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Reports and reports began going wild this weekend that more Xbox video games will head towards other platforms, consisting of PlayStation. Now Xbox manager Phil Spencer has stated that an organization upgrade occasion is following week “where we anticipate sharing more information with you about our vision for the future of Xbox.”

We’re listening and we hear you. We’ve been preparing a service upgrade occasion for next week, where we anticipate sharing more information with you about our vision for the future of Xbox. Stay tuned.

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 5, 2024

Reports, consisting of from previous GamesBeat author Jeff Grubb (now at Giant Bombhave actually kept in mind that other Xbox titles like the next Gears of War are likewise getting factor to consider for PlayStation ports.

This becomes part of a prospective brand-new method for Microsoft to increase video game sales. Going to more platforms will obviously achieve that, however it might harm the Xbox consoles. That “vision for the future of Xbox” may suggest a shift far from hardware (or a minimum of a deemphasis on it).

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S released in 2020, around the very same time as the PlayStation 5. In spite of strong specifications and attractive functions and services like Game Pass, Xbox has actually had a hard time to reach PlayStation. And while Game Pass had the ability to include Starfield in 2015 and just recently invited a viral hit with Palworldit has actually had a hard time to grow its membership numbers.

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Xbox has actually likewise had a hard time to launch a stable stream of prominent exclusives, in spite of numerous acquisitions in the previous numerous years, while PlayStation has actually had the ability to launch huge exclusives like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and God of War: Ragnarök.

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