After quite a lot of rumors, Xbox launched a roughly 23-minute podcast during which its heads got here collectively to deal with the rumors and speak a bit about the way forward for Xbox. The large takeaway is that 4 particular, unnamed titles will likely be coming to different consoles sooner or later, however Xbox’s stance on exclusivity isn’t altering in any other case. Oh, and Starfield and Indiana Jones will not be a kind of 4 video games.

No basic modifications to exclusitivity

In accordance with Phil Spencer, two of the 4 video games heading to different platforms are community-driven video games. The opposite two are smaller video games that weren’t essentially constructed to be console-exclusive within the first place, and so it naturally is smart to broaden onto different platforms.

He didn’t share which 4 titles they have been, however relatively than the event studios would accomplish that when it made sense. The Verge is at the moment reporting that these 4 titles are Pentiment, Hello-Fi Rush, Grounded, and Sea of Thieves, which all match the invoice should you line them up towards these standards.

“We see a possibility to make the most of the opposite platforms as a spot to simply drive extra enterprise worth out of these video games, permitting us to spend money on possibly future iterations of these, sequels to these, or different video games like them in our portfolio.”

– Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox

New {hardware} information on the horizon

Close to the finish of the podcast, President of Xbox Sarah Bond examined some that some Xbox {hardware} information is coming quickly.

“We’ve acquired extra to return. There’s some thrilling stuff popping out in {hardware} that we’re going to share this vacation. And we’re additionally invested within the subsequent technology roadmap. And what we’re actually targeted on there may be delivering the most important technical leap you’ll have ever seen in a {hardware} technology, which makes it higher for gamers and higher for creators and the visions that they’re constructing.”

– Sarah Bond, President of Xbox

Welcome to the early talks of the following technology, of us. Simply yesterday Sony additionally described the PlayStation 5 as getting into the “latter half” of its life cycle, so it’s no shock to see Xbox planting the seeds for future {hardware} improvement.

The podcast ended with Head of Xbox Sport Studios Matt Booty teasing that whereas there are greater than 10 main releases arising, they are going to have extra video games to speak about within the Xbox June Showcase.

In order we predicted, it seems like the reality was someplace within the center. Microsoft is bringing some titles that make sense to the opposite platforms, however not shifting their total exclusivity focus. No Halo in your PS5 simply but. However Diablo 4 and different Activision Blizzard video games will likely be heading to the Sport Go, should you’re longing for some extra Xbox video games within the close to future.