Xbox Exclusives To Release On Xbox One For 'Next Couple Of Years'

Phil Spencer focusing on player focused approach for next gen, otherwise anyone would have forced you to upgrade just to be able to buy again and play a 4-6hr standalone DLC based on last gen title.

I love this approach & how consumer friendly Xbox is.

This type of thing has been happening on PCs since.....forever. No reason it can’t on consoles too. Not sure why anyone would have a problem with this other than to just blindly hate on Xbox.

Id assume the only differences would be the lack of ray tracing on current gen consoles as well as lower resolution / framerate. It'll just be like playing a PC game on the lowest settings versus playing it at max settings which can be drastically different visually.

@Medic_Alert Held back is a meme right now created by uneducated fanboys who have now idea how computer graphics work. Besides 2 games Ratchet and Clank and The Medium both of which have specific level designs, every other games can be scaled up and down depending on specifications. Next gen console will always have the better versions like it always has been.

@Medic_Alert Good point. We've actually seen this happen with one of the Lord of the rings games that launched cross gen. The PS3 version didnt have the nemesis system in it and reviews said the game was not even worth touching.

In Phil we trust

Very lame. Now there’s no discernible reason to upgrade.

@KelticDevil I love it too. It's such a consumer friendly approach, and the kind that makes me want to continue to support Xbox.

We all know the hard truth.
Both next generation consoles have extreme power.
But if you don’t build a game exclusively from the ground to abuse all that power then you won’t get a true next gen experience.
Also your developers won’t start learning how to use and unlock all that power.
So for the next two years my Xbox one x will be very very close to the series x version.
Yes it might all be lovey dovey and consumer friendly. But what you really want is true next gen experiences.
This approach will not from a console sales perspective change and the ratio of PS5 to Series x will be the same as this gen when all is said done.

I really love to hear this. I won't have the money to upgrade any time soon, and it's great to know I will still be able to play all the games coming. I much prefer this approach over Sony, where it's a clean slate for the next gen. I don't want to have to buy all the games I already own ,and want to continue playing, all over again. I'll upgrade when the time is right, but I'll continue to support a consumer friendly game plan.

@Medic_Alert It will involve core game design concessions to run on Xbox One hardware.

The sooner they drop Xbox One the better.

@Medic_Alert that’s a great point about the AI. Do you think this might be offset by the cloud ai systems they had been working on a few years ago. Don’t know for sure but just thinking maybe.

I did not upgrade from SNES to a N64 to play SNES games. I did it play Mario 64 and Wave Racer. That’s what generations are about.
So my Xbox one x will be staying for now and my day one release purchase will be PS5.

@Steel76 I know that, and for the most part you're right. We're seeing with Sony how they're remastering Spider-Man with some new content included, so in that case you will have to rebuy a game. My point was with Xbox I know I won't have to deal with any remasters of games I've already purchased. Sony hasn't committed to a complete backwards compatibility, but I'm sure most of the heavy hitters will be.

@Grot @Grot
Yes I am into generation divides being honest. Imagine creating a game for the series x only all that power, imagine the new Halo developed by a massive team just for series x it would play and look amazing and make gamers stand up and pay attention and I would buy a series x for it. Instead I can play it on my x1x with probably a very very small visual downgrade if at all.
I don’t want that I want full power of the beast and full next gen experience for the new Halo on series x. That what makes me buy a next gen console.

Anyway it’s all rubbish they have discontinued the x1x and if they do push the new Halo a bit for the series X then imagine what the one s version will be, not that great.
Then you are inclined to buy a series x. This also goes for 3rd party games.
Microsoft you muddy waters and try to hide behind it when really you are hypocrites.
Sales ways and games wise Sony will walk all over you again. Game Pass is great but Sony only have to push a view buttons and they can do that and change PS Now.

When running the series X version . I wonder whether these cross generation first party games will have large file sizes with duplicated assets and the ability to run off an external hard drive or smaller file sizes and need to be run off the SSD.

This is a very consumer friendly approach, especially at a time like this when some people don't have much money to spend on new hardware.

I'm not sure how it will work but I would imagine that it would work in the same way as the N64 expansion pack did back in the day, certain features would be locked off and frame rates will be lower and certain graphical effects will be missing entirely. Another example is the switch, take Wolfenstein 2 for example, that is a very visually demanding game yet it runs pretty well on the switch despite quite a big downgrade but the core experience and gameplay is still there and intact despite the downgrade. I imagine xos and xox to be a similar case.

@Medic_Alert I’m sure the resolution will be the same as the Xbox One so games will look exactly the same on either console, it’s just the series x will be more powerful in the sense of drastically reducing load times and other things.

There are lots of people saying that game will be held back because of xbox one and I don't get it. Microsoft could just make games with improved graphics, AI, Physics and so on for the Series X. They don't need to stop on graphica. I don't get it why it would be held back, it makes no sense to think like that. Let's take a simple example of a game. FIFA. Legacy versions on 360, full version on xbox one. Same game, improved features and gameplay on newer platforms. Need for speed undercover for PS2 and PS3 were different. There is no reason to think Xbox One will held back Xbox Series X games.

I get what Microsoft is doing here. Appealing to new customers and not pissing off existing Xbox One X owners. That said I feel the time to talk about Xbox One is over and we should solely be talking about Series X from next weeks event onwards. As nice as it is to have Xbox One owners considered, with a new console launching all marketing talk should be Series X focused from next Thursday onwards.

@Dezzy70 I liked Microsoft up until Phil Spencer talked about generational exclusives. They're tooting that Series X is the most powerful console just like they did X1X and look at the difference between PS4 games and Xbox Games. Microsoft doesn't need a powerful console, they need competent devs that know how to push limits. They even ruined Gears. Now, it's just a shell of a game infested with Microtransactions.

@Mckilmer @Medic_Alert Good points. A couple of years mean the first AAA games. Perhaps, Halo Infinite will be a huge downgrade on Xbox One S and some studios have decided not to release their first game on Xbox One, e.g., The Initiative. I think that it's just a transition but they are willing to leave Xbox One behind. Remember some cross-gen games. Lord of the Rings on PS3. Assassin's Creed Black Flag on Wii U. In 1-2 years Xbox One will be left behind. It will struggle to keep up.

@xMightyMatt14x Sea of Thieves uses cloud computing ☺️.

@Dezzy70 The first PS5 games have been in development for years so you won't play a real next-gen experience on PS5 for a couple of years.

@BlueOcean another reason I love that game lol

@xMightyMatt14x The most beautiful game of the generation ☺️.

@F3NIXII
Totally spot on, imagine naughty dog making a game for Xbox one x only and being left to get on with it. The only Xbox game and studio that did this generation was Forza Horizon 4. Only when I play that game on my Xbox one x do I feel, there s game that holds up to a top Sony studio.

@Dezzy70
"Imagine creating a game for the series x only all that power, imagine the new Halo developed by a massive team just for series x it would play and look amazing and make gamers stand up and pay attention and I would buy a series x for it."

Instead of imagining what it will or will not look like, why don't you wait for after the 23rd to start complaining about how "held back" it looks? 😒

@F3NIXII
They need a powerful console in order to not embarrass themselves by showcasing 30fps games in 2020, and if you don't think the people behind what Digital Foundry called "the best-looking UE4 game" are competent, then maybe you ought to give the KFConsole some serious consideration.

It's sad that because Phil Spencer said that there will be cross-gen games and free remasters on Series X at launch, some people think that Xbox One will hold Series X back. I hope that they read Digital Foundry later this year since they are so worried. I wonder why is so important to leave current generation behind quickly but, at the same time, it doesn't matter that PS5 is less powerful and has 30 FPS games. Can they make their minds up yet?

@gingataisen don't make fun of KFConsole, it might outsell the Xbox 😛

@gingataisen
I shall be watching for sure with excitement and I really do hope I am wrong.
And if I am badly wrong a series X will be on preorder and I will enjoy. I have had Xbox, xbox360, Xbox one and Xbox one x. But this current generation with Xbox has not been that pleasant, though the one x has been good. It’s just like the twists at the start of this gen are repeating with different twists at the start of this gen. Nintendo and Sony just seem to undertake take it so simply.

@Dezzy70
Indeed. I just rather we argued about what we have, instead of what we think we might be getting.

We shall see and time will tell.
Not long until next Thursday, will even leave work early to watch live at home.

@Dezzy70 Will you also change your profile picture from Spider-Man back to Series X? 😉