Phil Spencer's new vision for the Xbox One
The Xbox chief on the change of direction that will help Xbox in its fight against PlayStation.
The Master Chief disaster
“We're not going to stand up and say anything's fixed, but the team's stayed on, the dedication of making it better, and that's an important… People can get frustrated with us, they can get frustrated with Halo and 343, but the commitment of the team to not abandon the situation, but actually stay on it, deliver on what they wanted to deliver on - content update 13 isn't the last update we're going to do, we're going to do more as we have a commitment to the fans on Xbox Live, and most importantly to Halo.”
"That's great," says Spencer, before addressing how Microsoft is going about catching up. "We had a great November and December both in the UK and the US. Sony's off to a tremendous run with the PS4, and it's kudos to them and the vision they've had with that machine. And it's not in a teasing way - I applaud them, it's great to see. Here, it's interesting as I see so many companies coming to console.
"There isn't a tremendous request today for racing games like Forza on PC," says Spencer. "Obviously through the streaming we showed in January you'll be able to play on any of the PCs you have in your home. I don't want to build things because you can build them, I want to build things that our customers are asking for.
"We obviously put Halo on PC before - you go back and look and there's obviously strong... The first-person shooter space on PC is a little bit different than on console if you look at the business model and other things that work, so we'd want to land the right experience. If you play this out - so let's not talk about the next 6 months but talk about the next three or four years - you'll see more and more developers that are building these games that are appropriate for any screen that the gamer's sitting down on. And that's just more opportunity for gamers and developers."
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-13-microsofts-new-vision-for-the-xbox-one
