Phil Spencer: Looking to open new studios or acquiring them / Future of Xbox (Streaming?) | ResetEra
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QuoteThe company plans to increase investment in developing in-house video games, including starting or acquiring studios to do so, Xbox chief Phil Spencer said in an interview last week. That's an about-face from its approach the past several years, during which Microsoft has shuttered studios, cancelled games, and faced criticism at an industry conference from gamers for its lack of hot first-party titles. "We need to grow, and I look forward to doing that," Spencer said. "Our ability to go create content has to be one of our strengths. We haven't always invested at the same level. We've gone through ups and downs in the investment." Microsoft on Tuesday will start selling the Xbox One X, a high-end console targeted at hard-core gamers.Click to expand...QuoteBut Microsoft will probably debut a streaming service that doesn't require a console for some types of content in the next three years, Spencer said. A 2012 trial of such a service inside the company was too costly and never made it to the market, but Microsoft's progress in Azure cloud services over the past few years is changing the economics and quality level, he said.Click to expand...https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-game-investment-as-focus-shifts-to-software
