On the occasion of the recent X019 event, Xbox executives spoke with journalists from various publications about the future of the Xbox platform. Among other things, Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Greenberg about the record number of games in production at the company's internal studios, and division head Phil Spencer see an Asian development team as part of Xbox Game Studios and which genre needs more attention from Microsoft. In his opinion, too few RPGs appeared on the consoles of the corporation, but now their lack has begun to be filled.
“[On Xbox] more RPGs have come out and I'm very proud of that achievement,” Spencer told Xbox UK. “Once upon a time, the first Mass Effect (on which I worked on), Jade Empire, Fable appeared on our consoles ... In those days, we considered RPG as something really important.”
Shooters on the Xbox are selling very well, but the company doesn't want to be limited to games in that genre, the executive said. “Of course, first and third person shooters [for Xbox] make a good profit, but at the same time it’s great that consoles have come out , Wasteland [meaning — note], — he continued. — I think we deliberately focused on RPG. We wanted to [on Xbox One] have more of them.”
Spencer emphasized the role of Xbox Game Pass in increasing the genre diversity of the Xbox One game library. Thanks to the service, he believes, developers have been able to return to once popular genres, as well as experiment, creating innovative projects, since the platform in a sense guarantees them an audience and allows them not to worry about sales.
Exact sales figures for The Outer Worlds have not been released, but Take-Two Interactive's latest financial report that they have already exceeded the publisher's expectations.
In the past generation, Microsoft has released several exclusive RPGs that have received fairly lukewarm reviews from the press. Among them are Fable II (along with several offshoots of the series, she never moved to other platforms), Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon from Mistwalker, on which the creator of the Final Fantasy series Hironobu Sakaguchi worked, as well as MagnaCarta 2 from the Korean softmax.
As for future RPGs, not only Wasteland 3 will be released on Xbox One, but also new projects from Obsidian Entertainment. Greenberg previously confirmed that Last week, Grounded isn't the only game the studio is working on. There are several projects in development - we should probably expect more big-budget RPGs. Spencer , that Final Fantasy XIV will still be transferred to Xbox One, but the timing is not disclosed. According to rumors, Playground Games, which created the Forza Horizon series, over the new Fable, and BioWare , which will most likely appear on Xbox One. Earlier this year, Electronic Arts the rights to the Jade Empire trademark, hinting at the possibility of a continuation of the series.
Source: 3dnews.ru