The head of Microsoft’s gaming business has attempted to explain the turmoil in the industry as he attacks the whole concept of exclusivity.
How long until Halo goes multiformat? It’s happened suddenly, and without obvious cause, but it’s clear the video games industry has seen a major shift in the last few months, as Microsoft, Sony, and other publishers have starting fretting about a lack of industry growth and the downsides to format exclusives.
Although he doesn’t explain his reasoning, he blames exclusivity for stagnation in the industry – which will certainly be news to Nintendo – and while he never announces any new plans the implication is that more multiformat Xbox games are on their way. ‘This notion that Xbox can only be this one device that plugs into a television isn’t something we see in the Gen Z research. Because nothing else is like that for them.
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