Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PS5 because "it's a strategy that works for us" and "our franchises are getting stronger"
Aug. 21, 2024Microsoft is also expecting a return on its investment
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Xbox headPhil Spencerhas commented on bringingIndiana Jones and the Great Circleto PlayStation platforms next year, saying “our franchises are getting stronger.”
A lot of people have taken this to be Spencer reneging on his previous statement, but that isn’t the case. Spencer merely said thatIndiana Jones wouldn’t be one of the first four Xbox-published titles to hit PlayStation platforms, and it isn’t - that honor belongs to Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves. So Xbox’s strategy didn’t contradict Spencer’s statement earlier this year.
Earlier today at Gamescom, Spencer was asked about how Indiana Jones' exclusivity period connects back to Xbox’s strategy regarding exclusives. “What I see when I look is that our franchises are getting stronger, our Xbox console players this year are as high as they’ve ever been, so I look at it and I say, our player numbers are going up for the console platform, our franchises are as strong as they’ve ever been… and we run a business,” Spencer says in alivestream.
Spencer then explains that, withinMicrosoft, the “bar is high for us in terms of the delivery that we have to give back to the company.” In other words, Microsoft has to see profit from its Xbox-published games like Indiana Jones. “So I look at this: how can we make our games as strong as possible, [to ensure that] our platform continues to grow both on console, PC, and cloud, and I think it’s just going to be a strategy that works for us,” the Xbox head concludes.
Check out our fullIndiana Jones and the Great Circle previewfrom Gamescom for our hands-off take on the new game and a chat with developers at machinegames.
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