Diablo IV He continues on his way, turning where he is Microsoft takes you. Since Phil Spencer’s people bought Snow storm, is a recurring argument when it comes to publicly showing the power that Americans have acquired within the video game industry. So yes, it is a fundamental pillar in the strategy of both consoles and PC.
But recently, some company officials have gone to the media to make statements that continue to surprise. Especially those of us who have been playing for many years and find certain statements that don’t seem to match what has happened so far. This is the case of one of the last ones, which featured the president of Xbox Sarah Bond
Diablo IV, born to succeed on Xbox?
The fact is that the main title that we can extract from the mouth of Sarah Bond is that the number one platform for gamers Diablo IV are Xbox. Zasca! For those who thought that such a thing could not happen and that the frankness of Snow storm He only had eyes for his PC souls, and that’s where he’s always been present since the first installment in the late 90s.
And what do you think this statement means? Obviously the milestone reached at the end of March for which Diablo IV This ended up becoming the first game of Snow storm
We can surely say that, simply, this is one more window from which we can examine Diablo IV, But nothing more. Another thing is that, requested for its inclusion in Microsoft’s monthly subscription, it took a growth spurt and as a result thousands and thousands of new players reached it (with controllers in good condition or not) .
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In addition to this statement, Sarah Bond also stated that “we integrate the titles of Activision Blizzard King in our services: we are launching Diablo 4 In game passand Xbox quickly became the platform [número uno] for players D4 […] We integrate with Battle.net, all this while we launch CoD: Warzone Mobile and we prepare the rest Hellblade II, Avowed e Indiana Jones and the Great Circle“.
And he said something important: preservation work that will attempt to “future-proof” all digital game libraries. Xbox to “leverage Xbox’s strong history of offering backwards compatibility […] We build on our strong history of offering backwards compatibility to our players, and we remain committed to showcasing the incredible library of Xbox games so that future generations of gamers can enjoy them.
Something important that many surely wanted to hear.