Microsoft is not making new video games for the Xbox One

Nearly three years into the Xbox Collection X/S lifecycle, Microsoft says it’s not making video games for the Xbox One. Whereas the corporate will proceed to assist ongoing previous-generation titles like Minecraft and Halo Infinite, no Xbox Recreation Studios groups are engaged on new titles for the older console. “We have moved on to gen 9,” Xbox Recreation Studios head Matt Booty informed Axios, referring to the Xbox Collection X/S consoles. The corporate additionally makes its video games for PC.

This transfer needed to occur sooner or later to keep away from newer and extra complicated video games being hamstrung by the {hardware} limitations of the decade-old Xbox One. Nonetheless, it will be doable for these clinging onto an Xbox One to play Collection X/S titles equivalent to Starfield and Forza Motorsport by Xbox Cloud Gaming. “That’s how we’re going to take care of assist,” Booty stated.

The information comes within the wake of a powerful exhibiting for Xbox at its huge annual showcase final weekend. It introduced new titles equivalent to Compulsion’s South of Midnight and InXile’s Clockwork Revolution, whereas offering contemporary seems to be on the likes of Fable, Avowed and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

The transfer away from Xbox One will free Microsoft’s groups from the shackles of the earlier technology. Nevertheless, some third-party builders have raised issues that the Xbox Collection S, which is much less highly effective than the Collection X, is holding them again too.

Booty conceded that ensuring video games run effectively on the Collection S requires “extra work.” Nonetheless, he famous Microsoft’s studios (significantly these engaged on their second video games for this technology of consoles) are actually capable of higher optimize their tasks for the Collection S.