Xbox chief calls recent PC exclusives an "anomaly," reaffirms Xbox ecosystem goals
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary anomaly.
If you've been keeping tabs on Microsoft's upcoming game releases, you might have noticed something a little unusual – several of their major titles launching this fall are PC exclusives, at least initially. Games like World of Warcraft: The War Within expansion, the indie hit Ara: History Untold, and the early access version of Towerborne are all skipping Xbox consoles for now.
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary "anomaly." In an interview with Game File, Spencer made it clear that the company's goal is to have their games playable across as many platforms as possible under the Xbox umbrella – whether that's consoles, PC, or cloud streaming.
"We want to get to the point where, when you buy, whether you're buying on cloud – which we're getting ready to introduce – buying on PC and buying on console, you own it across all of the Xbox ecosystem," said Spencer.
If you've seen Xbox's latest marketing campaign (above) that rather outlandishly declares just about every device with a screen an Xbox, this starts to make sense.
On the subject of sharing games with rival Sony's PlayStation, Spencer spoke how he's bullish about the company's plans to release certain Microsoft-owned franchises on the other console as well in the future.
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