Xbox to Diversify Their Games Lineup; More Games Coming in 12 Months

Xbox has plans to diversify their gaming lineup to provide a richer gaming library for gamers. Also, some solid plans for the next 12 months.

Xbox to Diversify Their Games Lineup

In an interview with Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg by DualShockers, there has been some good things brewing on the side of The Coalition and the main team at 343 Industries.

Greenberg thinks that 1st party studios being quiet is a good thing. As a fan he knows that The Coalition is there, and they’re hard at work on “something,” and the same goes for 343 Industries. The question is how far in advance Microsoft should announce what they’re doing.

There are so many games coming to Xbox One over the next twelve months, and Microsoft feels good about its first party lineup. Greenberg feels that it’s nice to be able to have a strong lineup like that, and still be a little quiet about what is being done behind the scenes. That being said, he recently visited The Coalition, and he is “very excited” about the future of the Gears of War franchise. He is also very excited about the future of the Halo franchise.

On another note, Greenberg also commented on Black Desert Online‘s upcoming release on Xbox One: Microsoft believes that there is an opportunity to have more MMO games on the console, and Black Desert in particular has a strong following, but isn’t yet very well known in the west. So it’s a great opportunity to bring a great game to the console and give it more visibility in the west.

This was actually the idea behind the E3 show: showing a large and diverse line-up of creators from all over the world, including Europe, Korea, Japan and more. Microsoft “really want that diversity,” and the folks working at Xbox pride themselves on loving games and wanting to honor the creators and artist making these titles.

Xbox Division Head Phil Spencer himself is a game developer, and has a “deep appreciation” for this. According to Greenberg it’s not always about selling millions of units, and Microsoft wants to make sure that they have a good variety and a diverse lineup for their players.

Pokdepinion: Perhaps we’ll see a bit more interest in the Microsoft-side of things outside of they’re new console. I always thought games on that side are not as attractive to the general audience but if that side gets improved, we might see a huge interest shift over.