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Xbox business update podcast: which Microsoft games will launch on PlayStation and Switch?
15.02.2024 - 20:09 / eurogamer.net / Phil Spencer / Sarah Bond / Sony Playstation / Matt Booty / Tom Phillips / Rare / Nintendo / Will
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's Xbox business update, where we expect Microsoft to lay out some form of plan for launching first-party Xbox games on Nintendo and PlayStation platforms.
The news is set to drop in the form of a podcast published at 8pm UK time — that's 3pm Eastern, or midday Pacific. Join us as we listen and react to all the details.
We're expecting to hear from Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer, Xbox president Sarah Bond and head of Xbox game studios Matt Booty — the company's Triforce of gaming top brass — as they lay out how the company will handle Xbox exclusives in the future.
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Key points- 20:04 pm February 15 2024 Four Xbox games to go multiplatform
– Tom Phillips
20:04 pm UTCFour Xbox games to go multiplatform
Well, it's 8.02pm and we're still awaiting Microsoft's upload of the podcast to go live. In the meantime, The Verge is reporting that the podcast confirms four Xbox games will go multiplatform.– Tom Phillips
19:57 pm UTCWe're approaching the top of the hour, so a last bit of background — why is all this happening now?
There's a few things at play, but likely factors include Xbox hardware selling less than PlayStation, subscription service growth slowing across the board, and the recent purchase of Activision Blizzard. All of these add pressure on Xbox's bottom line — something we're also seeing, very sadly, in the recent decision to cull 1900 Xbox and Activision employees.
– Tom Phillips
19:47 pm UTC Lifeis2D (He/Him) says: I still can't believe they're choosing to do this as a PODCAST. It is definitely unusual — but then this is an unusual and potentially tricky moment for Microsoft to message. It's not something Xbox's usual audience are necessarily going to celebrate, and it will likely benefit from context from Xbox top brass.– Tom Phillips
19:40 pm UTC So, it'll be fascinating to see the final shape of these plans announced officially tonight. The Verge reported earlier this week that we'd see Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment and Sea of Thieves going cross-platform. Perhaps for now — to test the waters and calm anyone upset about Xbox sharing bigger exclusives — that's it?– Tom Phillips
19:37 pm
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