Xbox Director Teases 'Exciting Things Over the Coming Months' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 June 2021 / 2,513 Views

Microsoft launched its next-generation consoles, the Xbox Series X and Series S, in November 2020. The director of program management Jason Ronald in the latest official Xbox podcast (and transcribed by VideoGamesChronicle) teased "Exciting things" that will be revealed "over the coming months."

"As a team, we’re just really excited by this initial response from fans all around the world," said Ronald. "At launch, we say it all the time internally, this is really just the beginning. We’ve got a lot of really exciting things that are coming down the pipeline over the coming months and over the coming years.

"We’re also partnering really closely with key game developers from all across the industry to really take full advantage of all the next-gen capabilities that we put in the Xbox Series S and Series X," he added. "We really are excited as we get further into the year and closer to this holiday to start sharing more of the details about what’s in development, and how you can really take advantage of these next-gen platforms."

The Xbox development team took a break following the launch of the Xbox Series X|S and took time to "lean back and just listen to the community and listen how people are using the consoles, what they’re excited about, areas that we can improve," explained Ronald.

"Now that the team is back, we’re starting to release a series of updates," he added.

"One area that we really focused on was at launch, we had to disable quick resume, on some titles in the launch window The team’s been working really hard to be able to re-enable those titles so that people are getting that great, quick resume experience on all the titles that people are playing.

"In other areas like we’ve seen reports of things like controller disconnects as an example. That’s another area that the team’s really been investing in to make sure that you’re just getting that best in-class experience on the Xbox Series X and Series S."

Ronald continued by saying the team plans to add features that are missing in the Xbox app and giving Xbox Series X|S owners more control over the Quick Resume feature.

So over the coming months, we’re going to be updating the Xbox mobile app to add things like Achievements. And then other areas that we’re really focused on. As we think about the console experiences, we’ve listened to the feedback about improvements of broadcasting as an example," he said.

"Another thing is the sharing experience and the quality of things like game DVR. And then I mentioned earlier about enabling quick resume for even more titles since launch. We’ve also seen the feedback about people want more understanding of how quick resume works and more control over the experience.

"These are all areas that are really high priorities for us, as we’re looking at future updates over the coming months and you’ll be able to start seeing some of these experiences in the Insider rings really soon."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.