Xbox employer Phil Spencer has actually stated he would certainly be “all in” when it involves taking another look at the business’s “trove” of IP.
Speaking throughout the Official Xbox Podcast, Spencer talked about the lately shut Microsoft Activision deal and assessed the business’s various other IPs. “When I think about Activision Blizzard King, you add in Bethesda, you add in Xbox’s history, Rare – like the amount of franchises that we now have in our portfolio is kind of inspiring, it’s daunting. I feel that we have to be a great custodian for the content that we touch,” Spencer discusses.
“When you look across all of the franchises that are part of our teams, there’s an opportunity for us to go back – even if it’s just to recognize the moment and what those things meant in gaming’s history and do something right with it,” Spencer proceeds, “If teams want to go back and revisit some of the things that we have and do a full focus on it, I’m going to be all in on that. I think there’s just an amazing trove of things that we can go and touch again.”
Using Id Software‘s Quake 2 remaster as an instance, Spencer discusses that the group behind the 2023 title “did a real good job revisiting a game, making it current, but also not leaving the history behind,” keeping in mind that he would certainly “love to see more things like that.” The Xbox officer likewise pointed out games like Raven Software’s Hexen along with Activision’s Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk collection’ yet really did not expose any type of future prepare for any one of these franchise business.
Elsewhere in the exact same meeting, Phil Spencer pledged “100% parity” across Call of Duty in an attempt to reassure PS5 players. Addressing not simply PlayStation gamers yet likewise Nintendo followers (Microsoft did sign a deal to put Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles for 10 years, nevertheless), Spencer stated: “I want you to feel 100% part of the community. I don’t want you to feel like there’s content you’re missing out [on].”
Find out what’s certainly in the pipe with our upcoming Xbox Series X games listing.
Source: gamesradar.com
