“We’re looking forward to 2023. We’ve talked about the games coming out, and things are going well. The calendar impact of COVID-19 is behind us now. If I look at the industry as a whole, over the holidays we’re going to be releasing fewer games than usual. Sure, Call of Duty is coming [il est disponible depuis la semaine dernière, ndlr], God of War Ragnarök too (which is a great thing), and Nintendo had a great year. But overall I would say it’s more ‘light’. I am already looking towards 2023, with in particular a line-up that particularly excites me. For example, I’m thinking of our first exclusives with Bethesda Softworks, namely Redfall and Starfield. It will bring a lot of fun.“
Other games exclusive to Xbox consoles include the upcoming Forza Motorsport (Turn 10), State of Decay 3 (Undead Labs), Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory), the new Fable (Playground Games), The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment), Avowed (Obsidian Entertainment), Perfect Dark (The Initiative), or Everwild (Rare). In short, if Phil Spencer keeps his word, indeed, Microsoft should have things to show on the side of its first party studios next year.