Phil Spencer admitted the hole in Game Pass left by Starfield’s delay was a “disaster situation” and suggested FromSoft…
Phil Spencer admitted the hole in Game Pass left by Starfield’s delay was a “disaster situation” and suggested FromSoftware’s Dark Souls games to plug the gap following the success of Elden Ring, among other third-party releases.
Today’s enormous leak of internal Microsoft documents includes a particularly candid email from Spencer sent in May 2022, revealing his frustration around “a huge hole with our games lineup”. That was due to Starfield’s delay, “not a tonne of clarity on the launch date of Redfall”, and Stalker 2 development impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We keep talking about a big AAA a quarter in the service [Game Pass] and it feels like we are likely to go through a gap of almost 16 months between big exclusive launches on our platform,” Spencer lamented.
“This is really a disaster situation for us given all we’ve invested in content across studios at our GP content fund.”
He continued: “I think we need to get much better at overall portfolio planning on our games with real honesty on dates.
“We set a very high bar in 2021 on quality and pacing of content which was awesome to see.
