Phil Spencer: Fewer 3rd party exclusives, focus is on 1st party

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Mr Puggsly said:

AEGRO said:

Mr Puggsly said:

The Minecraft deal wasn't done for X1. That purchase didn't need to happen to bring Minecraft to X1.

Exclusives are coming in spite of that deal.

 

Quoted from Microsoft PR

 

"Microsoft Studios includes 343 Industries, Turn 10 Studios, and Lionhead Studios just to name a few," he wrote. "These industry-leading game studios within Microsoft that have had great success with beloved games and massively popular franchises like Halo, Forza, and Fable. We're excited to welcome Mojang to the Microsoft family and we are thrilled to support the success and longevity of Minecraft for years to come."

 

The deal came from the Xbox division pocket.

The Xbox division focuses on Xbox games. Minecraft is a multiplat game and MS said they wanted it to push Hololens.

Hence, you look at the Minecraft deal as something they did primarily for X1. In a nutshell, you're wrong. Minecraft is their popular title on many platforms, not something used to just push the X1.

Im looking at it from the outside because i dont have nor im planning to purchase an Xbox One but just wondering, what else could they have made with that obsene amount of money.

 

Like i said, the money came from the Xbox division. Thats a fact, whether Minecraft stays multi or not. They could have used the money for other purposes.