Recently, Microsoft suffered one of its biggest leaks in years revealing a whole host of planned video game releases and even details on its next consoles.
What’s more, private emails were also leaked revealing conversations withXboxchief Phil Spencer. In the emails, we even learned aboutSpencer’s desire to purchase Nintendoas Microsoft has withBethesda’s parent company ZeniMax MediaandActivision Blizzard. Obviously, at least at the time of writing, Microsoft has not acquired Nintendo and I think most of us would be surprised if that ever happened, but never say never.
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The leaks are via Microsoft’s recent court battle with the US market regulator, the FTC,a court battle which Microsoft wonin its pursuit to successfully acquire Activision Blizzard. The aforementioned emails from Phil Spencer also revealed his opinions on thePlayStation 5and how Xbox would beat Sony’s latest gaming machine. Unfortunately, it’s fair to say that the email hasn’t aged all that well.
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A section of the email which was dated 18 March 2020, roughly eight months prior to the release of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, read: “We have a better product thanSonydoes, not just on hardware but equally important on the software platform and service on top of the hardware. We have the ingredients of a winning plan.” However, Spencer continued in the email to say that Microsoft has not “won anything” yet.
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That being said, in recent yearsMicrosofthas acquired some fantastic studios, not only those associated with Bethesda and Activision but also the likes of Ninja Theory,Obsidian Entertainment, Double Fine and much more. As they say, it’s a marathon, not a race and if there’s something we can all perhaps agree on, it’s a great generation to be a gamer, no matter what your platform preference may be.
It will be interesting to see how all these stories develop in the coming days and if more secretive details will leak. Watch this space.
Topics:Xbox,Microsoft,Sony,PlayStation 5
