Xbox to Provide Game Updates, Announce New Things at June 11th Showcase
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer’s interview with the Kinda Funny Xcast is fascinating to watch, and not just because he addresses the failure of Redfall. He spoke about being third to Sony and Nintendo in the console market, and how Starfield wouldn’t cause people to sell their PS5s, even if it was an “11/10” game.
However, he is positive about the upcoming Xbox Games Showcase in June. First, he confirmed (transcription via VGC) that the company failed to deliver on its 12-month plan that it hyped nearly a year ago. “No, we didn’t deliver. There’s no ‘necessarily’. We didn’t deliver.”
Avowed, Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3, Contraband, Fable and Everwild have also lacked updates despite being announced years ago. In response, Spencer said, “I’m not going to try to oversell the Showcase here, because if I was on the other side watching this it’s like, ‘hey, after Redfall, I’m going to put my hands on the controller and that’s what it’s going to take to prove it to me.’
“But that’s not what the Showcase is, so I’m very enthusiastic about the Showcase. We’re going to announce some things that people haven’t seen, some new games, [and] we’re going to give updates to some of the things that were on your list.”
Spencer is also excited about the future, and how Xbox releases a “big game out every quarter, at quality.” He said, “Things are lining up finally after some of the slowdown through COVID.” And while many may have heard that speech before, he admits, “I’m tired of talking about that, but I can now see that we’ve got games coming every quarter that I think will surprise and delight our customers.
“We still have to deliver on the creative, we still have to deliver on the technical, not every game we ship is for
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