Phil Spencer Says Avowed Was Delayed Because "We Can Afford It"

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Published Nov 14, 2024

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Microsoft looks to be ending 2024 and beginning 2025 with a bang. Xbox was getting a lot of stick earlier in the year for having a relatively tame line-up of first party games, but with eventual announcements it finally looks like it's going to have a healthy launch schedule. Add to that the first Call of Duty under the Microsoft banner with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Black Ops 6, and things are looking up for the brand.

A preview image for Avowed at Gamescom 2024.

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Avowed’s melee combat feels a bit dated, but flinging spel༒ls around is pure magic and lets the top-tier writing a🍷nd characters shine.

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However, a lot of fans were disappointed when it was announced that the launch of Avowed would be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:moved to February 2025. It was initially unclear why this delay took🔥 place, with most people speculating it was for quality control. However, Microsoft chief Phil Spencer has cleared the air. Explaining that the game was delayed for strategic purposes, rather 🌳than quality reasons.

Why Was This Avowed To Happen?

Speaking to , Spencer explained that Avowed was not delayed as a result of lack of polish or inability to meet deadlines, but rather to give players enough time to work on their backlogs and finish other game♓s. It seems Microsoft was of the mind that players would need some free time to fully enjoy Obsidian's upcoming RPG, which does make sense.

Two characters in Avowed. One is using a magic wand.

"We can afford it when we have the Diablo expansion, then Black Ops, then Indy [Indiana Jones and the Great Circle]," said Spencer when asked about the𓂃 delay (thanks ). "We didn’t move it because Obsidian needed the time. They’ll use the time.” He also added that he, along with Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty, discussed the release schedule with the Game Pass team to better pace it out.

This seems like a good call by Spencer and the team, especially since they wouldn't want their own games eating into each other's playtime. And, while Obsidian may not need🍸 the extra time, every game could use more time to further polish things up, esp﷽ecially massive action RPGs.

Additionally, considering that Avowed will have 168澳洲幸运5开奖网ꦏ:multiple endings that stretch into double-di꧋gits, there's surely something or the other that could use a lookover. The game's director earlier revealed that the devs have a number of ending slides ready, which "number in the double digits", and players could get a combination of any number of them b♍ased on in-game decisions.