At Microsoft, 2022 will have been a particularly calm year in terms of big exclusives, while Sony Interactive Entertainment has drawn Horizon: Fobidden West (February 18), the remake of The Last of Us (September 2), and will undoubtedly break again mouths with God of War Ragnarök on November 9th. The American manufacturer will offer Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment) on November 15, which is too little for Phil Spencer's taste. "One of the messages that we've heard perfectly is that it's been ages now since we've released a big first party exclusive," he admitted in an interview with the Same Brain YouTube channel. We can come up with the COVID-19 excuse and a lot of other things, but in the end, people buy our consoles and want to enjoy great games."
"We're looking forward to 2023. We've talked about the games coming out, and things are going well. The impact of COVID-19 in terms of the schedule is behind us now. If I look at the industry as a whole , during the holidays, we will release fewer games than usual. Certainly, Call of Duty will arrive [it is available since last week, editor's note], God of War Ragnarök too (which is a great thing), and Nintendo had a great year. But overall I'd say it's 'lighter'. I'm already looking towards 2023, including a line-up that I'm particularly excited about. For example, I'm thinking of our first exclusives with Bethesda Softworks, namely Redfall and Starfield. It's going to be a lot of fun."
Other games exclusive to Xbox consoles include the upcoming Forza Motorsport (Turn 10), State of Decay 3 (Undead Labs), Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory), the new Fable (Playground Games), The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment), Avowed (Obsidian Entertainment), Perfect Dark (The Initiative), or Everwild (Rare). In short, if Phil Spencer keeps his word, indeed, Microsoft should have things to show on the side of its first party studios next year.
