Microsoft CEO Gaming Division Update: ‘We Continue To Extend Our Content To New Platforms’
“We are bringing great games to more people”
Following rumours about Xbox’s PlayStation 5 ports slowing down, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has briefly addressed the company’s gaming division in his annual letter to shareholders. Xbox’s new strategy codenamed “Project Latitude” will seemingly “continue” based on the CEO’s latest comments:
“We brought four of our fan-favourite titles to Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation for the first time, as we continue to extend our content to new platforms.”
In the same segment about Microsoft’s “gaming” division, Nadella mentioned how the company strived to bring “great games to more people on more devices”. It will also “continue to innovate to offer players more ways to experience the games they love – where, when, and how they want” with services like Xbox Cloud.
The acquisition of Activision Blizzard King has added “hundreds of millions of players” to Microsoft’s gaming ecosystem, with the tech giant now in control of “20 franchises that have generated over $1 billion in lifetime revenue – from Candy Crush, Diablo, and Halo, to Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, and Gears of Wars”.
Although yesterday’s rumour suggested Xbox could slow down on game ports for other platforms, it was stressed it hadn’t cancelled these plans. It was mostly just going to be more cautious with reveals after the reaction to Indiana Jones‘ simultaneous PlayStation 5 announcement.
It’s also been claimed series like Gears of War and Halo are “red lines” for Microsoft, which appears to mean they aren’t in consideration for other platforms.
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Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.
