Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has weighed in on the console exclusives debate, claiming that he “would love to get rid of console exclusivity altogether”, including Xbox.
Microsoft’s recent attempt to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion has been heating up lately, as multiple executives from the company appeared before the United States Federal Trade Commission to seal the deal.
Microsoft against platform-specific games
We followed suit with many Xbox secrets exposed during Microsoft’s attempts to persuade the FTC to allow the acquisition to continue. It was even revealed that Microsoft was considering buying Square Enix at one point to strengthen its Xbox division.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he “didn’t like” the world of specials, saying console exclusives would be a thing of the past if it were up to him. He also claimed that Sony “identifies market competition using exclusives”, but that Xbox cannot afford to discontinue the practice at this time.
Considering that Starfield will not come to other consoles, we can easily see that Microsoft will continue to make console-specific productions in this regard.
When such statements are made, we can think that the firm is trying to get the feedback of what kind of feedback the society will give in order to determine a new strategy. Depending on the future notifications, the path to be followed in the following periods is determined. It seems that Microsoft, which fell behind in the console war, sees the output in the fact that other console manufacturers do not produce platform-specific content.