After acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has huge plans for the development of Xbox. The situation was commented on by Satya Nadella, who in a conversation with Axel Springer mentioned the corporation’s big plans for the games department.
After over 20 months of struggle, Microsoft has finally finalized the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and the largest transaction in our industry is expected to have a very positive impact on Xbox’s ability to create and publish new games.
In a conversation with the editorial office, Microsoft’s president, Axel Springer, confirmed that the entire Redmond corporation is “really excited” about the transaction. The company managed to implement a project that for many seemed impossible to complete.
During the interview, Satya Nadella mentioned that games are a very important place for Microsoft because the corporation sees the constant growth of the industry and wants to implement various projects.
So for us, games are the only place where we feel we have a real contribution to the development of consumer markets. If you look at it, the amount of time people spend gaming is increasing, and Gen Z will play even more.
Microsoft’s CEO noted that the gaming industry is constantly changing, and Microsoft wants to produce productions for a variety of devices. The giant believes that it can literally double its capacity to implement games.
The way games are created and delivered is changing dramatically. Whether it’s mobile devices, consoles, PCs or even the cloud. So we’re looking forward to doubling our capabilities as both a game developer and publisher. Now we will be one of the largest game publishers, as well as a company that creates platforms for them.
The situation is certainly interesting because Microsoft, due to its large purchases, has been providing Minecraft not only for its own devices, but also for competing platforms for several years, and the situation with Call of Duty will be identical.
Source: Wccftech