{"id":2521,"date":"2025-05-09T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-05-12T02:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T02:55:23","slug":"developers-ask-why-they-should-bother-making-xbox-games-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/developers-ask-why-they-should-bother-making-xbox-games-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers ask why they should \u2018bother\u2019 making Xbox games anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halo on PlayStation was once laughable but it\u2019s all too plausible nowadays (Xbox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Microsoft<\/a>\u2019s gradual abandonment of Xbox<\/a> exclusives has other studios \u2018baffled\u2019, as a report suggest they\u2019re considering dropping support for the format.<\/p>\n

Even though Microsoft began shifting away from Xbox exclusives over a year ago now, it\u2019s still strange seeing its games make the jump to PlayStation 5<\/a> and Nintendo Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing for the new Indiana Jones game<\/a> to go multiplatform, but we now live in a world where long running Xbox exclusive franchises like Forza Horizon<\/a> and Gears Of War<\/a> are jumping to PlayStation (with potentially even Halo<\/a> to follow).<\/p>\n

While making games more widely available is a good thing for consumers, some developers and publishers are reportedly not as thrilled with Microsoft\u2019s strategy. Some are apparently so concerned they\u2019re wondering why they bother making Xbox games in the first place.<\/p>\n

This is according to Chris Dring of The Game Business, who said in a recent podcast<\/a> (from the 19:10 mark) that he\u2019s heard certain companies express frustration that Microsoft has given up on making Xbox exclusives.<\/p>\n

\u2018Certain publishers and developers have spoken to me, like, baffled by this because from their point of view they want the competition in the console space,\u2019 explained Dring.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u2019re going \u2018Why should we even bother making an Xbox game if this is the strategy?\u2019, that\u2019s a balance that Microsoft\u2019s going to have to strike.\u2019<\/p>\n

Dring doesn\u2019t specify if any of the developers he spoke with belong to studios owned by Microsoft, but the current trajectory could certainly lead to less Xbox releases from third party studios.<\/p>\n

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