Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirms virtual reality not a priority for company’s next-generation console
It looks like virtual reality capabilities won’t be coming to Xbox any time soon.
VR doesn’t fit with Xbox’s perspective of gaming as a communal experience, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Gaming Phil Spencer said in an interview with New Zealand gaming site Stevivor. Customers aren’t demanding it, so it won’t be a focal point of the next-generation “Project Scarlett” console, according to the report.
“I have some issues with VR — it’s isolating and I think of games as a communal, kind of together experience,” Spencer told Stevivor. “We’re responding to what our customers are asking for and … nobody’s asking for VR,” Spencer said. “The vast majority of our customers know if they want a VR experience, there’s places to go get those. We see the volumes of those on PC and other places.”
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