Microsoft is officially no longer developing any games for Xbox One

In the wake of the Xbox Games Showcase, Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty took part in an interview where all manner of topics were discussed – from Redfall to Halo to Activision Blizzard and more. One of the more interesting tidbits from the interview saw Booty confirm that Microsoft are no longer developing any games for the last-gen Xbox One.

In an interview conducted by Stephen Totilo and published to Axios Gaming, Microsoft’s game studio chief Matt Booty was asked about the team’s planned support for the Xbox One family of devices. According to Booty, the team at Microsoft have now “moved on to Gen 9” meaning that no games are actively being developed for the Xbox One family of devices – other than the continuing support for live games such as Minecraft of course.

Leading into this generation, Microsoft touted its emphasis on cross-generational gaming and ensuring that all of its Xbox games are as accessible as possible. With no more native cross-gen games being made, Booty made sure to point out that Xbox One owners can technically play all of the future current-gen exclusive games via Xbox’s cloud services through Game Pass Ultimate, saying “That's how we're going to maintain support.”

Until now, Microsoft has released most of its new games on Xbox One, with the two main exceptions being 2021’s Microsoft Flight Simulator and the recently released Redfall. It is welcome to know that from this point forth all Microsoft games should be developed only with current-gen hardware in mind (though of course the Series S must remain a consideration still).

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