In the aftermath of rumours about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 next year, former Xbox exec Major Nelson has defended Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on the recent strategy change over at Xbox.
With Indiana Jones potentially being the next big Xbox-developed game to launch on other console platforms, fans have begun questioning Xbox’s leadership - and the decisions that Phil & co. are taking right now. Major Nelson has responded to one of these questions on Twitter, simply stating that Phil is “running a business” for Microsoft, that’s all.
I’m a huge proponent of all games being multiplatform. But I’m worried only Xbox is going to do it, then stop making hardware, and leave all of us die hard Xbox veterans with 15+ year accounts hanging out to dry because"business"…
Title could be better. Something like “Ex Xbox Exec Explains…”. So much for journalistic integrity.
I don’t think the “gaming journalists” have ever heard of alliteration.
I like how you imitate old newspaper headlines!
As long as the games keep coming, whys the hardware matter? Who needs the different consoles, a PC, and a phone to play a certain game?
Xbox, PSN and steam accounts at this point have decades of saves and purchases tied to them. Some of these games are delisted and are not readily available elsewhere.
If either platform decided to throw in the towel that would represent a huge lose to a large number of people.
I really just don’t want to ecosystem to die. I’ve been collecting achievement, doing gamepass etc for a long time. The only way I can see them still doing that moving forward is vastly changing how they approach their PC store. Make a big picture mode that basically simulates the current Xbox OS. They had Windows Media Center before and Metro UI. I’m surprised it’s not happened yet.
