Microsoft Is Reportedly "Upset" With Xbox's Lack Of First-Party Games
Xbox had a very quiet year in 2022, too quiet according to Phil Spencer. Not great when you have consoles less than three years old to sell with relatively few in-house games to choose from released since their arrival as it is. Xbox not only has its player base to answer to when it comes to this sort of thing, but also Microsoft, and apparently the corporation isn't happy with the lack of first-party activity from its gaming arm.
That's according to Jeff Grubb who spoke about Microsoft's annoyance that Xbox isn't creating and launching exclusives at a high enough rate on Game Mess. “I can tell you, they are not,” Grubb replied when asked if he thinks Microsoft is happy with Xbox right now. “They're upset... You know, they didn't release a first-party game last year, and if that doesn't affect you if you always have something to play again, that's awesome, but a lot of people do regret getting their Xbox.”
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Xbox has already moved past a barren 2022, launching Hi-Fi Rush earlier this year. An Xbox exclusive that came out of nowhere and made quite a splash. However, Grubb added the critically acclaimed game that took the internet by storm for a while underperformed. “It just straight up didn't make the money it needed to make. I mean, it got good reviews, the buzz was good, so where do you put the blame for something like that?”
Grubb offers up a few potential explanations as to why Hi-Fi Rush didn't achieve the numbers Xbox expected, but the most likely scenario is it launched on Game Pass. Naturally, the game would have sold very few copies since anyone who has Game Pass didn't need to buy it. As for what can pick up the slack, Xbox has Redfall launching next month, and then
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