Xbox Games Showcase 2023: Pressure on Microsoft Pays Off.
Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty admits that the Redfall team should have better prepared to be part of first-party after Xbox's acquisition of ZeniMax. Booty takes responsibility for not setting expectations appropriately and urges players not to blame individual developers for the game's middling reviews and performance. He also acknowledges that the team got "tunnel vision" around the game's release. Booty discusses why games are taking longer to make nowadays and Xbox's first-party strategy.