“We are absolutely committed to having launch exclusives on Xbox, it’s part of our core promise,” says Matt Booty
Last February a new stage began within Xbox, as its change in strategy with its own games is being a absolute success in at least one of the four titles that were going to debut on other platforms. Everyone knows that Sea of Thieves is selling very well on PS5, and Xbox has shown satisfaction about it in recent hours. Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, has addressed this topic and several others about his exclusivity strategy.
The boss of Xbox Game Studios has participated in a podcast with Variety, where he talks about Sea of Thieves, his multiplatform strategy, the closure of important studios such as Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin, and much more. About the success of pirate multiplayer from Rare on PS5Booty says the following: “We are very pleased with what we have seen in Sea of Thieves. We saw an increase in participation on Xbox and PC, which allows us to continue reinvesting in it and growing it,” he says (via Windows Central) .
The head of Xbox Game Studios talks about his promise: “It’s about expand that community. It’s one of the core things of our Xbox promise: let the people play wherever they wantwith the people you want and in the devices you want“, he says. He later mentions what everyone already knew: “We consider it a success.” Although Xbox is very satisfied with Sea of Thieves on PS5 because it was the best-selling title on the PS Store in May, the company makes it clear that exclusivities will be decided on a “case by case” basis.
Xbox exclusivity will be decided on a case-by-case basis
Booty says they continue committed to Xbox Series X|S regarding his multiplatform strategy: “We all continue to make those decisions case by case. We are absolutely committed to having launch exclusives on Xbox, is part of our main promise. The Xbox console will always be fundamental to what we do. We want continue bringing our games to more players on more devicesand we have a lot of experience in that with games that have historically been on cross-platforms for a long time.”
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