Xbox execs explain why 2024 will be a strong year for the console
The 2023 Xbox Games Showcase had a strong showing as Xbox Game Studios revealed its lineup of new titles coming later this year and beyond. During a roundtable after the showcase, titled “What’s Next for Xbox,” four Microsoft executives discussed the future of the Xbox platform: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, corporate vice president Sarah Bond, head of Xbox Studios Matt Booty, and Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard.
Booty touted the output of Xbox Games Studios’ recent output over the last few years, including Forza Horizon 5, Psychonauts 2, and Pentiment, which were some of the most critically acclaimed titles of the current generation.
“We had some gaps last year, but I think we've turned the corner coming into 2023, [and] feeling very good about launching Hi-Fi Rush,” says Booty. “We've got Minecraft Legends out there, which is doing well. We've had Age of Empires continuing to come to consoles.”
The Xbox Games Showcase placed an October 10 release date for Forza Motorsport and presented a deep dive into the upcoming Starfield. Additionally, both Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II and Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed, as well as Stoic Studio’s Towerborne and a new Microsoft Flight Simulator are all slated to launch in 2024.
Booty exclaims that 2024 is the year Xbox really kicks things into high gear.
Two new games were also revealed: inExile’s Clockwork Revolution and Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight. Booty says that they’re both the respective studios’ first games under the Xbox banner and that they’ve started post-acquisition.
“All of that is really part of our goal to get to at least four games a year,” Booty explains. “It’s those games that sit on top of the games that we've already got such big
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