Remakes and "remasters" of old games have become increasingly common in the gaming world.
On Friday, Microsoft announced that they will release an updated version of "Halo: Combat Evolved" next year, just in time for the 25th anniversary. So far, nothing strange, but it was notable that Microsoft announced that the title will for the first time also be released to the competitor Sony's Playstation 5.
"Halo" follows in the footsteps of other titles that were previously exclusive to Xbox, but recently launched on Playstation, such as "Gears of War" and the racing games "Forza", which were released earlier this year, and "Microsoft Flight Simulator", which is expected in December.
Microsoft's management hopes that the launch of their main game series for new audience groups will attract more customers to the "Xbox ecosystem". Especially since the sales of Xbox series X have fallen behind Playstation 5.
Our biggest competitor is not another console, we are competing more and more with everything from Tiktok to movies, says Matt Booty, head of Xbox studios to New York Times.
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