It's been an absolute rollercoaster of a week for Xbox fans, as rumors are flying regarding potential plans that will take several of the platform's exclusive titles to other systems such as PlayStation. Originally, Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves were the only two titles supposedly considered for release on other systems, but further rumors of titles like Starfield and Indiana Jones heading to PlayStation have thrown the future of Xbox into question.
Xbox head Phil Spencer was then forced to issue a statement on the whole situation, who said that Xbox is "listening" to fans and that a business event scheduled for next week should clear up the platform's future. That's the best explanation that Xbox is offering for now, but a recent newsletter from journalist Shannon Liao has claimed that Spencer held an internal townhall meeting the day after his announcement to ease the worries of employees.
In this meeting, Spencer reportedly told employees that the company has "no plans" to stop making Xbox consoles, and that they'll still be a big part of its strategy of bringing games to other platforms going forward. However, it doesn't seem as though Spencer addressed the rumors surrounding titles such as Starfield and Indiana Jones heading to PlayStation, which we'll probably hear more about during this "business event" next week.
Even Xbox's developers have reportedly been left in the dark as to what exactly Spencer is going to discuss at next week's event.
This will more than likely come as welcome news for Xbox owners, especially as people have begun speculating that the company may be going third-party, similar to Sega back in 2001. It's understandable, simply because just the idea of Xbox releasing titles on PlayStation would bring about a massive in the industry, but things have definitely been overblown a little with Xbox's silence regarding the matter.
If we're being sensible regarding all these rumors, it's possible that Xbox could be going all in on
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