琼斯的“伟大”冒险令人印象深刻 Xbox 头

Xbox 主管 Phil Spencer 已进一步阐明了公司决定将原本仅限于 Xbox 平台的主要作品《印第安纳琼斯与命运之轮》带到竞争对手索尼的 PlayStation 主机的决定。

Xbox 解释了在 PS5 上发布《印第安纳琼斯与命运之轮》的决定多平台发布符合 Xbox 的目标

During yesterday’s Gamescom 2024 showcase, Bethesda made a surprising announcement: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, previously announced as an Xbox and PC exclusive, will also be coming to PlayStation 5 sometime in spring 2025. During a presser at the event, Xbox head Phil Spencer addressed their decision of bringing the game outside of the company's own platforms, explaining that making the game multiplatform is a strategic move for the brand and aligns with Xbox’s broader business goals.

In an interview, Spencer touched on the move, saying Xbox is a business, and the "bar is high in terms of the delivery" they are expected to give back to parent company Microsoft. "It's definitely true inside of Microsoft, the bar is high for us in terms of the delivery we have to give back to the corporation, 'cause we get a level of support from the corporation that's just amazing, what we're able to go do." He additionally noted that Xbox has been focused on "learning" and adapting based on past experiences.

"Going to the PlayStation announcement, obviously, last spring we launched four games – two of them on the Switch, four of them on PlayStation – and we said we were going to learn," Spencer said. "We said we’d watch. I think at Showcase, I might have said, from our learning, we’re gonna do more." Spencer additionally explained that despite its major title going multiplatform, the Xbox platform remains strong, with player numbers noted to reach new highs and franchises continually growing.

"What I see when I look is: our esteemed franchises are getting stronger. Our Xbox console players are as numerous this year as they've ever been. I look at it, and I say, okay: our player numbers are going up for the console platform. Our franchises are as robust as they've ever been. And we run a business," he stated.

Spencer 还强调了 Xbox 在游戏行业的适应性的重要性。 “这个行业面临着很大的压力。它已经发展了很长一段时间，现在人们正在寻找增长的方式。我认为我们，作为游戏的粉丝和玩家，我们必须预见到更多的变化，以及一些游戏制作和发行的传统方式将会改变。”他还解释说，最终目标“必须是更多人可以玩的更好的游戏”，并表示这不是 Xbox 的重点，那么他们就“专注于错误的事情”。斯宾塞说：“因此，对于 Xbox 的我们来说，Xbox 的健康、我们平台的健康以及我们不断发展的游戏是最重要的事情。”

FTC 调查结果表明《Indy》最初计划在多平台发布

自从官方宣布之前，就有大量传言称《夺宝奇兵：大圆环》将前往 Xbox 竞争对手的平台。此外，今年早些时候出现了有关第一方 Xbox 游戏走向多平台的传言，但这标志着《印第安纳琼斯与大圆》等主要游戏的首次官方确认。然而，在此之前，斯宾塞曾公开表示，《夺宝奇兵》和《星际争霸》等主要游戏都不会成为 PlayStation 上的 Xbox 独占游戏。现在，继 6 月初宣布推出《毁灭战士：黑暗时代》等其他游戏之后，《夺宝奇兵：大循环》被认为是可能登陆 PS5 的 Xbox 主要游戏名单中的最新一款。

印第安纳琼斯和大圆从 Xbox 独占游戏过渡到多平台游戏的最初讨论也可以源于微软对 Bethesda 母公司 ZeniMax Media 的收购， 两千二十分。在去年关于 Xbox 收购动视暴雪的 FTC 审判中，Bethesda 的皮特·海因斯 (Pete Hines) 透露，迪士尼最初与 ZeniMax 达成协议，根据电影系列开发适用于多种游戏机的游戏。收购完成后，双方重新协商了该交易，使该游戏成为 Xbox 和 PC 独占游戏。然而，最近决定将游戏移植到 PS5 表明 Xbox 端策略的转变。

在 2021 的内部电子邮件中，斯宾塞和其他 Xbox 高管讨论了这一影响使《夺宝奇兵》成为独家游戏。据报道，斯宾塞承认，虽然排他性可能在某些方面有利于 Xbox，但它也可能限制贝塞斯达产出的整体影响。