Xbox boss Response on Single-Player Games - Economics Are "Complicated"

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Miguel_Zorro said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:
This isn't the first time I've seen this weird dichotomy articulated. So it's either a super expensive story-driven game or a games-as-a-service multiplayer title?

Does Microsoft realize you can make a single-player game with a modest budget and without cinematic pretensions?

It's an interesting argument.

I'm trying to think of recent single-player games that didn't have a big budget, didn't have multiplayer, but still sold well.  They probably exist, but I can't name them.

Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the most recent examples of single-player games doing really well.