In case you haven't figured it out yet, Microsoft is planning to do away with exclusives and make Xbox a video game platform accessible to everyone. Since this year, the Redmond firm has continued to bring its exclusive games to PS5 and Switch. It started with Sea of Thieves, Pentiment, Grounded and Hi-Fi Rush. And now we know that Indiana Jones, Forza Horizon5 and apparently Fable will be the next games to arrive on PS5. To make this strategy a little more official and clear, Microsoft seems to be working on a cross-platform user interface.
2025, the new era of Xbox?
Could this soon be the end of the Xbox brand as we know it today ? The end of consoles and especially of this fight for exclusives? For many years, Microsoft's strategy has been evolving with a withdrawal from hardware, the cessation of production of physical games and the great promotion of Xbox Game Pass, the famous subscription service that is causing debate.
Lately, it is exclusives that Microsoft wants to end. Several reports seem to indicate that the year 2025 should be a big year of changes for Xbox. Recently, it is information from Windows Central that confirms this theory a little more.
According to the sources of the media generally very well informed about Microsoft's plans, the American company would be working on a cross-platform user interface: "Sources tell us that Microsoft is also working on a set of game APIs and user interface features, called Project Rainway, which is a form of cross-platform Xbox guide menu. Microsoft was inspired by the Battle.net social features present in Hearthstone, DiabloIV and World of Warcraft, which allow you to share and communicate across multiple platforms. This means that for games that run on platforms other than Xbox, they will still have an Xbox flavor and Xbox systems built into the game, maybe even cloud saves.".
A few days ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reiterated that Microsoft's new strategy was to be able to make Xbox accessible to everyone. And that the real Xbox fans were the players who accepted and were happy to be able to play on Xbox everywhere. Moreover, it was with a touch of humor that Microsoft launched a new slogan for its console: "This is an Xbox". A rather funny way of making it clear that from now on, any device could be capable of running Xbox games, particularly thanks to Cloud Gaming.
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