During
an
interview
with
IGN,
Xbox’s
big
boss
Phil
Spencer
briefly
addressed
the
topic
of
Xbox
titles
going
to
other
platforms
and
seemingly
confirms
that
more
is
to
come.

To
provide
the
proper
context,
here’s
how
the
discussion
played
out.
IGN’s
Ryan
McCaffrey
brings
up
the
topic
of

DOOM:
The
Dark
Ages
which
naturally
leads
into
subject
of
it
coming
to
PlayStation
5.
Ryan
asks
Phil
he
could
walk
him
through
the
calculus
of
buying
Zenimax
for
billions
of
dollars
but
not
keeping
DOOM
as
an
exclusive.

“Well,
on
DOOM
it’s
definitely
one
of
those
franchises
that
has
a
history
on
so
many
other
devices.
I
think
they
have,
like,
DOOM
running
on
a
lawnmower
somewhere,”
Phil
says
with
a
smirk.
“But
I
think
it’s
a
franchise
everyone
deserves
to
play.”

Phil
goes
on
to
say
that
the
decision
to
stay
on
multiple
platforms
was
made
by
id
Software
themselves.

“I
was
in
a
meeting
with
Mary
and
the
team
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
I
asked
Marty
what
he
wanted
to
do
and
he
said
he
wanted
to
ship
it
on
all
platforms.
I
said
let’s
go
do
that.
Like,
it
as
simple
as
that.”

Phil
himself
then
brings
the
topic
back
to
Xbox
exclusivity
and
multiplatform
releases
and
seemingly
confirms
more
Xbox
games
will
be
coming
to
other
platforms:
“…and
you
are
going
to
see
more
of
our
games
on
more
platforms,
and
we
just
see
that
as
a
benefit
to
the
franchises
that
we’re
building,
and
we
see
that
from
players
and
the
players
love
to
be
able
to
play.”

Xbox,
of
course,

made
the
decision
to
bring
four
of
its
games
(Pentiment,
Grounded,
Sea
of
Thieves
and
Hi-Fi
Rush)
to
Switch
and
PlayStation.
At
the
time,
Phil
seemed
to
see
it
was
just
those
four
games,
but
as
more
interviews
and
quotes
appeared,
Xbox’s
own
messaging
got
muddled.

Of
course,
Phil’s
words
could
simply
be
referencing
titles
that
were
already
expected
to
come
to
other
platforms.
Call
of
Duty:
Black
Ops
6,
for
example,
is
coming
to
all
platforms,
while
future
iterations
of
series
like
Fallout
and
Elder
Scrolls
are
expected
to
be
multiplatform
based
on
prior
comments
from
Xbox
about
games
with
a
legacy
on
any
given
platform
staying
on
that
platform.

But
based
on
various
reports
from
numerous
insiders,
we
do
know
Xbox
is
seriously
considering
bringing
more
and
more
titles
to
other
platforms.
Just
days
ago
Tom
Warren
of
The
Verge
accurately
reported
on
DOOM:
The
Dark
Ages
coming
to
PS5,
while
also
saying
that
the
likes
of
Hellblade
2,
Starfield
and
Age
of
Empires
are
all
being
considered
for
porting
over
to
other
platforms.

The
biggest
claim
was
that
a
new
remaster
of
Halo:
Combat
Evolved
is
also
being
considered
for
PlayStation
5.