Amid rising hypothesis about the way forward for Xbox, its exclusives, and even its standing as a {hardware} producer, Phil Spencer reportedly informed staff final week that it has no plans to cease making consoles.
Reporter Shannon Liao stated in her weekly Substack business e-newsletter that Spencer moved to reassure workers throughout an all-hands assembly on Tuesday.
“The corporate held an inner Tuesday townhall the place Spencer informed staff that there have been no plans to cease making consoles, and that Xboxes would proceed to be a part of a method that includes a number of sorts of gadgets,” Liao reported. Microsoft has but to remark.
Liao’s report has come at a time of concern for the Xbox model, with varied articles indicating current first-party video games are going multiplatform and Microsoft is able to ditch bodily media utterly. Some have even questioned whether or not Microsoft will exit the console enterprise, however Liao’s report suggests Xbox is right here to remain, no less than within the quick time period.
Final yr’s Xbox v FTC trial leak revealed Microsoft’s plan to launch a mid-generation Xbox Sequence console refresh in 2024 in addition to a hybrid next-gen Xbox slated for 2028. On the time, Spencer responded to say these plans had been old-fashioned.
Nevertheless, Spencer is about to host a “enterprise replace occasion” someday this week. “We’re listening and we hear you,” Spencer wrote on his X/Twitter account. “We have been planning a enterprise replace occasion for subsequent week, the place we stay up for sharing extra particulars with you about our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for Xbox. Keep tuned.”
Final month, Microsoft confirmed plans to chop 1,900 workers from its online game workforce. Workers had been let go from throughout Xbox, the not too long ago bought Activision Blizzard, in addition to Bethesda proprietor ZeniMax.
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