phil spencerhead of Xbox, explained in a recent interview for Bloomberg that, in the long term, video games that are not exclusive are better for the health of the industry. “We love being able to bring in more gamers to reduce friction, make people feel safe when gaming, allowing them to find their friends and play with them, regardless of device, I think that’s good for this industry in the long run,” he said. Spencer”Maybe you buy an Xbox and I buy a PlayStation for home, and our kids want to play together and can’t because we bought the wrong piece of plastic to plug into our TV.“.
The head of Xbox is clear that cross-platform games are better
Of course, if all titles were published for all platforms the console war will be over, of course. Xbox and Microsoft have recently been in the eye of the hurricane due to the latter’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. There has been much talk about the exclusivity that it will maintain or not Call of Dutybut Spencer stressed that his intention was to keep this popular saga available on PlayStation consoles.. “The reality is that the strategy of retaining Activision Blizzard games and not distributing them to rival console stores would simply not be profitable for Microsoft,” the company said. Spencer, therefore, bets on multiplatform titles, since according to him they are better for the good of the video game industry.
At the moment, we know that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Y Call of Duty: Warzone 2 will be available on all the usual platforms. The sequel to Modern Warfare will be released on October 28 and, if the leaks are correct, war zone 2 It would arrive on November 16, although there is no official confirmation for it right now. Nevertheless, maybe with a view to the arrival of Modern Warfare 2 let’s have more news about the facelift that the CoD battle royale will havewhich has undoubtedly been the salvation of the saga in recent years.