There’s been a lot of talk recently in the gaming world about first-party games and singleplayer titles. For it seems that now more than ever, having important first-party titles is vital to the success of a console, which is why many consider the Xbox One somewhat of a failure as it’s only sold half of what the PS4 has. Furthermore, people are talking about the importance of singleplayer titles, as some feel that singleplayer games will be completely gone soon.
One of the heads of the Xbox Team, Aaron Greenburg, had this to say to DualShockers in regards to the singleplayer game question:
“We love single player games. […] It’s something that we absolutely believe in, and you’re right. I think the thing about these studios that makes them unique is really first and foremost, they are incredibly talented developers that make really high quality games. Most of these tend to be focused — If you think about Compulsion, or Ninja Theory, or Undead — they’re make games that are uniquely different from what we’re doing today in our first-party studios.
He went on to note that it’s not just about one kind of game, it’s about having all kinds of games for players to choose from:
People want to play co-op games, they want to play multiplayer games, and they want to play single player games, and we wanna make sure that we have the best of those games coming out of those internal studios as well.”
As for the Xbox itself, Greenberg notes that they’re working hard to bring even more stuff to gamers:
“Know that the company is focused and investing to continuing to grow our content, and we’re going to be bringing more and more games to our fans no matter what device they’re playing on, and growing services like the Xbox game Pass.”
We’ll have to see how it all goes for the console.
