To those gathering around Xbox’s future plans, it is no secret that the Microsoft is approaching multiplatform release. Not only do pre-existing titles like Hi-Fi Rush & Sea of Thieves apply to this already, but the approaching Doom: The Dark Ages as well as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are also coming as well for PlayStation. Previously, it was understood that only the four games would be contenders, but that clearly has changed for Xbox.
Since then, executives have continued to urge delivering its platform-defining entries to be also applied to competing hardware as well. Previously, Matt Booty expressed the decision to be centered on a game by game basis. However, CEO Satya Nadella went on to iterate that the definition for being an Xbox fan will be re-tuned as you can play Xbox outside of the titular console now.
Although Phil Spencer did express that titles Indiana Jones and the Great Circle & Starfield would not be part of this equation, he explained in an interview with Destin Legarie that there are no longer any ‘redlines’ that refrain from Microsoft releasing its titles on opposing platforms. You can watch the segment of the interview in the video below:
“There’s no specific game that- this goes back to my redline answer, like there’s no reason for me to put a ring fence around any game and say, ‘this game will not go to a place’; that it would find players where it would have business success for us. What we find is we’re able to drive a better business that allows us to invest in great game lineup like you saw and that’s our strategy.
“Right, our strategy is to allow our games to be available; Game Pass is an important component playing the games on our platform. But to keep games off of other platforms, we don’t thin it’s a path that we’re- that’s not a path for us. It doesn’t work for us. What we’re doing now we think really enables us to build the best platform for the world’s best games cause the world’s biggest games are available in multiple places.”
Originally, Spencer’s response was triggered about Starfield in particular. But, as we learned recently, entries like Halo: The Master Chief Collection is reaching to systems like Nintendo Switch 2. And, Spencer is a separate interview was adamant on Xbox’s continued relationship with Nintendo moving forward. You can read the full report by heading here.
Are you for or against Spencer’s statement?