The Big Phil Spencer gamescom Interview: Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Mid-Gen Upgrades, and More

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Over the last year, Xbox has been under one massive spotlight: a giant acquisition and court case, speculation about its upcoming AAA portfolio, Starfield on the horizon, questions around third-party game parity across both its consoles, Game Pass, and so much more. Naturally, we have tons of questions about all of this, and at gamescom 2023, we were finally able to get some answers from Xbox head Phil Spencer about almost everything.

Elsewhere we've zoomed in on Spencer's comments about more Final Fantasy games coming to Xbox and his opinions on Baldur's Gate 3. But here's absolutely everything we chatted about in our big gamescom interview with Phil Spencer, in full:

IGN: Starfield is a huge moment for Xbox, obviously. When is the last time Xbox has had a moment this big?

PS: Well, I think everything, every month, every time we're doing something that changes, hopefully enhances a customer's experience on Xbox is important. You think about big, new IP that has launched on the platform, I might go back to just doing Gears 1, I don't know, a game that is brand new, new IP. It's Todd's first game in the [Bethesda Game Studios] team as part of Xbox launching on the platform. It's a big moment and I'm proud that we were able to give him time and really, really happy with the results. You have a build, but you're not playing because you're working.

Baldur's Gate 3 is the talk of the town right now. This RPG comes along, takes the internet by storm. Do you think it's set expectations for Starfield or did it steal a little bit of thunder?

PS: I don't think it has anything to do with Starfield. Great games coming out is a good thing for the industry. First, congrats to Larian and the team. I think it's, what, a 97 rated game