In 2021, Microsoft launched a large number of excellent first-party new works such as Brain Navigator 2, Age of Empires 4, Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5 and Halo: Infinite, which made Microsoft named the best game of 2021. Publisher.
Heading into 2022, things are looking a little different, with most of the first-party games in development on Xbox, like Fable, Oath, Perfect Darkness, and others seem unlikely to release in 2022.
According to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, the overall goal of the Xbox studio group is to consistently and consistently deliver great first-party games.
Speaking on the XboxEra Podcast, Spencer said: “We do have a lot of games in development, and we want to get to the point where we have a consistent lineup of great games that our consumers can predict.
We’re working on that right now. Make it happen, but we don’t have a big game this quarter. So Matt Booty and his team and the ZeniMax team (B agency) all want to achieve this level, let our platform have an upward channel, and have a big game that people always look forward to.
This has actually been the goal of Xbox for a long time, and as early as a year ago, Microsoft made it clear that they wanted to release at least one major first-party game every quarter of the year.
Given the number of first-party studios under the Xbox umbrella and the plethora of new studios coming on board when the Activision Blizzard acquisition completes in 2023, Microsoft will have no trouble getting there.