Microsoft's Phil Spencer on Starfield, Xbox Cloud, and Game Pass Revenue.
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Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that there were discussions about Starfield potentially skipping Xbox consoles prior to Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax. Xbox was worried about losing Starfield after seeing Bethesda titles like Ghostwire: Tokyo and Deathloop head exclusively to PlayStation. Spencer said Xbox had to secure content for its platform — by way of the Bethesda acquisition — to "remain viable in the business".
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