育碧CEO表示Xbox游戏跨平台不会产生巨大影响

有消息表明，微软或将考虑让其众多游戏在未来实现多平台发布，不过育碧的首席执行官认为，即便如此，这也不会对整个游戏产业产生太大的冲击。

在育碧最近一次第三财季收益电话会议的问答环节中，针对微软最近的相关报道及其可能给育碧业务带来的影响，育碧CEO伊维斯·吉列莫特被问及对此的看法。

尽管吉列莫特不能正式确认或评论这些传闻，但他提到微软会基于自身利益来决定是否将其第一方游戏，比如在任天堂Switch和PlayStation 5等竞争平台上发布。关于这一决策可能产生的影响，吉列莫特认为，其实质影响有限。

他指出，由于动视暴雪（现已被微软斥资690亿美元收购）以往就有不少多平台作品，例如《使命召唤》、《暗黑破坏神》和《守望先锋》等系列，因此即使微软作出调整，对整个行业的波及程度相对较小。而真正可能出现变化的是原本仅在Xbox主机和PC平**占的游戏，如《战争机器》、新近上线的《星空》等，它们可能会出现在竞品平台上。

当前微软的具体计划仍然未知，但微软游戏部门CEO兼Xbox部门主管菲尔·斯宾塞透露，下周微软将通过一场“业务更新”活动来展示公司对“Xbox未来规划”的展望，届时将揭晓更多信息。

Microsoft could reportedly be taking many of its games multiplatform in the future, but if that does happen, Ubisoft's CEO said it wouldn't have much of an impact on the industry at large.
During a Q&A session as part of Ubisoft's most recent third-quarter earnings call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was asked for his comment on the recent Microsoft reports and what effect such a move might have on Ubisoft's business.
Guillemot could not officially comment or confirm the rumors, but said Microsoft would "decide what's best for them" in regard to publishing its first-party games on competing platforms like the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. As for what kind of impact such a move might have, according to Guillemot, not much.
"What you have to look at, anyway, Activision Blizzard used to be multiplatform, so it would have an impact, but it's not a huge impact on the industry," Guillemot said.
As Guillemot points out, many games released by Activision Blizzard, which is now part of Microsoft following its $69 billion acquisition of the company, have long been multiplatform. That includes franchises like Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch. The only real change would be potential Xbox franchises like Gears of War, the recently released Starfield, or upcoming games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to competing platforms after having previously been exclusive to Xbox consoles and PC.
What Microsoft's actual plans entail are still a mystery for now, but more information is set to be revealed next week as part of a "business update" outlining the company's "vision for the future of Xbox," according to Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox head Phil Spencer.
Guillemot was additionally asked for his thoughts on how Ubisoft's lineup would fare going up against the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2025. He said big releases like GTA 6 are good for the industry and bring people back to gaming, and "more people in the market means more money spent across not just GTA 6 but other games, too."