Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the reason Minecraft isn’t out yet for PS5 is because Sony is “reluctant” to send the team a PS5 development kit.
According to this statement, Minecraft developer Mojang was unable to pre-start the PS5 version due to lack of a development kit, which puts them at a disadvantage. Since Mojang is one of Xbox’s first-party developer family under the umbrella of Xbox Game Studios, it is thought that Sony may have been cautious about sharing the first versions of its hardware with its rival.
“Sony has been reluctant to send development kits for the PlayStation 5 to other developers, putting us at a disadvantage compared to other developers,” Spencer said in a statement to the Federal Trade Commission this week. ” said.
Phil Spencer also commented on the successor of the Xbox Series X in a recent interview. The current CEO of Xbox Game Studios, who also oversees the development of new games for the Xbox Series X, explained that the company does not feel compelled to release an Xbox successor and said: “The feedback we’re getting right now is not in that direction. We’re pretty dependent on the hardware we have.”
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are now approaching their three-year market life, as both systems were first released in late 2020. The previous console generation had seen a refresh with the Xbox One X, which launched three and a half years after the Xbox One. The decision behind the upgrade was to offer consumers the 4K resolution that the current flagship Xbox console was able to achieve right out of the box.
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