 Phil Spencer says Xbox wants its games available in many different places, but refuses to commit to Elder Scrolls 6 on PS5. Ever since Microsoft bought Bethesda, it's never been entirely clear which of the company's games would launch as Xbox exclusives. At the time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said exclusives would be handled on a 'case-by case basis,' implying some games would still be multiplatform post-acquisition. That hasn't been the case at all, though, with the exception of Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which were already tied up in PlayStation 5 marketing deals. Spencer has once again insisted that the decisions will be made on 'case-by-case basis', even though that directly contradicts evidence from the recent FTC court case, which revealed that he made the decision years ago. In an interview with Bloomberg, Spencer is asked if Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive and how Microsoft decides if this is 'the right track.' 'We look at it on a case-by-case basis with the games that we build,' answers Spencer. 'We want to make sure our games are available in so many different places – on our Xbox consoles, on PC, also via cloud, these games can come to almost any web-enabled device.' He adds: 'We're looking at millions and millions of players who will have access to Starfield and other Xbox Game Studios games. It's really about giving players choice around how they want to play and they build their library of games.' Spencer's comments leave open the possibility that Elder Scrolls 6 could still launch for PlayStation 5 and are similar to his answer to the same question during the court case, where he insisted it was 'too soon to tell.' At that point he said that he couldn't remember whether he's ever publicly said that Elder Scrolls 6 will be an Xbox exclusive, although a 2021 interview with GQ said he did – although, frustratingly, they didn't record his exact comment. H){kind=link}
Phil Spencer says Xbox wants its games available in many different places, but refuses to commit to Elder Scrolls 6 on PS5.
Ever since Microsoft bought Bethesda, it’s never been entirely clear which of the company’s games would launch as Xbox exclusives. At the time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said exclusives would be handled on a ‘case-by case basis,’ implying some games would still be multiplatform post-acquisition.
That hasn’t been the case at all, though, with the exception of Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, which were already tied up in PlayStation 5 marketing deals.
Spencer has once again insisted that the decisions will be made on ‘case-by-case basis’, even though that directly contradicts evidence from the recent FTC court case, which revealed that he made the decision years ago.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Spencer is asked if Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive and how Microsoft decides if this is ‘the right track.’