I mean it's obvious those games are coming to Xbox Series S and X as well as Game Pass. The question is, are they going to be PS5 (or PS5 & Switch 2) releases as well?
Day 1 PS5 or PS5/Switch 2? 3-month timed console exclusivity for Xbox? 6 month? We don't know but I think performance of games like Sea of Thieves on PS5 might push MS to go full slate Day 1 across all platforms (or as many as possible).
If you noticed in the showcase, Sarah Bond basically confirmed they are working on the next console. I thought it was weird that she mentioned that but it makes sense now, a lot of these games are probably for the next console.
But at the same time, if they are really launching a new console soon, they should have lowered the price of the Series X by now.
At most I'd expect stuff like Gears and Perfect Dark to be cross-gen releases for Series X/S (maybe dropping the S?) and whatever next hardware MS has.
However, I
DON'T expect the next Xbox to be a fully traditional console. Not at all. They simply don't have the market cache, nostalgia factor, or momentum to really compete with Sony and Nintendo anymore in that type of space, and Microsoft knows it. So if the next Xbox is more like a PC, that gives them flexibility in pricing, features (both hardware i.e modular upgradability, & software i.e other storefronts like Steam accessible, probably tied to a Game Pass sub), and distinct value proposition while letting them still pursue their multiplatform publishing strategy.
If they tried doing a traditional console again they'd have to renege on a lot of the stuff they've been doing publishing elsewhere and probably even need to scale back the PC stuff, which would wash away a lot of rapport they've been building with customers on other platforms. Could leave a lot of them jaded and harder to persuade to jump in on the next Xbox console.
Not worth doing just to appease a very small segment of Xbox diehards who want another Xbox 360 gen from Microsoft.
I think Gears might be next gen only. No idea whats going with state of decay and perfect dark.
MS aren't doing "generations" anymore. I think this is a relic from the past in terms of thinking they're still going to compete as a traditional console platform holder. That's over with.
If the next Xbox is going to be more PC-like, there's no reason for them to cut off Series X support (Series S, I can understand) for games like Gears E-Day.
Perfect Dark is obviously like 3-4 years away at this point. The others? I would assume the same but not as obvious.
Perfect Dark's probably 2026. I mean they've got Crystal Dynamics
AND Eidos Montreal working on the game. Avengers aside, CD is a very competent studio. Eidos Montreal is also obviously a very competent studio.
I think they can get something like Perfect Dark completed for release by 2026.
