Phil Spencer Thinks Baldur’s Gate 3’s Success Is Great For the Industry

IGN : Head of Xbox Phil Spencer joins IGN at gamescom 2023 to discuss the upcoming Xbox games lineup for 2023 and plans for 2024. Spencer talks about Starfield and whether it’ll be supported way into the future like Skyrim, Baldur’s Gate 3, and outlines the lessons learned from Redfall. We also hear more about Turn 10 Studios’ Forza Motorsport and follow up on Final Fantasy 14, which has recently been confirmed for Xbox.

[shadowT]

Xbox Series S is getting more and more a problem

[__SteakDeck__]

It’s crazy that you got downvoted for this. SMH

[VenomUK]

Good Guy Phil - he’s talking at an Xbox event yet is praising a PS5 exclusive.

[Rynxie]

This means Ms will try and buy Larian Studios. Ms doesn't believe in building studios are games from the ground up.

[Kaii]

"Great for the industry"
No, Great for consumers. The industry is a bunch of money-sucking suits padding extra monetization models onto games, they need to gtfo.

[Godmars290]

No, great for MS. Maybe.

The game has to come out and actually be well received. Not just be positive PR spin. Then there needs to be consistent releases, that are also actually and honestly well received.

[anast]

this

[Gardenia]

Exactly. If a company like EA or Activision would buy the developer they would ruin the gameplay with season pass and microtransaction. Take Diablo 4 for example.

[Magatsuhi]

Meaning it's another IP they want to purchase to further monopolize games.

[Soulsborne]

Keep this dog away from Larian Studios.

[UltimateOwnage]

In other words they want to buy them up and stuff their game on GamePass before they get too big / successful.

[phoenixwing]

Pretty much. Larian has made them look bad with s parity. So buy them up and they won't be able to complain plus you get devs who can make good games.

Edit: I said this before but Sony should buy larian studios.

[__SteakDeck__]

He probably wishes he could of bought Larian too.

[Reaper22_]

If they want to sell I don't see a problem with it. Or is it only good when sony buys studios?

[Hypertension140]

@Reaper22

Here we go again acting like Sony has done anything remotely close to what Microsoft has been doing.

Rockstar, EA, Capcom, Bandi Namco, or Ubisoft, Sony has to buy at least TWO of these studios for your comment to make sense.

I chose these studios cuz they're all very popular on the competing platform which is the only reason why Microsoft chose them in the first place. Bet you can't name most the studios Sony recently acquired without looking them up.

[Rude-ro]

Well, if Microsoft bought them, you would see half the game that was released so they could spend millions in advertising telling you it is great.
Media or content creators.

[CrimsonWing69]

No sh*t it is. It’s a game that not forcing GaaS down our throats. The kind of game the industry should be putting out regularly.

[mkis007]

Im hoping by support ( for starfield), he means not stopping the official patches until they match the unofficial ones.

[EvertonFC]

This guy just comes across as slimey

[TriniOutsider]

This man is a fraud. Like I keep saying his crying about being in 3rd place is doing wonders for him for now.

[Charlieboy333]

This is freakin' hilarious because it is his insistence on the stupid Series S parity that is delaying this 'great success' from being released on his consoles. Instead of just dropping split screen on the S......but how nice of him to praise the game. Talk about rubbing it in.