Four Xbox Games are going multiplatform (Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush). Starfield and indiana Jones not coming to other platforms

[Puff]

Interview in the Financial Times

Microsoft looks beyond Xbox hardware for gaming growth

Microsoft is accelerating a push away from its own Xbox hardware, hoping to boost growth by selling more games on rival consoles as the industry reckons with a protracted slowdown. The technology group plans to make a handful of games that were previously offered only on its Xbox available on Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Switch, in a departure from its previous strategy of keeping games developed in-house as exclusives for its own platforms.

Phil Spencer, chief executive of Microsoft Gaming, insisted the moves were "not a change to our fundamental exclusives strategy" but reflected a desire to expand the audience for certain games that have hit a ceiling on its own platforms. In an interview with the Financial Times, Spencer said there was "some diminishing return" from focusing only on selling more games to its existing audience of Xbox owners. "When I look forward, for our business, finding more players in more places, many of them on the devices that they already own, is a good thing for our own growth as well," he said.

Content delivers higher margins than hardware for Microsoft, Spencer said, adding: "Extending the software and services and games to more endpoints improves the overall profitability of the [Xbox] division."

"We have more Xbox players off of Xbox consoles than on Xbox consoles today," Spencer said, referring to those who play its games on PCs or other devices via cloud streaming. "Those lines will continue to diverge. That's a good thing for the health of the business because the hardware we sell is not a profit driver for us in our organisation."

Enders Analysis estimates global gaming revenue rose by less than 1 per cent last year to $184bn, a slower rate than inflation. Enders' researchers said in a recent report that 2024 was set to be a "bumpy and uncomfortable year across the industry" as "revenue growth is likely to be flat for the next 12-24 months".

"We are seeing good subscription momentum on PC and cloud," Spencer said.

Making more Xbox originals available to buy on PlayStation and Switch was driven by the need for multiplayer games to draw in more players, Spencer said, but some of its in-house titles would remain exclusive to its own platforms.

 

[Airbus]

The point is no one cares about this game. It's not even top 1000 on Xbox. They could announce Pentiment 2 and 3 tomorrow and zero Xbox would be sold. They won't even fund a saddle for that horse in Diablo 4. It's pointless to bring it over

Pentiment looks good unlike the rest of it

Im willing to give it a try

 

[Luffy123]

If Hi-Fi Rush/Grounded/Sea of Thieves/Pentiment all suck and don't matter, like Xbox fans are saying, what are the Xbox games that don't suck and actually matter then?

if they all suck then wtf have these idiots been capping for for 6 years??? lmfao

 

[Eggman]

If Hi-Fi Rush/Grounded/Sea of Thieves/Pentiment all suck and don't matter, like Xbox fans are saying, what are the Xbox games that don't suck and actually matter then?

So true, I cant wait for them to turn on these games

Been seeing the tout Hifi Rush as revolutionary for a yeat now will be downgraded to just some small game no one cares about

 

[Jim Ryan]

Melties.

 

[Evilms]

 

[SLB1904]

They are too funny man

 

[Evilms]

 

[Evilms]

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[Deleted member 223]

There is literally only one thing my head can come up with for all this disaster drama.

 

[Nix]

Honestly these are some terrible choices if they are testing the waters, I doubt any of these will sell well.

 

[Say1nMan]

LMAOOOO. This Xbox fanbase will never learn. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." nope, not with this base. History is repeating itself. No wonder Xbox and Phil Spencer love their PR spin.

 

[peter42O]

Hi Fi Rush is great. I definitely recommend playing it on PlayStation/Switch.

 

[Deto]

More apt is Xbox and PC ports. "Not all games will be ported to PC" lied Phil Spencer as Quantum Break was ported to PC.

According to Greenberg, if you want Quantum Break on PC, you’ll need to purchase it directly from Microsoft. “Quantum Break on Windows 10 is a Windows Store exclusive,” he says.

Quantum Break Won’t Be Sold On Steam

Microsoft lays out some more details, including full PC specs, for the April release.

www.gameinformer.com

He mentioned quantum break, I remembered this other "exclusivity" lie from Microsoft