In an interview with Bloomberg (reported on by GamesRadar) alongside Starfield Sport Director, Todd Howard, Xbox’s Head of Gaming Phil Spencer was requested whether or not The Elder Scrolls 6 can be an Xbox unique, and he gave a fantastically wiley reply, deftly avoiding coming down on both facet of the fence.
“We have a look at it on a case by case foundation with the video games that we construct. We wish to ensure our video games can be found in so many various locations – on our xbox consoles, on PC, additionally by way of cloud. These video games can come to virtually any web-enabled machine” stated Spencer.
It’s fully attainable that Phil refuses to offer a straight reply right here as a result of he doesn’t have one but. Microsoft has made commitments to bringing Name of Obligation to PlayStation consoles for the subsequent ten years ought to it efficiently shut its proposed deal to purchase Activision, so it is clearly not against having Xbox Video games Studios video games on Sony consoles, if it is sensible financially.
Starfield may nicely be the litmus check that Xbox is utilizing to find out whether or not The Elder Scrolls goes unique or not. If it strikes the needle by way of console gross sales, it could possibly be a powerful signal that The Elder Scrolls 6 would do the identical.
Earlier this yr, Spencer informed the FTC that “I believe we’ve been slightly unclear on what platforms it’s launching on, given how far out the sport is. It’s troublesome for us proper now to nail down,” referencing the truth that The Elder Scrolls 6 hadn’t even entered full manufacturing at that time. It’s years away from our screens, and may not even arrive till the subsequent console era.
It appears like we’ve all received loads of time to seize these Starfield achievements whereas we watch for The Elder Scrolls 6 at any price. Or you might simply begin one other playthrough of Skyrim…