Good News For Gamers: Xbox's Sarah Bond Commits To Game Preservation, Creates 'Dedicated Team' For Future-Proofing Classics

Sarah Bond, recently appointed as Xbox president, spearheads a reorganization within Microsoft Corp‘s MSFT gaming division to set the stage for future endeavors.

According to Windows Central, citing internal emails, Bond rallied her team with a message underlining the strides made in the past six months and the promising avenues ahead.

“We are moving full speed ahead on our next-generation hardware, focused on delivering the biggest technological leap ever in a generation,” she said.

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Addressing concerns about game preservation, Bond unveiled the establishment of a team tasked with future-proofing the current Xbox game library against hardware transitions.

“We have formed a new team dedicated to game preservation, important to all of us at Xbox and the industry itself,” Bond said. “We are building on our strong history of delivering backwards compatibility to our players, and we remain committed to bringing forward the amazing library of Xbox games for future generations of players to enjoy.”

Despite challenges in the gaming industry, including the dominance of titles like Fortnite and the shrinking console market, Bond remarked on Xbox’s continued growth.

“At a time when the gaming industry’s growth is flattening, ours continues,” Xbox president said, three months after Microsoft decided to lay off nearly two thousand employees from its Xbox and Activision Blizzard divisions.

Moreover, Sarah elaborated on Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to incorporate Activision-Blizzard games and Battle.net into Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass: “We are integrating Activision Blizzard King titles into our services — we launched Diablo IV into Game Pass, and Xbox has quickly become the #1 platform for D4 players.”

Also, she highlighted other upcoming titles for Xbox, remarking, “We are integrating with Battle.net, all while launching CoD: Warzone Mobile and preparing for the upcoming Hellblade II, Avowed, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.”

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