Phil Spencer Wants to Revisit Old Activision Blizzard Games “With the Respect They Deserve”
With Activision Blizzard officially part of Xbox, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has discussed some plans for the future in a recent Xbox podcast. He confirmed that no titles from the publisher would come to Game Pass this year, though 2024 is more reasonable, and the era of exclusive betas and skins for Call of Duty on other platforms is over.
Of course, with all the teasing for reviving classic franchises likeGuitar Hero and whatnot, what is Spencer’s stance on the same? He said (transcription via VGC) that the amount of franchises in the company’s portfolio is “kind of inspiring” and “daunting.”
“I feel that we have to be a great custodian for the content that we touch. These are memories from people on different platforms, different decades. And I want to make sure that when we’re going back and visiting something, that we do it with our complete ability, a motivated team that wants to go work on something and make a difference, not just create something for financial gain, or create something for a PR announcement and not deliver on the product.
“So, I’m going to start with the teams, and what are they passionate about, and that’s why I’m excited to go on these [studio] visits and then we’ll look at it.”
Spencer acknowledged that Xbox has done “an OK job” but not “an A+ job on looking at our franchises and revisiting them. It’s always a trade-off between what do you do that’s new and going back and doing something. I do think with Game Pass, we can maybe pick a couple of franchises every year and almost do a ‘revisited’ – I just made up that term, so it’s not a brand, it’s not on a box.
“But you know, I tease about things like Hexen just because I remember playing it as a kid. I have no plan for that, but I do
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