The big XO19 interview: Xbox boss Phil Spencer on Game Pass, streaming and Project Scarlett
At Microsoft's big XO19 event in London yesterday, Xbox boss Phil Spencer told the gathered press all about Game Pass, …
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Phil Spencer confirms that they are still looking for Studio Acquisitions (especially in Asia)
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Hopefully they continue the trend of buying talented studios frustrated w/ the grind of the "find a publisher" cycle.
But I stay generally weary of studio acquisitions by platform holders; however Microsoft w/ their "everything on PC" approach makes their 1st party games more accessible.
But I stay generally weary of studio acquisitions by platform holders; however Microsoft w/ their "everything on PC" approach makes their 1st party games more accessible.
What do they need to improve? Teams seem to be doing whatever the hell they want lol
I think their history of studio management speaks for itself.
Yes, but plenty of improvement has already happened. Today's Microsoft is very different.
This was obvious based on what Booty said yesterday. The overall focus of Xbox is no longer the growth and expansion of its internal capabilities via acquisitions, but that doesn't mean that they're done in that regard. Simply that it's taking a back seat to working with and cultivating what they currently have.
Won't surprise me if they're looking at South Korea too. With their partnerships with Smilegate and PUBG Corp.
I find it funny you can say that without one shred of evidence that points towards it.
I'm sure today's Microsoft is much better, that's why they have such a healthy stream of quality first-party titles coming to their console every few months /s
That's a Resetera myth. Foreign companies can acquire Japanese companies, but there's more hoops to jump through.
I think this is really the final piece to the puzzle. They really have US, Canada and UK on lock as far as studios go. They really need diversity among their first party both in terms of where the location of studio is, what kind of games they make and the type of people that work at the studio. This is all known though so I'm not saying anything new. It's just good to hear Phil hasn't taken his eye off the ball.
They are releasing more than 8 first party games on Xbox One next year?
You can tell it's better based on the statements of the acquired developers and their relationships with Microsoft. Proof is going to be the end result, but the change in how they ate managing things is obvious to anyone that is paying attention.
You could even feel the asian attraction yesterday with KartRider Drift (Nexon) and CrossfireX (Smilegate).
fixed it for you by removing the /s seriously we have a steady line up for next year, this year there were more 1st party releases than in the past cmon with this narrative.
So they're still browsing but it's not as much of a priority at the moment, makes sense. I personally think they'll pick up two more studios, hopefully besides the Asian team they also pick up or work with a smaller dev that can be made to work on bringing back old IP in the same vain of an in house Bluepoint. I hope on the future Bluepoint gets to make games for everyone not just exclusives they do great work.
Yeah, even with what they showed yesterday that was (mostly) them achieving some sort of parity with the PS4.
They have been proactive with Korean titles so maybe something from there.
They have been proactive with Korean titles so maybe something from there.
The problem is that I have heard this exact statement for 5 years running. At this point Phil gets no credit until the results (as in actual video games) are substantial and consistent.
Because companies and leadership don't change. Oh, but Sony can mess up and it's fine? Seriously, MS and Xbox have made multiple changes for the better. Stop thinking in the past.
They have like 12 games coming in the next 12 months not counting to the scarlett games are you trolling ? Lol
Yeah, this was always pretty evident if you follow XGS really closely, even with the Booty comment yesterday.
I must live in a parallel universe where I just played Gears 5, The Outer Worlds and now Age of Empires 2 on Game Pass day one.
All fans of gaming should be upset if that happened. FROM is successful.