When asked to take a look at his years managing Xbox, and the way he relaunched the brand after the slow start of the Xbox One, Spencer admitted that the delay had been difficult to manage, after a presentation by Play Considered disappointing, by observers and players alike, in July 2020.”I don’t like the fact that we showed the game, and talked about its simultaneous release with consoles. Before turning in a month like this.“

And if 343 Industries’ FPS is able to count on an extra year of production to serve up its extended (but not fully open) world, and to celebrate with dignity the 20th anniversary of the saga, Phil Spencer acknowledges the lack of clarity at the time to make various announcements:We should have expected that and be honest with ourselves. We were not in deception but in the form of hope. I don’t think hope is a good development strategy.“

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Halo Infinite will come to an end in AAA-rich 2021, and the last six months that Xbox Game Studios games have accompanied the lives of consoles like Game Pass: Flight Simulator, Psychonauts 2, Age of Empires IV, and Forza Horizon 5 are so initiatives are vital. the first side. It is clear that in the coming years he will be able to count on other large-scale games such as Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI in Bethesda. exclusive confirmed and latest”to become“According to Spencer, in proportion to the investment made:”It’s not about penalizing another platform, because I basically believe that all platforms can continue to grow. But to make it available on Xbox, I want us to be able to guarantee the full offer available to us. And this is a fact that applies when I think of Elder Scrolls VI. Just like any of our other perks“.

On the Halo theme, it’s also already possible to preload a multiplayer console for a future episode of the franchise, while waiting for it to be transferred on Xbox and PC to download game data, on the horizon.