French edition Lefigaro interviews the head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Bootie… The main conversation concerned the acquisition Bethesda…
Key details:
- The Xbox presentation at E3 2023 will indeed be merged with the Bethesda show. The event will take place in a few weeks;
- The company’s goal: to release new Bethesda games to Xbox Game Pass on release day;
- Microsoft is not going to interfere with Bethesda’s publishing teams in marketing, sales, communications, overseas offices, etc., and will not impose its own commands on them;
- Microsoft doesn’t want its studios to only create what’s best for Game Pass, and it won’t a priori follow the Netflix route of releasing content based on in-depth analysis of viewer count data. Priority: Leave creative freedom to developers, and this applies not only to Bethesda, but also to all other internal studios;
- The impact of COVID-19 has slowed the development of Xbox Game Studios games, with more originals than sequels being affected.
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