Microsoft says it’s not making video games for the Xbox One however will proceed to assist ongoing previous-generation titles like Minecraft and Halo Infinite. Engadget experiences: “We have moved on to gen 9,” Xbox Recreation Studios head Matt Booty informed Axios, referring to the Xbox Sequence X/S consoles. The corporate additionally makes its video games for PC. This transfer needed to occur in some unspecified time in the future to keep away from newer and extra advanced video games being hamstrung by the {hardware} limitations of the decade-old Xbox One. Nonetheless, it will be doable for these clinging onto an Xbox One to play Sequence X/S titles resembling Starfield and Forza Motorsport by means of Xbox Cloud Gaming. “That is how we’ll preserve assist,” Booty stated.
The transfer away from Xbox One will free Microsoft’s groups from the shackles of the earlier era. Nevertheless, some third-party builders have raised considerations that the Xbox Sequence S, which is much less highly effective than the Sequence X, is holding them again too. Booty conceded that ensuring video games run nicely on the Sequence S requires “extra work.” Nonetheless, he famous Microsoft’s studios (notably these engaged on their second video games for this era of consoles) at the moment are capable of higher optimize their initiatives for the Sequence S.