Xbox boss on first party response to PlayStation exclusives

Microsoft has no plans to copy the PlayStation team's approach to first party game development. Xbox gaming boss Phil Spencer has addressed calls for the company to work on similar titles to the likes of 'Uncharted' and 'God of War', which are exclusive to Sony's console. However, speaking during a recent GameLab event he said: "We know it's important - we know it's something that our fans want. "But I will also say we are going to create our first-party around the things that we feel like we need to do in order to stand up for Xbox. "Sometimes we get suggestions of, 'Where's your X game?' or, 'Where's your Y game?' when people look at the other hardware platforms. "But I don't think our goal is to replicate what other people have done. It doesn't help the industry to have people that are trying to do exactly the same thing with their platforms, services, or content." Although Microsoft won't try to copy the same first party strategies employed by Sony or Nintendo, Spencer is confident his teams are moving in the right direction with their own projects. He added: "I'm really proud of the diversity of content that our Xbox Games Studios teams are creating - genres, art styles, platforms, and gameplay. "Single-player, multiplayer, cooperative work that's coming along. I'm just really proud of the diversity I'm seeing ... and I think that's going to continue. "That's going to be a mainstay for us. It won't be about a certain kind of genre or a certain kind of story. The teams are really led by their own vision and what they want to build."

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