Xbox to Release More Games on More Platforms - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2024 / 3,931 Views
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer speaking on IGN Live Day earlier today said to expect more Xbox games to come to more platforms in the future.
Our commitment to our Xbox customers is you are going to get the opportunity to buy or subscribe to the game," said Spencer.
"We are going to support the game on other screens. And you are going to see more of our games on more platforms, and we just see that as a benefit to the franchises that we're building. And we see that from players and the players love to be able to play."
Call of Duty will remain multiplatform and even start coming to Nintendo platforms in the near future now that Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard. Bethesda at the Xbox Games Showcase did announce Doom: The Dark Ages for the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass, as well as the PlayStation 5.
Phil Spencer in the same interview with IGN mentioned why Doom: The Dark Ages was coming to the PlayStation 5.
"Doom is definitely one of those franchises that has a history of so many platforms," said Spencer. "It’s a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play. When I was in a meeting with Marty a couple years ago, I asked Marty what he wanted to do, and he said he wanted to sell it on all platforms. Simple as that."
Xbox earlier this year released four of its older titles - Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded, and Sea of Thieves. - on rival platforms like the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Guess "Indiana Jones" isn't a franchise everyone deserves to play. It is a rather unknown brand after all.
I think any series that can't sell enough on Xbox/PC alone or any series that doesn't significantly push MS hardware will be put on Nintendo/Sony devices.
Halo pushes hardware, so I don't see that ever going to Sony or Nintendo devices. Most of their IP's could, however.
I guess they wouldn't care about other platforms if their consoles would sell 100+M.
I agree with Phil on many points about exclusives. There is no reason to make a franchise that has grown multiplatform exclusive, but for those who have an XBox or PC, simply subscribe to the game pass and save money to prioritize other games that are not on the service, or wait to catch a good promotion. The fact is that Microsoft could launch 30 games on all platforms and with US$ 17 per month or US$ 204 per year of game pass, the user will play several games at an affordable price and be able to buy other games, at another platform for the person to follow they will have to pay US$ 70 per game or US$ 2100 plus other legal games.
I can't see why not have both consoles, when you can save by mixing services and game purchases. The game will not be good because it is exclusive, but because it impresses the user in many aspects such as graphics, optimization, frame rate and an excellent story, in other words, to be honest, exclusivity is only good for console wars. I would like you to prove to me that an economy of more than US$1000 is not beneficial for the user, that US$1000 would not buy a new console or build a high-end PC.
A lot of games cost a lot less after the first month of launching. Also barely anyone these days has the time to complete 30 full priced game these days. Considering the average game length hasn't been 20 to 25 hours for quite a few years now.
If you can prove to me mathematically that there are more benefits from just having a Playstation, I will be the first to like it. Even with games on sale, it's very difficult to get them for $17 per month. How many years will you have to wait to be able to redeem on PS Plus or get a good promotion?
The combination of XBox and Playstation or PC and Playstation makes a lot of sense to me.
Really depends on how many games you play and when you want to play them. I have a PS5, PC and a Switch. But I know people who play like 3 or 4 games a year and they start with a new gen 3 or 4 years later. Those people tend to get many good games for a low price. Especially with the buttload of sales.
You need to have console with discs though, since you also want to trade games back when you buy new games. But games like FFXVI, Horizon Forbidden West, GT7, Ratchet and Clank are all available for 30 euro or less. If you multiply that times six it's still cheaper and you can trade games back in once you completed them. It's a very cheap way to game, especially if you don't have the time to revisit games.
I'm one of those people. I'm lucky to get more than an hour a day to sit down and game on a console, and I like to either 100 percent a title or get to a point where I've feel like I've gotten every ounce of enjoyment I can from it before moving on. I'm lucky to finish two games a year at this point. So while GamePass is a great service, it's not a value proposition for someone like me. It's more economical for me to buy a game on a deep sale (which aren't nearly as rare as Mozart makes it sound) than to pay a monthly subscription.
Yes, not everyone can join the current generation, something that cloud gaming can make it easier for many people to join and have fun in the future, when this technology can deliver a quality close to the hardware we have at home.
There are several factors that define whether the service meets your needs or not. You said that you play 2 games a year, so even if it were games for US 70 it wouldn't be worth it, but if it were more than 3 games you would start to save money. I only told Qwark that the combination of hardware can provide long-term savings, depending on the use and combination of services and the game's purchase price, but it is not a rule.
So let's assume that:
- Depends on the number of games you buy (I agree)
- Purchase of used physical media (I agree)
- User console generation (agree)
- Economic power of the user (I added)
- Time available to play (I added)
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Preference for game genres (I added)
burninmylight, said that he can only play 1h/day, let's put a hypothetical situation in which 80% of players dedicate an average of 1h/day and that on average the game lasts 40h (something rare). Let's assume that players dedicate 240 days to playing.
- 40h per game divided by 1h per day = 40 days per game
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240 days divided by 40 days per game = 6 games per year
If the prices for each game are on average US$50, then:
$50 per game times 6 games per year = $300 per year
If the game pass price is US$17/month, then:
$17 per month times 12 months per year = $204 per year
I saved $96 in which I could buy a AAA and an indie. If the user plays 2 hours a day the savings will be even greater, as will what I can buy with the savings from the service. I will still be able to have an opinion on the 6 games I played through the service and perhaps buy them on physical or digital media.
There is another interesting factor between the XBox and Playstation consoles when it comes to backwards compatibility, as with the XBox you can natively play games from previous generations, something that only the PS4 allows for on the PS5, so the US$96 could be used to buy old physical media, mainly from the 360 ​​generation, which was great.
"on average the game lasts 40h (something rare)"
Yeah, that's pretty rare. Most modern AAA games last at least twice as long if you aren't casually sprinting to the ending credits. I've put more than 900 hours in Monster Hunter Rise, more than 500 hours into Breath of the Wild, more than 200 hours into Fire Emblem Awakening, the last three major games that I've played. If those games were on GP, it'd be an efficient proposition for me than just buying those games at full MSRP.
The ones that don't last 40 hours tend to be generous with sales (Resident Evil, DOOM, Assassin's Creed). So again, not knocking GP, but there are those of us that have done the math and realized that even it's cheap price for the good availability just doesn't fit our lifestyle.
Yes, I agree with your point of view. There is an interesting phrase that quality gurus say:
"quality is what meets the consumer's needs and/or exceeds their expectations"
It's not just about "suitability for use", as this is essential for a company not to die in the market. Its game mode does not require a subscription, but there are people who pick up a game, explore it reasonably, beat it and then move on to another. There are many games that you can platinum or earn 1000G in just 40 hours (Spider-Man 2 is one of them). What I want to say is that each case is different, so I always do the math and see what is best for my savings.
In my case, there are games that I spent more than 1000 hours playing (Command and Conquer in every game in the franchise, Diablo 1, 2, 3, I'm still playing 4, Forza Horizon, Rally series, CS), but there are Games that I only spent about 20 to 40 hours playing, usually shooting, action, adventure games... anything that isn't RTS, RPG or racing I can't have the creativity to spend a lot of time on. The game pass for me worked well, because I can play without worrying about whether the game is good or bad, I can draw my own conclusions and whether I really liked it, even though it's a Microsoft game, which I know will stay on the game pass for a while. If its copyright is up to date, I will still choose to buy it from Steam, Epic games, the XBox store where I know it has play anywhere, that is, wherever it is cheapest and most convenient for me.
Ryan mackfrey cried when phill said it.
You post alot in Xbox articles for someone who dislikes Xbox and Phil.
I predict Halo Master Chief Collection, Forza Horizon 5 coming to PS5 later this year
only time you will see halo on playstation is if Microsoft does a sega and stops the consoles
It's crazy the amount of people who hate Xbox and think their games are poor, yet somehow get excited when or if it comes to other platforms.
You can't make this stuff up.
Who fits that bill?
Or are you making this stuff up, again?
Now let them buy more companies. Feed Game Pass. Everyone wins including Nintendo and Sony.
Xbox fans, It's over, sheath your swords
You should take your own advice.
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