In the new Xbox business update podcast, the company's leadership has confirmed that four of Xbox's ecosystem exclusives will be coming to rival platforms. The business update was a response to snowballing rumors of Xbox internally planning to go fully third party.
This all started last month when rumors began stirring about Tango Gameworks' surprise 2023 hit Hi-Fi Rushand Rare's swashbuckling service game Sea of Thieves both planning to be ported over to rival platforms PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Considering the smaller scale of both games, and Sea of Theives' status as an ongoing service game, the rumors made sense. However, the Xbox community was launched into hysteria when more rumors began spilling out about bigger exclusive games like Starfield, Halo Infinite, and Gears of War going to PlayStation 5 as well. Even some of Xbox's most important AAA games slated for 2024, like Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, also joined the rumor mill, causing even more of an uproar.
Finally, Xbox fans have gained some semblance of official clarity, as Xbox leaders Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty all sat down on the latest Xbox podcast to lay out the brand's future plans. Spencer expressed that Xbox is planning to bring four of its exclusive games to other platforms, but made a point to confirm that this won't indicate a complete shift in Xbox's exclusive strategy. While he didn't confirm what these games are, he specified that two of them are smaller scale titles, with the other two being community-focused service games; all of them have been out for at least a year. Spencer also confirmed that Starfield and the upcoming, highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewill remain exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem.
So we made the decision that we're going to take four games to the other consoles-- just four games, not a change to our kind of fundamental exclusive strategy." — Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox
Neither of the three Xbox leaders explicitly confirmed exactly which platforms these four games will land on, though it can be assumed that PS5 and Switch will be targeted. As for what these games may be, Hi-Fi Rush and Obsidian Entertainment's Pentiment would make the most sense as two of Xbox's smaller passion projects. Spencer mentioned that both titles were «never really meant to be built as kind of platform exclusives.» Considering both games were in production well before Xbox acquired their respective studios, they were likely initially meant to be multiplatform. As for the two live service games, Sea of Thieves is the biggest probability, as it's arguably Xbox's most successful ongoing game. Obsidian's survival sandbox Groundedwould be another solid
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Microsoft has officially confirmed it’ll bring four formerly exclusive games to rival platforms like PS5, but it won’t say which ones. As part of a bizarre podcast featuring executives Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty, the trillion-dollar tech titan danced around the rumours which have been doing the rounds for weeks now.
More great games are coming to the PS5, and that’s never a bad thing. Microsoft announced during a highly massaged corporate message that it’ll bring four first-party titles to rival systems, although it wouldn’t name any names. Fortunately, the rumours have been so strong that we can surmise they’ll be rhythm brawler Hi-Fi Rush, historical adventure Pentiment, nautical outing Sea of Thieves, and survival game Grounded. These fit Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s description of two smaller titles and two live service experiences.
A reliable Xbox insider has claimed that Gears of War, Flight Simulator, and the next Doom game to other platforms, although it seemingly hasn't made a decision about them just yet.
Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony's PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons behind Xbox's business decision and confirmed that the next generation of Xbox consoles were in development. Microsoft has not yet revealed the four Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch, but The Verge reported that said games would be Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves and Grounded.
If it weren’t enough that Microsoft detailed its plans for bringing first-party titles to other platforms (which doesn’t include Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle), it also discussed its next-gen hardware. Xbox president Sarah Bond promised the “largest technical leap” in a hardware generation.
Following today’s Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft made its stance on first-party titles going multiplatform quite clear. While it will launch four titles on other platforms (rumored to be Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Pentiment and Grounded), there’s no change to Xbox’s philosophy regarding exclusives. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer clarified that Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle aren’t among those titles.
Xbox's Phil Spencer has confirmed that two major Bethesda titles, Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, will not be going multiplatform. The announcement comes after recent rumors that the Xbox titles would be released on competing consoles.
Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty have hosted the latest official Xbox Podcast which was trailered to announce an “Xbox Business Update”. This follows days of speculation that many Xbox exclusive games might be going multi platform, such as Sea of Thieves, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Starfield. There were even suggestions that Xbox legends such as Halo could be heading to PlayStation!
It’s been confirmed that four games that were previously released as Xbox-exclusive titles are on the way to other platforms, although it’s not been explicitly confirmed which ones they are.
There was quite a bit of uncertainty for the Xbox brand last week. I’m sure you saw the nonstop flood of rumors suggesting that Xbox would see many exclusives leave the brand for other platforms. That also left concerns that we might see Microsoft’s gaming division imploding. We even had rumors that Activision Blizzard games might not even be coming to Xbox Game Pass. But that is not the case as Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty clears the air.
Microsoft will release four games for rival platforms, two of which are service-based and the other two “smaller games that were never really meant to be built as kind of platform exclusives,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in a business updated-focused edition of the Official Xbox Podcast.