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Don't expect Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard to suddenly mean the revival of Guitar Hero, or other classic franchises. These things take time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said, and should come from a genuine passion amongst developers., Spencer discussed his next moves now Microsoft formally owns all of Activision Blizzard's franchises - including Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot.
Spencer reflected on the vast vault of franchises Microsoft now acted as"custodian" of, and the need to only revisit these for the right reasons. "And I want to make sure that when we're going back and visiting something, we do it with our complete ability - a motivated team that wants to go work on something and make a difference, not just create something for financial gain, or create something for a PR announcement but not deliver on the final project. So I'm going to start with the teams and what they're passionate about.
"I think we've done an OK job at Xbox, I don't think we've done an A+ job of looking at our franchises and revisiting them," he said."It's always a trade-off between what do you do that's new, going back and doing something. I do think with Game Pass we have the ability to maybe pick a couple franchises every year and almost do a 'revisited' - I just made up that term, it's not a brand...
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