The Xbox leader, Phil Spencer however, it is open to even discussing with Sony how it could be Xbox Game Pass access your content on rival platform (s) as well.
A clear strategy in the PlayStation space is that Sony Interactive Entertainment’s studios will feature mostly single-player, story-centric games. (We could also list the franchises: Uncharted, Horizon, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us…) Meanwhile, the Microsoft and held studio purchases (and with the ingestion of ZeniMax Media, Bethesda and all of its IP and studios also fell into the hands of Phil Spencer).
Phil Spencer a GamesRadarnak however, he said (also because of this) the strategy is different for the Redmonds. They don’t want to imitate anyone else (Sony in this case). Sometimes you also get questions about where their version of this and this game is. Spencer has been in the gaming industry for a long time and respects creators working on platforms, many of whom he knows…, but he thinks it’s good for Microsoft to do something different than the others. He’s not a tech giant in the gaming industry because he wants to make a green (Xbox) release from a blue (Sony) or red (Nintendo) platform. Spencer doesn’t expect this as an example of creativity in the gaming industry, he wants more than that.
Phil Spencer also talked about being often asked if any of the games will show up Xbox/PC out of pairs. To that, he always says he wants to have the full Xbox experience “in foreign places”. Now, there are no plans to take the Xbox app to PlayStation 5, for example, or any other closed platform, as these do not require an Xbox Game Pass. Therefore, they focus on open platforms (internet, PC, mobile).
Phil Spencer added that he didn’t want to talk to others about this because they have their own working system and therefore understand why they don’t need a Game Pass. Regardless, the goal remains for everyone to be able to play on the Xbox of their choice on the device of their choice, and they consider the full experience to be the goal.
So they follow a unique strategy in the games, but they would collaborate to distribute the Game Pass.
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