In an expansion-heavy time for Xbox, Phil Spencer says he doesn’t like “expansions that are manipulative” – “I don’t want it to be, like, the third level that you cut” | Gaming

As Xbox ends the year with more than a few expansions under its belt, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer is warm on expansions but doesn’t want them to feel “manipulative.”

Speaking with reporter Stephen Totilo for GameFile (as our friends at PC Gamer spotted), Spencer stresses that there’s no “top-down mandate” for expansions to Xbox games, noting later in the interview that “not every [Microsoft] game will do expansions.” Instead, he says “it’s really left to the creators what plan they have for their stories. I think it’s a great way for us to re-engage players who may be lapsed.”

Matching Totilo’s comments on 2024 closers like Starfield: Shattered Space and Diablo 4 DLC Vessel of Hatred, Spencer notes that the former added a bespoke setting and story while the latter introduced…more

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