In the wake of the weekend news that Phil Spencer was supposed to reassure employees and confirm to them Microsoft’s continued interest in continuing to produce the Xbox console, there is speculation as to who could specifically work on it. The information is provided by insider Nick Baker, who has a bit of a “fluctuating” reputation, but has been quite successful lately, and perhaps it won’t be too long before we learn the details directly from the source. Either way, according to Baker, the team behind the Xbox Series S and X is not working on the next generation of Xbox.
According to Nick Baker (XboxEra) Jason Ronald, the person responsible for leading development of the Xbox Series X|S hardware, will not be in charge of Microsoft’s next gaming device. His team got replaced by Surface team. pic.twitter.com/7UWOnI8Ezl
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More precisely, we should talk about the fact that Jason Ronald is no longer behind the preparations for the new console, who, in addition to the Xbox Series, also brought the Xbox One X to the world and in the even deeper past was at the birth of the Xbox Live service. According to Baker, Ronald and the people around him were to be replaced by the team responsible for the Windows Surface tablet, which, given the same focus – hardware development – would however lack video game experience. On the other hand, we do not know the details, and it is also likely that Microsoft would not completely cut off its own experience from years of game console development, and the situation may not be as critical as it may appear at first glance.
We will see if these speculations are at all related to what awaits us this week as part of the illumination of the publishing strategy. Microsoft will probably respond to rumors about the release of its games on other platforms as well, or explain the circumstances under which previously exclusive titles will become multi-platform titles.
2024-02-12 16:07:31
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