Earlier today I spoke with Xbox boss Phil Spencer to discuss the company’s future in video games.
Of course, there is the small matter of Microsoft’s ongoing battle to get the games industry’s biggest-ever buyout deal done, and its push to gain a foothold in the mobile games market. Eurogamer posted our conversation with Spencer on those topics this afternoon.
Now, here’s the rest of that conversation – a wide-ranging chat about the future of Xbox hardware, the possibility of mid-gen refreshes or other new bits and pieces, the potential for Xbox to ditch Series S as the current console generation continues, and the commitment Microsoft has to gaming in general.
You’ve said previously that Microsoft can’t “out-console” Nintendo or Sony and you’re looking to other things that really drive value on the Xbox platform like Game Pass. But is there a ceiling to Game Pass, to growing that market? We’ve recently seen Sony stop sharing PlayStation Plus numbers, which was interesting. How do you keep Game Pass growing?