In 2021, Microsoft launched a large number of excellent first-party new games such as Brain Crew 2, Age of Empires 4, Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5, and Halo: Infinity, which made Microsoft the best game publisher of 2021. Heading into 2022, things look a bit of a turn, with most of The first-party games xbox being developed, such as Fables, Oath, Perfect Darkness, and others that seem unlikely to be released in 2022.
On the XboxEra podcast, Spencer said, "We do have a lot of games in development, and we want to get to the point where we can have a consistent lineup of great games that our consumers can predict." We're working on it right now, but we didn't have a big deal this quarter. So Matt Booty and his team, as well as the ZeniMax team (B Society), want to get to this point, so that our platform has an upward channel, and there are masterpieces that everyone often keeps looking forward to. ”
The overall goal of the Xbox Studios group is to be able to deliver great first-party games consistently and consistently. Back a year ago, Microsoft made it clear that they wanted to launch at least one large first-party game every quarter of the year. Given the number of first-party studios under Xbox and the large number of new studios joining in by 2023, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is complete, Microsoft can achieve this goal effortlessly.