Phil Spencer Wants Xbox to Continue to Invest in More Social and Casual Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 November 2021 / 1,626 Views
Microsoft has spent billions of dollars on acquisitions over the past few years to grow its first-party lineup to 23 studios. However, the main focus has been on more core developers like Bethesda parent company Zenimax.
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer in an interview with Bloomberg at the Paley International Council Summit said he wants Xbox to grow its presence in social and casual games.
"When I think about the kinds of genres that are usually associated with Xbox, yes, we have Roblox, we have Minecraft, we have FIFA and Fortnite, but we want to continue to invest in more social, casual content that’s out there," said Spencer. "We have a lot of ambition."
"Part of creating a studio is the idea that at some point I'll be able to financially exit and realize the risks that I took and see the benefit of that," he added. "It’s a two-sided economy of creators starting new teams, taking risks doing new things, seeing that to completion, and then those studios becoming part of something bigger."
Spencer added he is working with supply chain partners to help increase the supply of the Xbox Series X and S consoles.
"Diversifying the supply chain is something that we've really been looking at at Microsoft and Xbox and making some decisions with our supply chain partners to ensure that no one global situation can pinch the supply as much as it has for us over the last 18 months," said Spencer.
"We need to be in a position where we continue to deliver product to customers. That’s my responsibility. I don’t get to use supply chain as an excuse in the long run."
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Not the type of game I like, but well that diversifies the portfolio and will match someone else taste.
Makes me more curious why a game like Fall Guys hasn’t had an Xbox port.
It's coming. The developers confirmed earlier this year that the game was coming to both XOne and Series X/S, but no confirmed date as of yet. Supposedly, there will be some Halo themed content when Fall Guys does drop on Xbox.
https://www.theloadout.com/fall-guys/xbox-release-date
Kinect Sports 4 confirmed.
Yeah me too.
Maybe they should buy Team17. They publish a lot of great casual and party games and have relations with many such developers.
Leave that to the mobile market.
They could mean Animal Crossing-like-games. We can't assume they mean cheap mobile games. AC is both social and family friendly.
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