Phil Spencer Excited About Xbox Lineup, Mentions ZeniMax and Starfield - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2020 / 3,000 Views
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer in an interview with The Verge said he is excited about the upcoming Xbox lineup and specifically mentioned the acquisition of ZeniMax for $7.5 billion that will be finalized sometime in 2021.
The ZeniMax acquisition once completed will grow Xbox Game studios from 15 to 23 developers. It will add several popular franchises under the Xbox umbrella. The IPs that will soon be owned by Microsoft once the deal is finalized include Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Doom, Wolfenstein, Dishonored, and many more.
"I’m incredibly excited about the lineup, not only of Xbox Game Studios, but we’ve obviously also announced our intent to acquire ZeniMax and Starfield and great games that Todd [Howard] and the team are working on, that people are going to go play on their Xbox," said Spencer.
"I feel good, really good, the best I’ve ever felt about our roadmap."
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Why is it news that Phil says he feels good about his lineup? has he ever said he didnt feel good about it?
Dont we basically hear this every year is my point? where is the news.
Can’t wait for this deal to close
ive seen them pop up on sale lately but thought should just wait until they all hit gamepass
You better feel good after spending 7.5billion.
Can't wait
Lineup shouldn't include a timeline? Or he is just happy of what he plans on launching until the end of gen? And do we really need 7 reports from a single interview instead of one big report?
He's not giving a timeline because the games are far away. People expecting starfield and stuff like that to be out anytime soon are in for a surprise. It wont be mid to late gen until we start seeing any real benefit from all these studios. By then they should be in a more stable role and releasing games regularly.
He doesn't need to give a timeline, that may happen at 2021 E3. But when I hear lineup I'm expecting something that comes close to each other like launch lineup, holiday of X year lineup. But when no list of games or date is given we don't know if he is talking about whole games he intend to launch on generation or any specific timeframe.
@shikamaru317 I love your optimism and I hope your right cause I could always use more games to play. This link says starfield has only been in development 2.5-3 years. https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-bethesda-pc-rpg/#:~:text=Starfield%20has%20been%20in%20development%20for%20years&text=In%20an%20interview%20with%20The,a%20half%2C%20three%20years.%E2%80%9D.
Spence felt the same way during the xbox one, look how that turned out. I think the only thing relevent coming out of bethesda is elder scrolls and starfield. Does anyone here think that fallout 5, starfield and elder scrolls will release next gen?
Oh come on, one must be really desperate to even try a comparison between 2013 and 2020 for Microsoft studios.
I don’t know how much more commitment they could demonstrate than with a 7.5 billion USD acquisition. You know it, you saw it. Don’t act like that.
Yes, because this is the first time Microsoft has gone on a spending spree to acquire studios... This has never happened before.
The acqusition is to make gamepass an even bigger deal. But in terms of exclusivity, bethesda games were expected to release as multiplats,( i bet they will) which doesn;t take away from the fact that the first party/third party exclusives were lacking overall compared to sony/nintendo. Let's see how comitted they are when it comes to their own first party studios and such next gen. I hope i am proved wrong this time around and spence does a miracle.
I agree @kratoslives. I have a gaming PC (3080 comes in today) and I'm getting a PS5 whenever I can possibly get one. Microsoft doing well benefits me just as much as Sony doing well. I'm just out here living the dream.
After playing with the dualsense I'm desperate for Elderscrolls to come to PS5, the controller alone will make it a superior experiences. If MS lets Bethesda utilise it that is, since they said one of their criteria may be for the XS versions to be "better" if they're multiplat. Given the positive response to DS I'm sure MS is preparing Series X elite with similar features if not better, fingers crossed.
