Xbox Wants Its Games to 'Reach the Broadest Audience Possible' as It Plots More Long-Standing, Flagship Franchises for PS5

"It's also good for our pockets because we spent insane amounts of money buying up publishers, and it might be nice to earn some money back. because otherwise we keep giving them away on game pass and don't make any money as people don't want to buy our console or our games. Also our boss is angry because we spent all of his money"

I've added the part he missed.

(I'm having some fun with it but it's not far from the truth is it?)

It would be better if Xbox just became a game publisher and put their funds towards that. No use in having a console war. It pushes tech but full of cons everywhere else.

Absolutely sick of being gaslit by Microsoft's narrative around this. They only want their games to "reach as many as possible" because they tried to outspend the competition and still somehow utterly failed as a platform. They see the pivot to third party as the only way to claw back that 76 billion they spent. They're not some benevolent force bringing games to the masses.

@MrPeanutbutterz Yeah they are trying to act like the good guy in all of this, nice try Phil.

If you want a broad audience than release those games on the PS Vita as well

So far, all they've done is bought studios that were going to put the games on ps anyways.

@TruePlayStationGamer and the market will respond accordingly. This is has been debated to death already.

No offense, but this news has already been around ten times. The only thing missing is the information that Assassin's Creed Shadows will be released soon.

I was honestly considering buying an Xbox as a secondary console last year or swapping to PC as my main platform (after the Pro)... I'm perfectly happy staying on PS now. A little tired of hearing Microsoft trying to hammer this point home, however.

@MrPeanutbutterz Fallout 76billion

Fine by me, I can use my Series X as a retro machine and play all the new games on my favorite platform!

@Lowdefal lol 😂 strongly agreed with that gamepass statement

Phil also said this back when he was making Zenimax games exclusive console wise

@Lowdefal that's pretty much how it went down in the boardroom i suspect

I'm looking forward to a Perfect Dark announcement on PS5. Some other Rare revival would be great if they manage to modernise them. I know it's nostalgia talking and it's probably not as good as I remember, but I'd love to see a Jet force Gemini sequel or modern remake.

Phil been shouting this message from the highest mountain... Is he tryna nudge PS to do the same???

@MrPeanutbutterz it’s funny how so many don’t seem to see it this way! Like, there’re still people out there who think Phil is this great guy who’s willing to make everything cross-platform and non-exclusive. That’s not the case! They tried to lock up COD and huge Bethesda and Activision IPs and still couldn’t knock over their competitors. Phil is just good at putting lipstick on a pig.

Don't worry it's only 4 games guys!

😂😂😂😂

How many stories do we need about this? It’s no longer news.

Is there a date for Indian Jones on PS5 yet? Hoping it's before my birthday in May

@TruePlayStationGamer
Totally agree, this is nothing like the mighty Sony AAA in house studio games wise of the PS4 days.
I know with Microsoft not in the hardware race and brining Xbox studio game to PS5.
Sony can sit back more, let everyone buy their hardware and release one big Sony studio AAA per year.
It is probably best for Sony but not for my desire for the PS4 Sony studio AAA campaign games era.

Great! Now hurry up and bring the Master Chief Collection to PS5!

Killer Instinct please 🙏

@Yaycandy a console war isn’t great when systems have exclusives, as any benefits from competition are lost in the fact that we all have to buy two systems. So you are right in that sense.

But a console war would be great for consumers without the exclusives.

Essentially what PC gaming was like 20 years ago with AMD and NVIDIA battling it out.

The catastrophic state of PC gaming today now that NVIDIA dominate, is sadly what you having coming.

In the land of PC gaming, a new generation flagship (excluding Titans/90 series) was £500 with a 40% improvement over the prior model.

Nowadays it’s a fictionally price of £1000, in reality £1200 if you can find one in stock, and you only get 15% more fps….albeit using 15% more electricity, so not really much of an improvement.

The PS6 or PS7 will likely cost you a lot of money, for little gain. Remember what Sony tried to pull with the PS3 once Sega was out of the market, and new boy Xbox was deemed to be a niche device.

It's so satisfying seeing how Microsoft's failed gambit to buy up nearly all the publishers and developers in existence (hyperbole I know) has failed so spectacularly.

Here's to Phil the Liar, may he continue to fail upwards forever more!

I don't know why this topic is revisited beyond engagement, which is shame. At least try and trick me into thinking I'm not being monetized.

@Yaycandy agree, I play on pc and I’d love to see all the Sony fanboys reaping the benefits of a PlayStation monopoly.

Microsoft as a software publisher doesn’t change a thing for me - it changes a lot for PlayStation owners, and not in a good way.

@N1ghtW1ng yep, definitely a liar back when he said he wanted as many people as possible to play the games Microsoft were making when they were in the process of acquiring studios. Absolutely nothing like the lie of “we believe in generations” that Sony were spouting when ps5 launched.

Here’s to the fanboys who create their own fan-fiction and conveniently ignore anything factual that contradicts their worldview, may they forever be a blight on the gaming community.

Looks like the PCMR defense-force is mobilizing

@Neither_scene Phil Spencer is on the record several times during and after buying Bethesda that most of its games would be Xbox/PC exclusive. Or That he wasn’t buying studios to make games for other platforms (outside of a handful of established titles depending on random conditions and existing contracts he had no control over)

He is also on the record as buying Bethesda to prevent Sony having Starfield.

Please don’t call other people fanboys or manipulating the truth at the same time as having a selective memory. Spencer gave many interviews expressing a desire to buy studios for exclusives before changing his mind (or having it changed for him).

So how long will we all keep acting surprised that everything is coming to PS in the end?

Going full third party also allows that, Phil Spencer. Why not just do that?

@Lowdefal he was on record as saying it would be on a case by case basis. He refused to rule out titles coming to other platforms, I remember because the fanboys on both the Xbox and PlayStation sites were frothing at the mouths. He was also on record as saying he wanted as many people as possible playing the games Microsoft made.

Would you mind linking me to the record of him stating that starfield was bought to prevent it going multi-platform? Or was it on record that he bought starfield because Sony was in the middle of trying to negotiate exclusivity and prevent it coming to Xbox?

Do you have a selective memory?

I’m fully aware of the things he’s said in the past that didn’t come to pass. But I’m also fully aware of the things Sony have said that didn’t come to pass.

Wanting as many people to play the games Microsoft make is something Xbox are actively pursuing and have been for a long time with PC. By contrast Sony want a walled garden, complete control over pricing and limits to the number of people and ways that games can be played.

@AhmadSumadi It's mind-blowing how little critical thinking is on display at times. None of these companies are our friends, but all Spencer had to do was wear a t-shirt and jeans, and have a GamerTag to have millions chanting "one of us, one of us!".

The Xbox subreddit is wild

@rusty82 Indian Jones hmm 🤔 some kind of Bollywood ripoff I should be made aware of? Indian Jones and the Tomb of Krishna, maybe?

@Neither_scene Aaannnddd Microsoft thought they could buy all those publishing houses to entice people into their walled garden, but it all blew up in their face.

So what's your point? Walled gardens is how the console industry has always worked.

@MrPeanutbutterz is that the exact same walled garden that operates on steam and Xbox market place day and date and allows digital key game sales through third parties?

Sony has been facing multiple lawsuits over their restrictions on digital game sales that have allegedly resulted in consumers being overcharged. They agreed to a $7.85 million out-of-court settlement in the US just last December over one-such class action lawsuit.

Sony’s walled garden works to ensure consumers are regularly overcharged for their digital purchases. Microsoft’s walled garden operates legally to allow market forces to dictate pricing.

That’s my point.

@TruePlayStationGamer
I definitely think Sony will get to the PS4 era of amazing AAA campaign games from their in house studios more regularly than just the one a year, we seem to get nowadays.
But with game development taking so long nowadays it will take until the PS6 and some very good management and organising until they are back in full force like the PS4 era.

@Neither_scene Nintendo does the exact same thing but no one cares.

They make it sound so revolutionary… it’s like they can spin any bad thing and say it’s ground breaking. I mean I’m not complaining about the games being available but let’s not pretend that it’s because they want there games on PS5 they just won’t be able to survive without doing so.

Their Gamepass subscriptions haven’t took off like they needed it to be.. and now anything can be an Xbox is just another way of saying we are making having an Xbox useless.

Buying up publishers and not being innovative but just rinse cycle repeat. Bobby Kotick even said they shouldn’t be in the video game business because of the obvious reasons that had plagued them was they don’t really know to innovate or be different..

@T-Bone09 Bobby Kotick is a *****. But that podcast was genuinely fascinating. He is evil but shrewd as heck.

@WolfyTn didn't notice that 😂

Gamepass literally killed Xbox it's just not sustainable for AAA games even movie streaming services are now adding adverts because they can't afford to keep pumping out content and it's not as if it's quality content most of the time it's just to say look how much original content we have to get you subscribed

@breakneck

Definitely not a fan of Bobby. But he’ll address the elephant in the room.

They can do so but I'm not buying them on any platform they come to, Xbox or PS/Switch.

Accessibility is fine, making the most boring dumbed down games or genres even with variety but still unappealing of gameplay and just ok settings/characters/worlds/story but boring movesets, level design and more I don't want to play that's another thing.

They have variety, that;s good, I still don't want to play them when I like variety it's why I seek PS1-3/PSP/Vita or Nintendo games and didn't mind OG/360 Xbox games Japanese, Korean or the western stuff on those consoles and can't wait to buy them up, not their modern games. XD

The directions of Forza Motorsport are one thing and terrible so that series is fine to go it's way I own all Motorsport games in the series I want now, Gear E Day better land well.

The other big games seem ok..... But the smaller stuff just isn't there of advertising yet and need to be a bit more as I don't know what they are and I "might want" to play them as I like to play other niche games.

South of Midnight is one game, it has appeal to me but not the strongest appeal either.

I barely even know what Towerborne or Contraband are advertise them Microsoft I only barely remember their names even before the roadmap chart.

Sales sure, but appealing to audiences that's another factor entirely.