Xbox Has a Great Lineup for Fall and Spring, Is Beginning to Hit Its Stride, Says Matt Booty

This year's Xbox Game Showcase saw Microsoft delivering one of the best shows ever, thanks to the sheer breadth of triple-A games it presented across its various divisions (Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax, and Activision Blizzard). Yesterday, Matt Booty (President of Xbox Game Content and Studios) was featured on the latest episode of the Strictly Business podcast hosted by Variety's Jennifer Maas and took the chance to claim that the studios are finally hitting the expected release rhythm. He also said Microsoft has a great lineup for both Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 and is poised to deliver another awesome showcase next year.

This was our first opportunity for all of our studios to really come together in one moment. Some of the critical mass that we had, some of the excitement about the number of games that we were able to show really is a reflection that this is the first time our teams have been able to come together. We also are beginning to hit the rhythm that we've always aspired for, and that really is our commitment to our players, of being to deliver a much more steady cadence of games on a more predictable rhythm. We really started in earnest in building our Xbox Studios portfolio in 2018, then we had the wonderful ZeniMax/Bethesda acquisition, and then last Fall we brought onboard Activision/Blizzard/King. But it has taken a while to sort of get all of that up to speed. I feel like this is us beginning to hit our stride.

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One of the things I'm encouraged by is that I look forward to the future of next year, where we're in a position to hopefully deliver also a great lineup and great showcase next June. We have a pretty big lineup through the Fall and through the Spring, and we certainly want to make sure that every game is given space and has got an opportunity to shine. [...] The other thing is that we really want to make sure that when we declare a date, that we're committed to that.