Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the gap between the launch of big Xbox first-party games has been too long.With Starfield delayed from November 2022 to the first half of 2023, and Redfall also suffering a similar setback, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has admitted that Microsoft’s output of first-party Xbox games is “a little light” this year. However, the Xbox boss is excited for what’s to come next year.Speaking with the Same Brain podcast, Spencer said, “One thing we’ve definitely heard loud and clear is it’s been too long since we’ve shipped what people would say is a big first-party game. We can have our excuses on Covid and other things, but in the end, I know people invest in our platform, and they want to have great games.”We’re excited about 2023, and we’ve talked about games that are coming, and those games are tracking well, we’re kind of out of what Covid did to the production schedule. As an industry, we have fewer games this holiday than we’ve had in a while when you just think about the launches. Call of Duty’s coming, God of War’s coming, which is great, Nintendo’s had a good year, but I’d say, in general, we’ve been a little light, but I look at 2023, and there’s a great lineup of games coming that I’m excited about. Getting our first real Xbox first-party games out of Bethesda, having them ship with Redfall and Starfield will be a lot of fun.”Back in June, Microsoft announced it was “on track” to launch at least five first-party Xbox games during the company’s current fiscal year, which started on July 1st, 2021 and ends on June 30th, 2022. So far, Microsoft has launched Grounded, and will also launch Pentiment in two weeks. Early next year, we have the console edition of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Minecraft Legends, and both Starfield and Redfall. Also confirmed for 2023 so far are Forza Motorsport and the console release of Age of Empires IV. Of course, all of these will be coming to Xbox Game Pass, which you can see in our lengthy coming to Game Pass article. What do you make of Microsoft’s first-party output? Give us your thoughts down in the comments.
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