Phil Spencer: 'RPG is an Area That We Should Focus On' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 November 2019 / 1,818 Views

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer in an interview with Xbox UK said RPGs is a genre the Xbox team has focused on with the release of The Outer Worlds and the upcoming Wasteland 3. The developers for both of those games were recently acquired by Microsoft.

"Obviously first-person and third-person shooters have been strong, but it’s nice with Outer Worlds coming out, Wasteland… I think RPG is an area that we purposefully focused on and wanted to do more," said Spencer.

"But it’s also, as we’re watching Xbox Game Pass grow and grow, we’re seeing more genres enter, and whether it’s genres that used to be popular and coming back or creators trying new things because they have an audience that’s always there and they can think how to deliver stories to those people… But I do think RPG is an area that we should focus and I think X0 will be fun around that news as well."

View the full interview below:

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