Xbox CEO Phil Spencer, in a conversation with journalist Stephen Totillo, said that the company has no plans to abandon physical releases. It will continue to monitor consumer preferences, but does not intend to deprive them of choice.
And this despite the fact that it becomes unprofitable to create consoles with a disk drive. Fewer suppliers, fewer buyers – all this has an expected impact on costs. According to Spencer, “Game consoles themselves have become the latest powered consumer electronic devices.”
The Xbox Series (like PS5) already offers a choice between physical and digital gaming. At the same time, according to rumors, the company plans to release a version of the Xbox Series X without a disc drive. In addition, Spencer himself recently confirmed that new console offerings should appear this year.
Meanwhile, sources from insider Tom Henderson reported that Microsoft managed to close the departments producing disc versions of games for the Xbox. But they can always be outsourced.
Another topic of conversation between Spencer and Totillo was Call of Duty. The head of Xbox again confirmed that games in the series will appear on Game Pass, including future games on the day of their release.
Process of adding projects Activision Blizzard King into the subscription service catalog began on the day the Microsoft deal closed. The company has previously said that such “mechanical work” takes time.