of course, this all follows high-profile reports claiming a number of Xbox games would be coming to PlayStation consoles imminently, including first-party exclusives like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Starfield. This led to some speculation that Microsoft was planning to exit the console business entirely after the Xbox Series X, although Spencer reportedly was quick to shut down those claims internally.
Now, Spencer said during the same big Xbox podcast that, on the contrary, "It's all about putting Xbox in the best position, and our hardware is a critical component of that. The absolute best experience that someone has on Xbox is on hardware that our team built."
While the Xbox team did announce that four Xbox games are coming to other consoles, Spencer decisively shut down multiplatform concerns and said the next-gen Xbox console will "respect the investments that people have made" in the platform. That said, the Xbox boss also said he believes exclusive games "are going to be a smaller and smaller part of the game industry" within the next decade.
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Microsoft has confirmed multiplatform release plans for four first-party titles.
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The last 10-days-or-so have been quite the roller coaster for Xbox fans. Team Green was thrown into turmoil earlier this month by rumors that everything from Starfield, to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, to even Gears of War may be going multiplatform. Granted, some of those rumors were later walked back, but still, the spectre of a third-party future with Xbox getting out of the hardware business was raised.
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Loosely in line with recent rumors, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer says Xbox is bringing four exclusive games to other consoles.
The president of Xbox, Sarah Bond, has confirmed that the company is already looking forward to the next-generation of hardware, and aims to deliver “the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation.”