Helldivers 2‘s PS5 exclusivity appears to trouble Xbox boss Phil Spencer, if his current statements are something to go by. In a current interview following yesterday’s extremely anticipated enterprise podcast, Spencer addressed multiplatform recreation releases and advised that Helldivers 2 would have benefitted from an Xbox launch as properly.
Helldivers 2 is a “nice” recreation however lack of Xbox model advantages nobody, says Spencer
Talking to Stephen Totilo’s Sport File (paywalled), Spencer stated that Xbox’s choice to launch 4 of its video games on rival platforms isn’t meant to be some form of a “bartering” system. Whereas he would welcome PlayStation and Nintendo video games on Xbox platforms, Spencer says he doesn’t anticipate different corporations to observe go well with. That stated, he believes the shock hit Helldivers 2 ought to have had an even bigger viewers.
After I take a look at a recreation like Helldivers 2 — and it’s an awesome recreation, kudos to the group transport on PC and PlayStation — I’m not precisely certain who it helps within the trade by not being on Xbox,” Spencer stated. “However I get it. There’s a legacy in console gaming that we’re going to learn by transport video games and never placing them on different locations. We do the identical factor.”
Sony launched Helldivers 2 on PS5 and PC concurrently.