Summary
A reliable gaming insider thinks thatXbox’s next-generation console release might end up being its last due to how successful its recent focus on third-party publishing has been.
Over the past year and a bit,Xbox has made some sweeping changes to its overall focus in the console market. While it previously wanted to go toe-to-toe withPlayStationandNintendowith big first-party releases, its success with Xbox Game Pass and growing library of developerspushed it towards giving up on exclusives and essentially turning into a third-party publisher.
While there was alotof controversy when thischange in approach first started becoming clear with Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded, and Sea of Thieves, the results have made it very clear that Xbox’s choice is a wise one and bringing it a lot more success.Even though we know Xbox is working on more consoles, its future in hardware looks a lot shakier than ever before.
Gaming Insider Speculates That Xbox’s Next Big Console Will Be Its Last
“This Is It.”
This exact topic wasdiscussed by the Insider Gaming team during the most recent episode of Insider Gaming Weekly. While bringing up the recentconfirmation that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is going to be coming to PlayStation this Summer, the team speculates what Xbox’s future might look like.
Insider Gaming’s editor in chief, Tom Henderson, was asked how long he thinks it’s going to be until Xbox “jumps out” of the console race entirely. In response, Henderson said that we know they’re working on another console generation, but he thinks that after that, “it’s done” because Xbox doesn’t need to put the time and investment into another console after that.
We know they’re gonna do one more console generation. Then I think that’s it, it’s done. They don’t need to put all of the time and investment into an Xbox console. - Tom Henderson
Henderson speculates that Xbox could be trying a “unusual strategy” of showing PS5 users how good Xbox games are before going back to first-party releases and tempting them over in the next generation, but doesn’t think that’s going to be the case. He notes that, “now more than ever”, the writing is on the wall for Xbox’s future.
Of course, Henderson is simply just speculating about Xbox here and isn’t definitively saying anything, butconsidering how reliable he’s been with leaks and rumours, his opinion is an interesting one to consider. Of course, Xbox’s next console is still years away, so it seems like we won’t know for sure for a very long time.
