The remark got here as a part of a broader dialogue on Microsoft’s future plans for its Xbox IP typically. Along with Phil Spencer (head of Xbox) and Matt Booty (head of Microsoft Studios), the trio talked about porting 4 unique video games to different consoles (particularly the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5), releasing Activision Blizzard titles on Xbox Games Pass beginning with Diablo IV, and several other different matters.
What stood out, nevertheless, is affirmation that the Xbox Series X|S is not going to be Microsoft’s final foray into the land of console {hardware}.
Bond famous that console {hardware} is the place avid gamers “get essentially the most flagship seminal expertise of Xbox,” and that consoles present a goal for builders to speculate their efforts into.
“We’ve obtained extra to come back. There’s some thrilling stuff popping out in {hardware} that we’re going to share this vacation, and we’re additionally invested within the next-generation roadmap. And what we’re actually centered on there may be delivering the most important technical leap you should have ever seen in a {hardware} technology, which makes it higher for gamers and higher for creators and the visions that they’re constructing,” Bond stated.
“We’ll discuss issues which are developing. I’ll say I’m very pleased with the work that the {hardware} workforce is doing, not just for this 12 months, but additionally into the longer term,” Spencer stated. “[We’re] actually excited about creating {hardware} that sells to avid gamers due to the distinctive points of the {hardware}. It’s type of an unleashing of the artistic functionality of our {hardware} workforce that I’m actually enthusiastic about.”
It was additionally identified that Spencer has been ‘liking’ quite a lot of X/Twitter posts associated to handheld gaming, which Spencer admitted to being a “large fan” of, although he additionally stated Microsoft has nothing to announce in that regard. Whether that modifications, we’ll have to attend and see. Either means, regardless of being outsold 3-to-1 by the PS5 final 12 months, there will likely be a next-gen Xbox sooner or later.
