Phil Spencer Says Xbox Game Pass Won’t Feature Exclusive Titles

The long battle for Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard is finally over. Ever since the Xbox team unveiled their bid to merge Activision Blizzard under the Microsoft umbrella, it was an ongoing process to appease regulators. Fortunately, the last big hurdle the Microsoft team had to overcome was done. Earlier today, we got word that the CMA has approved the deal, which means the process to bring Activision Blizzard into the fold has kicked off. But don’t expect an immediate slew of titles to land on the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. 

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has paid tribute to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan following the news that the Sony executive will retire from the Japanese gaming giant next year.

As the dust from the monstrous Microsoft leak begins to settle, the various players and publishers in the industry are making their positions known on the subject of acquisitions. It might seem like hubris, but Xbox chief Phil Spencer was privately musing about acquiring Warner Bros Interactive, Nintendo, or even Valve, which does put things into perspective.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has inadvertently shared his opinion on the issues modern AAA games are dealing with - revealing he thinks publishers are "milking" their successful IPs and "struggling" to find new ones. 

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is visiting Kojima Productions today, as testified by the pictures shared by Kojima himself on Twitter. Xbox executives Sarah Bond (Corporate VP) and Aaron Greenberg (VP of Marketing) are also in attendance, and they brought Kojima a nifty Starfield-themed backpack. They later went with many Kojima Productions members to visit the Kanda Myojin sanctuary in Akihabara, Tokyo.

Phil Spencer has stated that Xbox players can see more AAA releases by Japanese studios come to the platform in the future. Speaking to Game Watch, Spencer said that Xbox will get more games described by the interviewer as “uniquely Japanese AAA titles” down the line.

There’s been a lot of talk about Phil Spencer and Xbox lately due to the leaked email issue that flooded the news channels last week. The brand and Microsoft were put under the spotlight in the worst way because of past statements that were made public by accident because of the FTC court battle they won. But even with those issues, Spencer is still taking time to build up the Xbox brand and assure gamers that big things are coming. For example, you might know that the Xbox line has never done well in Japan sales-wise.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said players can expect to see triple-A exclusives from Japanese developers in the future.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed the one game we would love to see revived: MechAssault.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer would love to revisit the Mechassault/Mechwarrior IP but pointed out that, at this point, these are merely personal wishes.

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was raising the subscription prices for Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate in all markets except the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Columbia, and as many may have expected, it looks like it won’t be the only price hike we’ll see for Microsoft’s subscription service.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently claimed players could expect more Microsoft-published games coming from Japanese developers.