Despite Microsoft’s recent spate of high-profile Xbox exclusives, including Starfield, Xbox head Phil Spencer says Doom: The Dark Ages is coming to PS5 because it’s “a franchise everyone deserves to play.”
While speaking on IGN Live, Spencer was asked why Doom: The Dark Ages, a slight medieval twist on the popular FPS series that was announced earlier today during the Xbox Games Showcase, is coming to PS5. This multi-console release is a clear departure from Xbox’s recent strategy, which has seen many games released in the wake of the company’s purchase of Zenimax Media only release on PC and Xbox. Both Starfield and Redfall are exclusive to the Xbox console, with games like Avowed, Indiana Jones, and the Great Circle set to follow suit.
On Doom Dark Ages coming to PS5: “Doom is definitely one of those franchises that has a history across multiple platforms. It’s a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play.” #IGNLiveJune 9, 2024
Doom: The Dark Ages is set to buck that trend, and Phil Spencer says this is partly due to the series’ legacy. He told IGN that “Doom is definitely one of those franchises that has a history across multiple platforms. It’s a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play.”
That’s an interesting sentiment, because it suggests that Xbox could decide to pick and choose which games end up being played on multiple platforms entirely based in part on legacy. Spencer is right that Doom has been released on a large number of platforms, but so has, for example, The Elder Scrolls. If the history of Doom was the reason The Dark Ages launched on PS5, could the same fate one day befall The Elder Scrolls 6?
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