Phil Spencer says Helldivers 2 not being on Xbox isn\u2019t helping the industry Xbox\/Arrowhead Game StudiosHelldivers 2\u2019s console exclusivity has Xbox players feeling a little left out. Phil Spencer himself commented on the issue and wondered who exactly benefits from the game\u2019s Xbox absence. Helldivers 2\u2019s chaotic co-op action has captured the attention of gamers everywhere. In a lot of ways, the game has mirrored the success of Palworld, albeit with a lower overall player count. Its unexpected popularity caused some server issues early on due to the sheer demand of players and the developers have had to expand their team to adjust their content output. This is all happening while Helldivers 2 is only available on PlayStation consoles and PC. CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer has questioned the decision to keep Helldivers 2 from Xbox consoles. In an interview with Game File, Spencer made his case for sharing the love. The interview was an effort to contextualize Xbox\u2019s most recent \u2018business update\u2019 on the Official Xbox Podcast in which Spencer finally squashed rumors that Starfield was coming to PlayStation 5. He did however reveal that four unnamed Xbox exclusives would be going multiplatform in the future. Though for Xbox players, there\u2019s no word on whether this sharing of exclusives will be reciprocated by PlayStation and Nintendo. A fact that Spencer appeared to lament, specifically in regard to Helldivers 2. \u201cI will say, when I look at a game like Helldivers 2\u2014and it\u2019s a great game, kudos to the team shipping on PC and PlayStation\u2014I\u2019m not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox,\u201d Spencer explained. \u201cBut I get it. There\u2019s a legacy in console gaming that we\u2019re going to benefit by shipping games and not putting them in other places,\u201d Spencer added, conceding that exclusives are the norm for all involved. \u201cWe do the same thing.\u201d Spencer did qualify that Xbox\u2019s decision to bring some of its exclusives over to Nintendo and PlayStation wasn\u2019t an effort to have those companies to the same with their exclusives. \u201cThis is not for me, like, some kind of bartering system. We\u2019re doing it for the better of Xbox\u2019s business,\u201d Spencer elaborated. \u201cI will say shipping more games in more places and making them more accessible to more people is a good part of the gaming business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Phil Spencer says Helldivers 2 not being on Xbox isn\u2019t helping the industry Xbox\/Arrowhead Game StudiosHelldivers 2\u2019s console exclusivity has Xbox players feeling a little left out. Phil Spencer himself commented on the issue and wondered who exactly benefits from the game\u2019s Xbox absence. Helldivers 2\u2019s chaotic co-op action has captured the attention of gamers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}