Delay Starfield until 2023 was one of the most embarrassing news fans have received this year Xboxand left the Microsoft platform without any exclusive AAA releases for 2022. The Redmonds admit that this put them at a disadvantage compared to their competitors, and they promise to fix it next year.
so sure Phil Spencerhead of Xbox, during an interview on a podcast Same brain. The CEO of Microsoft Gaming did not turn a deaf ear to criticism for the lack of weight titles and did not look for excuses for the current situation. In addition, he agreed that the company’s studios will have to face the need to fulfill their obligations.
“One thing we definitely heard loud and clear is that it’s been too long since we released what people would call our own great game. We may have our excuses with COVID and other things, but at the end of the day, I know that people are investing in our platform and want to have great games,” Spencer said.
In addition, the Xbox boss did not hesitate to describe his 2022 release strategy as some lightcompared to competing platforms. “As an industry, we have fewer games this holiday than we have in a long time if you’re just thinking about releases. Call of Dutyalso god of War — which is great — and Nintendo had a good year. But overall I’d say we were a little light“, he expressed.
Xbox points to 2023 to restore its exclusive AAA games
Despite acknowledging that, for various reasons, the Xbox catalog this year fell short of AAA exclusive titles, Phil Spencer bets everything on 2023. “We are looking forward to 2023 and have been talking about upcoming games. These games are going well and we have delayed the impact of COVID on the production schedule. […] Getting our first proprietary Xbox games from Bethesda with releases from red autumn D StarfieldIt will be a lot of fun,” he said.
It will be necessary to see if Xbox can finally deliver on what it promises. In the case of Starfield, fans have been waiting since 2018 and so far have had to settle for what Bethesda has shown in trailers. The title was supposed to be launched in November of this year, but it has been delayed until the first half of 2023although a specific date for entering the market is not yet known.
As for the rest of AAA’s own offerings, no other game generates as much interest. Not even red waterfall. For now, Xbox has relied on third party offers to pull out a winner after 2021, when it stood out with the appearance of halo-infinite D Forza Horizon 5. The truth is that it’s like Starfield do not allow further delays, because when it is released, Xbox will go over a year without its own first-class releases.
In addition to the expectations of the coming year in terms of consoles, Phil Spencer did not forget about those who play with the PC. The manager announced that the Xbox app for Windows get big changes in a new update that will be released “in a few weeks”.
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