While their recent library of first party offerings would tell you distinctly otherwise, Microsoft remains committed to the “core gamer” with the Xbox 360. Â According to a recent interview with Phil Spencer of Microsoft, the corporate Vice President says that creating new experiences for the core gamer is still a top priority.
Creating core IPs “isn’t an easy thing”, said Spencer in an interview with GameInformer. Â “We do think that it’s fundamental that core gamers look at 360 as the place they want to play games.”
Microsoft’s social, casual, and entertainment aspects of Xbox Live have taken a front seat in recent years, while core gamers have felt somewhat left behind since the introduction of Kinect a paltry lineup of good but few exclusives in 2011.
Which echoes what Spencer said in the interview. Â “I do think that it’s about quality and impact, not number of releases in a year.”
