Microsoft Exec on Helldivers 2: I'm Not Sure Who It Helps By Not Being on Xbox | Push Square
Microsoft will bring four first-party titles to PS5, but it’s refusing to name which. Said titles will not include Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will remain exclusive to Xbox and PC, until circumstances change. Xbox bigwig Phil Spencer, however, has seen the success of Helldivers 2 – and is struggling to see the advantage of the PlayStation-published shooter not being available on Xbox.
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“I will say, when I look at a game like Helldivers 2 – and it's a great game, kudos to the team shipping on PC and PlayStation – I'm not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox,” he told journalist Stephen Totilo’s Game File. “If you try to twist yourself to say, like, somehow that benefited somebody somewhere.”
Spencer did admit that there’s a “legacy in console gaming” which has led platform holders to believe they’re going to “benefit by shipping games and not putting them on other places”. In fact, he reflected: “We do the same thing!”
Perhaps, though, if he’s really uncertain about the purpose of exclusivity and the advantages it has, he should consider why Xbox has only announced four unnamed titles for PS5 today, and not more.
A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy's covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count to prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
Oh no, is this going to be Microsoft's angle from now on?
«We're putting our games on other platforms, so why can't Sony / Nintendo do the same?»
Classic corporate deflection technique if so.
Yea this is definitely port begging dx
Port begging. Unlike Xbox, PlayStation can't be played on most of the screens; hence, needs to have exclusives to tie customers down to their system.
It helped PlayStation/sony.
It’s literally their IP despite being third party developed.
This just feels like phil fueling exclusive hate.
PlayStation. It helps PlayStation. Omg, I solved it!
I want gamers
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