2024-02-16 02:35:04

Microsoft revealed in its official Podcast program earlier today (16th) that four Xbox exclusive games will be ported to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. However, this is purely a decision made following case evaluation and will not affect Microsoft’s future game release strategy.

Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s gaming business, Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, and Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, attended the show. However, Microsoft did not disclose the four Xbox games that will be launched on other console platforms, only mentioning two. It is a community-driven game, and the remaining two are smaller games. Specific information will be released independently by the developing studio.

Phil Spencer said that this is part of Microsoft’s internal strategic changes in the game business in order to expand its games beyond the Xbox console. However, these changes will not affect the plan for Xbox exclusive games. He also believes that in the future of the game industry In five to ten years, there will be fewer and fewer games exclusive to hardware.

Reported by technology media The VergeCiting people familiar with the matter, the four games include Obsidian Entertainment’s RPG “Pentiment”, Tango’s “Perfect Sound”, multiplayer action “Sea of ​​Thieves” and survival adventure “Small World Survival”. Microsoft will Games are defined as works that other studios in the company can imitate and test the waters.

In January this year, Bethesda announced the adventure action “Indiana Jones: The Ancient Circle”. It was rumored that it would be released on PS5 together with “Starry Sky”. However, Phil Spencer clarified the rumors during a live broadcast and said that two ported games have been released on Xbox and PC. More than a year later, but “we shouldn’t rule out the possibility that the game will be available on other platforms.”

On the other hand, Microsoft also confirmed that it will add more cross-platform play/shared progress features to its games in the future, and will bring more works to the PS5 and Switch platforms.

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