A day after experiences of a number of Microsoft first-party titles probably making their means to rival platforms, the corporate stated early Tuesday that it will host a enterprise replace occasion subsequent week, detailing the “future of Xbox.” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer posted the announcement on X (previously Twitter), promising extra particulars to the Xbox group. While the Xbox chief didn’t affirm the agenda of the occasion, Microsoft reportedly will reveal its plan to convey its unique titles, stated to embody Hi-Fi Rush and others, to rival platforms from Sony and Nintendo subsequent week.
Players on Microsoft’s console have been left puzzled by a number of experiences Monday claiming that a number of first-party video games, beforehand launched as Xbox and PC exclusives, would launch on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Among the titles talked about, triple-A releases from Microsoft-owned Bethesda like Starfield and the upcoming Indiana Jones sport would reportedly be coming to PS5. Recent weeks have additionally seen rumours of different first-party titles like Tango Gameworks’ rhythm-based motion title Hi-Fi Rush and Rare’s action-adventure title Sea of Thieves going multi-platform.
“We’re listening and we hear you,” Spencer stated in his X put up Tuesday. “We’ve been planning a business update event for next week, where we look forward to sharing more details with you about our vision for the future of Xbox. Stay tuned.” Spencer didn’t present any particulars for the deliberate occasion, however a report from The Verge stated that Microsoft supposed to share its plans to launch Xbox exclusives on rival consoles.
We’re listening and we hear you. We’ve been planning a enterprise replace occasion for subsequent week, the place we glance ahead to sharing extra particulars with you about our imaginative and prescient for the longer term of Xbox. Stay tuned.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 5, 2024
The report stated that Microsoft was initially planning the enterprise replace occasion for later in February, in addition to saying Hi-Fi Rush’s launch on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Datamined sport property from the title leaked earlier this month, hinting at an imminent multi-platform launch. According to XboxPeriod, the sport might launch on Sony and Nintendo consoles in the primary quarter of 2024.
A report from The Verge Monday, which stated that Microsoft was contemplating launching the not too long ago introduced Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5, claimed that a number of first-party video games might make their means to PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Microsoft has not confirmed this drastic shift in technique at the same time as rumours and leaks have unsettled the Xbox group and painted an unsure future for the platform. The Xbox mother or father will probably make clear its determination on which video games might go multi-platform and which is able to stay unique on its platform on the occasion subsequent week. While XboxPeriod reported Monday that Starfield, Microsoft’s greatest first-party launch in some time, might launch on PS5, one would anticipate legacy franchises like Halo and Gears of War, which have come to outline the Xbox identification, to stay as exclusives on the platform.
It’s additionally value noting that first-party Microsoft titles have beforehand launched on rival consoles, too. Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel Ori and the Will of Wisps, each printed by Xbox Game Studios, launched as timed exclusives on Windows PC and Xbox consoles earlier than making their means to the Switch.
