Phil Spencer Promises More Multiplatform Xbox First-Party Titles, Sees Them as “a Benefit to Their Franchises”
During an interview at IGN Live, Xbox boss Phil Spencer touched on the company’s multiplatform strategy and confirmed that Xbox is planning to bring more titles to other platforms. He also claimed that they see doing so as a “benefit to the franchises” that the company is building.
The comment comes from an interview on the IGN stage during IGN Live. When asked about the thought process behind deciding whether to make Doom: The Dark Ages multiplatform, Phil Spencer had the following to say:
“Well on Doom, it’s definitely one of those franchises that has a history on so many devices. I think they have Doom running on a lawnmower somewhere, when you go back. But, y’know, it’s a franchise that I think everybody deserves to play. I’m really proud of what the team– and to be honest, I was in a meeting with [Marty Stratton] and the team a couple years and I asked Marty what he wanted to do, and he said he wanted to ship it on all platforms, I said “let’s go do that.”
Our commitment to our Xbox customers is you’re going to get the opportunity to buy or subscribe to the game. We’re 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 the players and the players love to be able to play.”
There’s been a lot of dialogue surrounding whether Xbox’s shift towards multiplatform releases is a good idea ever since they announced that titles like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves would appear on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. The reports of their “Project Latitude” initiative only fanned the flames. Even so, it seems that none of the negative feedback has deterred Xbox, or at the very least, not Phil himself.
How do you feel about Phil’s current stance on multiplatform releases? Let us know down in the comments. You can watch the entire IGN Live stream at this link.
(Thanks to Pedro Lucas for the clip!)
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