Vi har løbende set forskellige udgivere hæve priserne for spil til de kommende next-gen-konsoller. Take-Two har valgt at gøre det med blandt andet NBA 2K21, og selv Sony har også en højere pris på visse af deres PlayStation 5-lanceringstitler.
Det lader dog umiddelbart ikke til at vi skal frygte at det sker for Xbox-førstepartsspil, i hvert fald ikke som generel regel. Om ikke andet har Phil Spencer udtalt i Real Dead-podcastet, at spil til den højere pris på $69.99 er en "undtagelse", at deres fremgangsmåde vil være "fan-centric".
"I think what you've seen across the industry, with a couple of notable exceptions is -- Assassin's Creed Valhalla is at $60 for standard, Cyberpunk, Dirt 5 -- so I'm not seeing it. There are some exceptions of titles where you've seen, particularly for sports games, where they're coming out in advance of the next generation and because they don't have Smart Delivery, they're including the gen 9 version and charging you more. So It's a little bit complex there.
It's a different approach and they obviously have a right to do whatever they want with their products and pricing, but for us we've really taken a fan-centric approach [with pricing]. I'd say first with Smart Delivery, but most importantly you get all our games at launch in Game Pass, so does the price of the game even matter if it's included in your Game Pass subscription?"
Microsoft lancerer blandt andet Gears Tactics sammen med Xbox Series X, og det koster $59.99.