{"id":78969,"date":"2024-03-26T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/publishers-not-sure-if-they-should-keep-making-xbox-games\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:45:22","slug":"publishers-not-sure-if-they-should-keep-making-xbox-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/publishers-not-sure-if-they-should-keep-making-xbox-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishers Not Sure If They Should Keep Making Xbox Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Reportedly, some third-party video game publishers aren\u2019t sure why they should keep making and supporting games for <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/tag\/xbox&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/tag\/xbox\">Xbox consoles<\/a><\/span> due to poor sales in Europe. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 fzSzvw\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 enlHCF instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"196181,191188,196230\" data-current=\"196181\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 biVjcq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"196181\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"180\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196181\/196181_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196181\/196181_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196181\/196181_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196181\/196181_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/21718.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/1t1otAXv2rk&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1t1otAXv2rk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a new podcast from <em>Gamesindustry.biz<\/em><\/a><\/span>, the head of the outlet, Chris Dring, explained that while at the 2024 <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/baldur-s-gate-3-sequel-expansion-larian-studios-1851356964&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/baldur-s-gate-3-sequel-expansion-larian-studios-1851356964\">Game Developers Conference<\/a><\/span> (GDC) he heard that \u201cflatlining\u201d Xbox hardware sales in Europe have made some companies question what the point is of continuing to support Microsoft\u2019s brand and its various consoles due to a declining audience and lack of growth.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-1t1otAXv2rk&amp;start=525\" data-chomp-id=\"1t1otAXv2rk\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/1t1otAXv2rk\" id=\"youtube-1t1otAXv2rk\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"1t1otAXv2rk\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/1t1otAXv2rk\" id=\"youtube-1t1otAXv2rk\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 dHvBHx caption\">GI Microcast | GDC 2024, PS5 Pro and more<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cThe other thing I heard\u2014I heard it from a very prominent company and one not so prominent\u2014was Xbox\u2019s performance in Europe is just flatlining,\u201d said Dring on the podcast. \u201cYou can follow our monthly coverage in the games market and you can see that Xbox sales are falling, and it\u2019s been falling throughout last year and it\u2019s falling even harder this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Dring further said that one major company\u2014who reportedly released a \u201cbig game\u201d last year\u2014said: \u201cI don\u2019t know why we bothered supporting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cWe mentioned on the previous podcast that we\u2019d heard retailers in Europe are considering or had already been cutting back their Xbox stock on their shelves\u2014<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-s-physical-game-low-sales-digital-1851218453&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-s-physical-game-low-sales-digital-1851218453\">hardware, games, that kind of thing<\/a><\/span>\u2014and now you\u2019ve got publishers, third-party publishers going, \u2018we\u2019re putting in a lot of effort trying to create a Series S version and an X version of a game when, to be honest with you, for us the market is PC and PS5\u2019,\u201d said Dring.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 dezcon\" id=\"h27279\"><strong>Publishers are starting to wonder if Xbox ports are worth it<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">According to Dring, from what he heard at GDC 2024, Xbox is \u201cin real trouble as a hardware manufacturer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cI didn\u2019t really factor in that some developers and publishers might just go \u2018Yeah, is there any point?\u201d and that is when you can lose it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cThey need to make sure it makes sense to continue to make versions of their games for [Xbox],\u201d explained Dring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">For years now, we\u2019ve heard Microsoft <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-phil-spencer-interview-starfield-ps5-console-war-1850404446&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-phil-spencer-interview-starfield-ps5-console-war-1850404446\">downplay the importance<\/a><\/span> of selling Xbox consoles as the company has <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-s-sales-microsoft-next-gen-exclusives-1850375665#:~:text=Two%20years%20in%2C%20Microsoft's%20Xbox,be%20making%20up%20the%20difference.&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-s-sales-microsoft-next-gen-exclusives-1850375665#:~:text=Two%20years%20in%2C%20Microsoft's%20Xbox,be%20making%20up%20the%20difference.\">struggled to keep up<\/a><\/span> with <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ps4-xbox-one-outsold-twice-microsoft-court-docs-1849413824&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ps4-xbox-one-outsold-twice-microsoft-court-docs-1849413824\">Nintendo and Sony\u2019s sales of their respective devices<\/a><\/span>. In 2023, Microsoft admitted in court docs that it <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-ps5-switch-microsoft-sony-nintendo-sales-1850567636&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-series-x-ps5-switch-microsoft-sony-nintendo-sales-1850567636\">lost the console war in 2001<\/a><\/span> and is still losing to this day. We\u2019ve even seen data suggesting that <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ps5-outselling-xbox-50-million-data-sony-microsoft-1851243811&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/ps5-outselling-xbox-50-million-data-sony-microsoft-1851243811\">PS5 is outselling Xbox 2:1<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">But, like Dring, I always assumed that as long as Microsoft was willing to keep making boxes and selling them, publishers would keep making games for Xbox. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">However, it seems flatlining sales in Europe and a sense that Microsoft is no longer as committed to Xbox hardware as before\u2014<span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-fans-content-creators-ps5-ports-starfield-rumors-1851230962&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-fans-content-creators-ps5-ports-starfield-rumors-1851230962\">publishing previously exclusive games on PS5, for example<\/a><\/span>\u2014has led to, as Dring explained in the podcast, a sense of confusion over what\u2019s going on at Microsoft. And sure, some people are still buying Xbox consoles, but if that number keeps dipping and the audience is not growing or shrinking, it makes sense that publishers\u2014looking to cut costs\u2014might decide an Xbox port isn\u2019t worth it anymore in 2024 or beyond. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/publishers-not-sure-xbox-ports-europe-sales-low-gdc-1851367132\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reportedly, some third-party video game publishers aren\u2019t sure why they should keep making and supporting games for Xbox consoles due to poor sales in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}