Reflecting on the existing state of the brand name, Xbox employer Phill Spencer has actually wrapped up that the Xbox One and also PS4 generation was the “worst generation to lose.”
During a meeting with Kinda Funny (opens up in brand-new tab), Spencer explained that great games alone won’t pull Xbox out of its third-place position in the console race. “We lost the worst generation to lose in the Xbox One generation, where everybody built their digital library of games,” Spencer states. “So when you go and you’re building on Xbox, we want our Xbox community to feel awesome, but this idea that if we just focus more on great games on our console, somehow we’re gonna win the console race, I think doesn’t really [match] the reality of most people.”
Spencer includes that “like 90% of the people every year who walk into a big retailer to buy a console, and are already a member of one of the three ecosystems, and their digital library is there. This is the first generation where the big games that they’re playing were games that were available last-gen,” Spencer states, mentioning instances like Fortnite, Roblox, and also Minecraft
“The continuity from generation to generation is so strong. I see a lot of pundits out there that kind of want to go back to the time where we all had cartridges and discs and every new generation was a clean slate, and you could switch the whole console share. That’s just not the world that we are in today. There’s no world where Starfield is an 11/10 and people start selling their PS5s. That’s not going to happen.”
There’s a paradox in the reality that Microsoft fell back in the Xbox One generation as gamers began to develop their virtual libraries on various other systems. The initial pitch for Xbox One was an online-focused platform developed to press individuals right into electronic, as opposed to physical, possession of their games. Back in 2013, that suggestion was comfortably declined by followers, and also while it had not been the only consider PlayStation’s success that generation, Sony’s quick capitalization on that sentiment (opens up in brand-new tab) assisted thrust PS4 to a very early lead that never ever dissipated also as Xbox backpedaled.
Now, it seems like Microsoft is placing Xbox to be as much of a solution as it is a console brand name, and also while Spencer highlights that the console itself is main to Xbox, the brand name’s vision is a lot wider. “We have this unique vision because we see what creators want to do. Creators want to build games that can meet players on any screen. People play with their friends regardless of what other screen they’re on,” Spencer states.
“Some people want to hold us up [to] being just being a better green version of what the blue guys do, and I’m just going to say there’s not a win for Xbox in staying in the wake of somebody else.”
Spencer additionally kept in mind that he was “disappointed” by Redfall’s launch, yet reassured Starfield fans that there’s nothing to worry about from the following large Xbox special.
Source: gamesradar.com
