– Reputation rating interface changes: The Xbox Live community is comprised overwhelmingly of players with positive reputations, and so, the vast majority of profiles are rated “good.’ As a result, we are changing our reputation interface to draw attention only to players who have been rated “needs work” or “avoid me”. In fact, we’re more exposed because it shows how many people are actually using our platform and service every month and reporting that publicly. “To me, that’s what our brand stands for”.
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“It’s not how many consoles I sell”.
From a third-party side, outside of its own studios, Spencer says he’s “asked a lot about JRPGs, and why don’t we have stronger support in Japan”.
This could be a radical departure from what we’ve known about how consoles are released to the public.
Part of the aim to “do better” for Spencer is, of course, to bring more games to Xbox.
Is the Xbox One about to get an upgrade?
The plan as stated is to unify PC and Xbox One gaming into one ecosystem called UWA (Universal Window Applications), with the UWP (Universal Windows Platform) allowing the same app to run on PC, Xbox, tablets, and smartphones.
– Customizable Game DVR recording length: Based on Xbox Feedback, it’s clear that fans want to be able to configure the length of their Game DVR recordings. “Everything that we do, on any device, is being driven by the Xbox team, and the team is 100% committed to the success on every platform that our gamers want to play”, said Spencer as quoted by DualShockers. “I love the idea of both backward and forward compatibility when you think about future innovations that can happen in the hardware space”. You will see us coming up with new hardware capabilities during this generation, allowing the old and future titles to be compatible because we have a universal Windows application that runs on top of the platforms.
Currently, Microsoft is developing HoloLens, the augmented reality device first revealed in 2015, while Sony is competing with Oculus and Vive via PlayStation VR.
The awesome Prison Architect game which has already been made available on PC is now available as a game preview for the Xbox One and is now available to download directly from the Xbox online store.
“That’s our goal”, said Spencer.
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“We see on other platforms whether it be mobile or PC that you get a continuous innovation that you rarely see on console”, he said. Indeed, the importance of UWA extends well beyond gaming; games are a big lure of any ecosystem however, and it is exactly because of this importance that the focus has been switched to building a full-fledged gaming cred for UWA, as Spencer reiterates. Xbox never had that….
