Microsoft Doesn't Increase Investment Into First-Party Games, Insider Says

General news News 07/23/2017

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It seems that Microsoft doesn’t invest into the Xbox brand as was said before…

Roughly three months ago, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, said that Microsoft would invest more money into first-party developments, similarly to the hardware (Xbox Live, Xbox One S/X)… but then, we saw nothing hinting at it at E3, because he didn’t want to show games that are 2-3 years away from release – he obviously meant that comment as a jab at Sony.

However, an industry insider on the NeoGAF forums by the name of Matt says Microsoft isn’t increasing investments meaningfully. He also says the Xbox One games underperformed, and the Xbox division doesn’t have a blank check for game developments – they also have their limits. We’ll see in a year if Spencer bluffed or not…

Matt also points out that publishers aren’t ready for the next console generation, and the shift would be slower than before.

Is Microsoft bluffing?

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