In a new interview, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer hints about its roadmaps for future improvements in Xbox achievements, along with a revival for its Xbox Family Plan and more.
In late October, a couple of weeks after Microsoft finally closed the deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, the company made some adjustments in its executive ranks. One of them was giving its long-time Xbox head Phil Spencer a new title: CEO of Microsoft Gaming.
The new title gives Spencer all the power at Microsoft to improve and expand its gaming efforts; not just with its Xbox consoles but with PC gaming and, as has been previously reported, a new effort to launch a future third-party mobile gaming store.
In a new interview with Windows Central, Spencer made some comments about the company’s possible future gaming plans. One thing that was brought up was the company’s cloud gaming efforts. Spencer stated originally that it was planned to be a way for Microsoft to enter the mobile gaming space, but in the US, it’s turned into a way for Xbox gamers to try out games on the cloud before they purchase them or download them for Xbox Game Pass.
