Spencer: the gap in the Xbox game lineup in 2022 was a disaster, but now it's getting better.

CTOnews.com, September 20 (Xinhua)-- with the release of new FTC v. Microsoft acquisition documents, more and more inside information has been revealed, including an internal email sent by Xbox director Spencer in May 2022, which Spencer called the gap in the platform game lineup "a disaster."

According to ▲ source FTC court documents, Spencer said in the letter that Microsoft's game lineup was in great trouble, and there were no large-scale exclusive games released on the Xbox platform in the 16 months from Halo: infinity in December 2021 to the next production, "Cabernet Island."

Given the company's investment in various studio content in GamePass, this is a "disaster" for Microsoft, and we really need to learn our lessons and make good plans for the future.

Spencer then called on the Xbox team to sign third-party games as soon as possible to fill these gaps and stressed that "get started" and start planning the game lineup for the next two years.

▲ source FTC court documents and the situation on Microsoft's platform seems to have improved after the game Starry Sky was released. CTOnews.com had previously reported that Spencer had said in an interview that Starry Sky would be the starting gun for a game blowout on the Xbox platform.

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